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The 17th Annual Black Women’s Confer-ence will continue Wednesday at 6 p.m. withthe student town hall meeting, “If Not Me,Then Who?”
The conference, titled “We Have Not Ar-rived: Activism in the 21st Century,” is pre-sented by UK’s African American Studies andResearch Program and began Saturday featur-ing local black women as activists in the com-munity.
The duration of the conference will seeprominent figures in activism such as formerBlack Panther Party leader and community ac-tivist Ericka Huggins, as well as Asha Jen-nings.
Sonja Feist-Price, director of AASRP atUK, said that the name of the conference wasinspired by the progress of the civil rightsmovement and the work that is still left to bedone.
“As we reflect on our journey we recog-nize we’ve made many accomplishments, po-litically, socially and some economically, how-ever we recognize there’s still much to bedone,” Feist-Price said. “Some of the activismthat was relevant in the ‘60s is still relevant to-day, particularly when you look at the achieve-ment gap and the representation of AfricanAmericans in the correctional system, maleand female.”
Jennings, a former student activist at Spel-man College, will be the speaker for the townhall meeting.
In 2005, Jennings protested the presence ofrapper Nelly on her college campus for a bonemarrow drive because of the portrayal of black
Conferenceacknowledgesblack activists
By Joy Priest
See WOMEN on page 2
A UK research institute has received anhonor that no other institute has in Kentucky.
The U.S. Environmental ProtectionAgency named the Kentucky Water ResourcesResearch Institute the only Center of Excel-lence in Watershed Management in Kentuckyand seventh in the Southeast.
Yesterday on World Water Day, PresidentLee Todd and KWRRI Director Lindell Orms-bee represented UK in receiving this awardyesterday in a small ceremony.
“To move forward, to get those other pol-lutants out of our waterways, it’s going to takemore partners,” Doug Mundrick, the EPA re-gion IV deputy director, said. “We are so ex-cited to have UK here on board with this.”
Benefits of being a Center of Excellence is
that the university will be seen as a global andregional leader at dealing with these waterproblems, Mundrick said.
“People want to do the right thing, some-times they don’t know what the right thing is,”Mundrick said. “Institutes like UK will helpbring that out there.”
Ormsbee acknowledged various people,organizations and institutes that helped UK inits mission in watershed management.
“I’ve had the opportunity to work with var-ious other institutes here at UK, which I thinkunderscores the strengths of a land grant insti-tution,” Ormsbee said.
Ormsbee also spoke about the Water Pio-neers program, which exposes first-generation
By Gary [email protected]
UK institutereceives only
honor in state
See INSTITUTE on page 3
UK accepts EPA awardon World Water Day
“People want to do theright thing, sometimes theydon’t know what the right
thing is.”DOUG MUNDRICK
Region IV deputy director
“I could feel the roommoving. It felt like the deck ofa ship,” Slaymaker said.
He did not observe anystructural damage other than abuilding where a smallamount of tile had fallen.
“Japan knows how tobuild for earthquakes. I feltsafe as far as that goes. I wasfreaked out because you don’tknow what’s going to happennext,” he said. “You know thatthere are going to be after-shocks. It makes you questionif this was the biggest one, oris the biggest one coming?”
Slaymaker walked twohours to return to his apart-ment, like many others wereforced to do. He said thestreets were packed with peo-ple moving in orderly train-like lines.
He emphasized that the
situation was “worrisome, un-nerving, strange — but notchaotic.”
Chuck Clenney, a UKalumnus who graduated lastMay, was located in the smalltown of Shimonita, Japan atthe time of the quake. He wasparticipating in the Japan Ex-change & Teaching Program.
“I was in the staff room ofone of my junior high schools… then suddenly the electrici-ty cut out and everyone's cellphones started to make theEarthquake alert sounds,”Clenney said. He said he hasbecome quite accustomed tohearing the alert.
Clenney explained that hehad been told that town, nes-tled in the mountains, had asolid foundation, “so I knewwhen the ground started shak-ing that this had to be some-
thing very significant.”There was no major dam-
age other than the collapse ofa few old structures, he said.
Clenney is currently trav-eling to Maebashi City, whereon March 15 radiation levelshad been recorded 10 timeshigher than normal, but havefallen since.
“The concern of radiationhas been on everyones mindbut the IAEA and the JapaneseGovernment has continuallyreassured us that these levelsare not at levels dangerous tohumans,” he said. “However, Ihave spoken to many people,both Japanese (people) andexperts, who are highly skep-tical of the Japanese govern-ment’s attempts to downplaythe intensity of this disaster.”
Akiko Takenaka, a UKhistory professor, also felt the
discrepancy between Westernand Japanese media reportswhen doing research in Japan.
Takenaka arrived in Tokyo26 hours after the earthquake,but before the nuclear situa-tion began to arise.
She said everythingseemed normal until newscoverage of the radioactivityproblem began Monday morn-ing.
“It felt at that time that ei-ther the U.S. and Europeanmedia either sensationalizedthe nuclear aspects or theJapanese media downplayedit. It seems that now that theJapan media downplayed it toreduce panic,” Takenaka said.
She said she heard rumorsof people hoarding things,such as rice, bread and water,
A taste of tragedyBy Jarrod Thacker
See JAPAN on page 3
UK faculty, alumni experience disaster in Japan
The earthquake that struck Japan hit closerto home for some people than it did for others.
Several members of UK faculty and alumniwere present during Japan’s catastrophic 9.0magnitude earthquake on March 11 and thesevere repercussions that followed the event.
Doug Slaymaker, a Japanese studies pro-fessor, arrived in Tokyo, Japan two days priorto the earthquake to conduct book research.
Slaymaker was two floors underground in alibrary at Waseda University when the earth-quake rocked the ground.
PHOTO BY CAROLYN COLE | MCTRuins from the powerful earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan can be seen in the Sendai neighborhood on Monday. Members of the UKcommunity were in Japan during the disaster and experienced the aftermath.
UK faculty and students came together onTuesday to acknowledge, celebrate and dis-cuss current cancer research contributions.
The annual “Markey Cancer Center Re-search Day,” at the UK Singletary Center forthe Arts, consisted of UK faculty and studentspresenting their cancer-related findings andguest speakers addressing research trends.
“It’s a celebration of the cancer researchthat goes on all around campus,” Terry Keys,the Markey coordinator, said.
There were 325 registered attendees at theevent, and a record breaking 117 poster pre-sentations lined the hallways of the SingletaryCenter, which covered “almost 1,000 feet ofdisplay space,” Keys said.
Presentation contributors included JayChristian, a member of the Markey CancerControl Program, which does population-based research.
“It’s amazing. It’s so much bigger than itused to be,” Christian said. “It’s easy to forgetjust how many people are working on cancerat UK.”
Keys emphasized that this is one purposeof the celebration— to bring researchers fromdifferent disciplines together that would notnormally see one another.
“With Cancer Research Day, we can seethe majority of the work across campus.”
Cancer center celebratesresearch on campus
By Jarrod Thacker
See CANCER on page 2
A month-long celebration of be-ing a responsible global citizen be-gins today and runs throughout April.
Earthdays in the Bluegrass startswith a showcase of “The True Cost ofCoal,” today at 6 p.m. in room 357 ofthe Student Center.
EDBG will feature more than 25events such as workshops, communi-ty service, films, presentations andmusic, said Shane Tedder, the UKsustainability coordinator.
“I encourage students to checkout the full calendar of events atwww.edbg.org and choose the eventsthat appeal most to them,” Teddersaid.
On Thursday, Climate Change, apanel discussion held in conjunctionwith the Earthhour InternationalEvent, will consist of officials from
Bluegrassgoes greenfor earth
By Alissa Hayward
See EARTH on page 3
PHOTO BY JARROD THACKER | STAFFDr. Tyler Jacks delivers a memorial lecture Tues-day at the Markey Cancer Center Research Day.
Forum Greek Political Action Committee hosts talk with Student Government president, vice president online
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Today's Birthday (03/23/11). Justdo it. Challenge your thinking, andcommit to the biggest game thatinspires. Imagine outrageousresults, and consider what theymight require. If it takes a ladderto get to the roof, where can youfind one a mile long? To get theadvantage, check the day's rating:10 is the easiest day, 0 the mostchallenging. Aries (M arch 21-April 19) —Today is a 7 — Be gentle to thosewho love you. You don't want tosay something that you'd laterregret. Look beyond the materialworld to focus on your inner spirit.Taurus (April 20-M ay 20) —Today is an 8 — The end of onething is the beginning of another.Powerful energy moves projectsforward. Ask yourself what youreally want, and be open to get-ting it. Gemini (M ay 21-June 21) —Today is a 6 — It's lonely whenyou forget the team. The energy'sthere to move things forwardquickly. Harness it by asking oth-ers to check your blind spots.Expect positive change.
Cancer (June 22-July 22) —Today is a 6 — You have the tal-ent, energy, skills and commitmentto make it work. Don't rush thejob, though, or risk missing some-thing key. Embrace a new direc-tion. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Todayis an 8 — Bring people togetherfor a delicious family meal. Let theguests inspire a new future direc-tion. Listen to your intuition, andkeep it grounded. Check yourschedule. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) —Today is an 8 — You're stronglyrooted to take action that for-wards a project, and have energyand resources. Don't get distract-ed from your main focus. Keep anopen mind. Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) —Today is a 6 — Take a day tripwith friends, and listen for newdirections. Check in with themabout any bargains you find thatseem too good to be true. Theysee your blind spots. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) —Today is a 6 — Physical move-ment contributes to your body,your spirit and your projects. You
may be inclined to avoid it, stuckto a screen. Try something new forbest fortune. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)— Today is a 6 — Your housemay be a mess, but you have plen-ty of energy for your projects,which are thriving. Indulge yourrich fantasy life while doing some-thing practical, like laundry. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) —Today is a 7 — Coyote the Trick-ster may be at work today, pullingthe wool over your eyes. Thingsmay not be what they seem. Trav-el delays are possible. Keep openand stay positive.Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) —Today is a 6 — A good friend maybring you luck today, but, moreimportantly, they have a shoulderto lean on if luck turns the otherway. Together, you can conquerunknown horizons. Pisces (Feb. 19-M arch 20) —Today is an 8 — Find bliss in theunexpected today. Indulge yourdreams, and watch them develop.You may find a new career path.Pinch yourself to make sure it'sreal.
LOS ANGELES _ Chris Brown got a littlemore than he bargained for during a promo-tional stop Tuesday for his new album.
During a sit-down on ABC's "Good Morn-ing America," Robin Roberts pressed thesinger about the legal troubles stemming fromhis 2009 altercation on a Los Angeles streetwith then-girlfriend Rihanna. Brown was ac-cused of savagely beating the pop star andeventually pled guilty to felony assault andwas placed on five years probation.
Roberts began the interview by noting thatBrown's restraining order against Rihanna hadbeen relaxed and wondering whether the twostill saw each other.
"I mean, not really," he said. "It's not reallya big deal to me now as far as that situation. Ithink I'm past that in my life. I think today'sthe album day, so that's what I'm focused on.Everybody go get that album."
The exchange went downhill from there,as Roberts made perfunctory mention of thealbum and then sidled back to the Rihanna in-cident as Brown grew visibly upset,
But that wasn't all. After performing hisnew song "Yeah 3x," Brown stormed off theset and back to his dressing room, accordingto ABC. The show's staff heard loud noisescoming from the room and called security.When Brown and his entourage departed ashort time later, the staff discovered that awindow in the dressing room had beensmashed.
An ABC spokeswoman said that the net-work did not plan to press charges againstBrown over the damage, which might have af-fected his probation if police had gotten in-volved.
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Keys said. “As they look at these postersand look over the abstracts in the pro-gram, they can find that they can collab-orate in some way with other scientists.”
Speakers included graduate studentsTianxin Yu and Timothy Scott in themorning, and doctors John Van NagellJr., Binhua Zhou, Mark Evers and TylerJacks in the afternoon.
Mark Evers discussed several newoccurrences in the Markey Cancer Cen-ter when he gave his “State of the Can-cer Center” address to the recital hall.
He said the Center “is doing signifi-cantly better with five-year survival inbrain, liver, ovarian and lung cancerscompared to the rest of Kentucky, or tothe national SEER database.”
In addition, there have been severalimprovements to the clinic as a whole,including improved wait times andphone-tracking systems. Evers also men-tioned awards that members of the can-cer centers have won, and introducednewly hired recruits.
Dr. Tyler Jacks, a guest speaker fromthe Massachusetts Institute of Technolo-gy and the David H. Koch Institute forIntegrative Cancer Research, spoke at theend when he delivered this year’s SusanB. Lester Memorial Lecture over the mo-lecular progression of lung cancer.
The day-long ceremony for researchwas concluded with an awards presenta-tion.
CANCERContinued from page 1
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women in his “Tip Drill” video. “For high school students and young
college students, it’s important that theysee someone in the role of activism thatlooks like them,” Feist-Price said.
“What Asha and her peers did atSpelman is no small task because it pro-vided a national platform for them tospeak.”
The student town hall meeting willtake place in room 206 of the StudentCenter.
On Thursday, Huggins will be thekeynote speaker for the Mary McLeodBethune luncheon, “And What Aboutthe Children?”
Huggins was a prominent memberin the civil and human rights movementduring the ‘60s and ‘70s, and is current-ly a professor of sociology andwomen’s studies at California StateUniversity.
“I love the focus that (Huggins)gives to education,” Feist-Price said. “Ifyou want to impact current and futuregenerations, you have to start with thechildren. When looking at social ills thatcan plague our people, education is atthe core.”
The luncheon will be Thursday,from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the StudentCenter Grand Ballroom. Tickets are $7for students and $15 regular admission.
Huggins will be speaking at twoevents on Thursday in addition to the
luncheon. She will be on a panel for adiscussion titled “Education as a CivilRights Issue,” and in a conversation lec-ture with UK faculty Jakobi Williams ti-tled, “Up Close and Personal,” at 4 p.m.
Both events will be held in the Stu-dent Center Small Ballroom.
“I am very excited about this confer-ence and the women that will be speak-ing,” Marisa Williams, a student assistantin AASRP, said. “These women havetaken a strong position on how they feelabout issues in our community – Ashawith the subordination of black womenin rap videos and Ericka being a womenvocalist in the Black Panther Party.”
Williams said she thinks the confer-ence will inspire more than one to speakout about what they believe, which shefeels is crucial for college students whoare in the process of finding themselves.
“We must be aware of our past toknow where we’re going and under-stand that we have not arrived,”Williams said.
WOMENContinued from page 1
“These womenhave taken a strongposition on how they
feel about issues in ourcommunity.”
MARISA WILLIAMSStudent assistant in AASRP
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college-bound high schoolsophomores from EasternKentucky to watershed is-sues. The goal of this is forthem to return to their localcommunities and work on en-vironmental projects there.
“It’s really been neat tosee some of those studentscontinue on to UK,” Ormsbeesaid.
At the ceremony, Todd re-flected on a comment hemade 10 years ago when heaccepted the presidency atUK.
“If the University of Ken-tucky as a land grant universi-ty can do more for its ownstate than any other land grantuniversity in the nation, I canlive with that,” he said.
Todd also commended theprogram and its methods ofaddressing one of “Ken-tucky’s Uglies.”
“Some of the things we’redoing here are translatable toother states and otherworlds,” Todd said. “We aredoing exactly what I think aland grant university shouldbe doing.”
According to Mundrick,to receive this distinction aninstitution needs to demon-strate technical expertise inidentifying and addressingwatershed needs.
There also needs to be in-volvement of students, staffand faculty in watershed re-search, the financial ability tobecome self-sustaining, theability to deliver and accountfor results, a willingness topartner with other institutions,and support from the highestlevels of the organization.
INSTITUTEContinued from page 1
UK, the city of Lexington andcommunity organizations.The event is at Davis Marks-bury Building Auditorium at5 p.m. and panelists will talkabout what they are doing to“reduce their greenhouse gasemissions and become moreclimate neutral.”
“We hope that studentscome away from our eventswith a better perspectiveabout how they can interactwith their surroundings moreresponsibly and sustainably,”Robert Kahne, president ofthe Student SustainabilityCouncil, said.
Events in April includePedalpalooza, 2020 Visionand Earth Day Fair.
Pedalpalooza will cele-brate bicycles and includes
bicycling games, food and lo-cal music. It is on April 9from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. in theStudent Center Parking Lot.
On April 14, the event,2020 Vision, will consist of aseries of lectures by sustain-ability professionals and pro-fessors from across the coun-try. It will be in the DavisMarksbury Building from 9a.m. to 2 p.m.
The Earth Day Fair isApril 22 and will showcase“several sustainability initia-tives across the city” from 11a.m. to 3 p.m. in the FreeSpeech Area of the StudentCenter.
“I think Earthdays in theBluegrass is a good idea,”Kristen Knott, a finance jun-ior, said. “I just boughtreusable shopping bags, so Iwould like to learn moreabout what I can do to helpthe Earth.”
EARTHContinued from page 1
but she did not see it.“The understanding of the
situation varied depending onwhere you were,” she said.
Keiko Tanaka, an associ-ate professor of sociologyand the director of the AsiaCenter, agreed with this sen-timent.
Tanaka and PatrickMooney, the sociology depart-ment chair, also arrived afterthe earthquake but spent themajority of their time in Ky-oto, even farther from the dev-astation than Tokyo.
“Once you are outside thedisaster zone, you see little orno effect of the earthquake,tsunami or nuclear powerplant disasters,” Tanaka said.“However, the psyches of allJapanese people were deeplyaffected by the current situa-tion.”
Slaymaker, Takenaka andTanaka will be participating inthe “Forum on the Great EastJapan Earthquake,” next Mon-day at 4:10 p.m. to 6:10 p.m.at W.T. Young Library Audito-rium.
It is hosted by the JapanStudies Program and the UKAsia Center, and donations tothe Red Cross will be accept-ed.
JAPANContinued from page 1
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W A S H I N G T O N —Sparked by the U.S. militaryassault on Libya, the strugglebetween the president andCongress over whether andhow America should enterwar is raging again.
Did the U.S. Constitutionauthorize President BarackObama to use force in Libyawithout Congress' explicitconsent? Was the United Na-tions Security Council voteauthorization enough? CanCongress cut off the mission'sfunding? Should it declarewar? What does the Constitu-tion say about all this?
This battle between thelegislative and executivebranches has been going onsince George Washington's ad-ministration. The Constitutiongives Congress sole authorityto declare war, but it makes thepresident commander in chief.
Obama did consult with
congressional leaders onMarch 18, the day before or-dering military action inLibya _ not to ask their ad-vice, but to inform them ofhis decision. On Monday, heexplained the mission in atwo-page letter to CapitolHill, citing his authority ascommander in chief.
White House aides notewith gratitude that the Senatevoted unanimously on March1 for the U.N. Security Coun-cil to impose a no-fly zoneover Libya, which it subse-quently did on March 17, andwhich the White House citesas authorization for the inter-national military action.
The Speaker of the Houseof Representatives, JohnBoehner, R-Ohio, now wantsmore information about "ourmission in Libya and how itmay be achieved." He saidthat Obama's explanationswere insufficient.
Democrats are getting im-patient, too, especially anti-war liberals.
Congress' strongest leverin this test of strength is theWar Powers Resolution, en-acted in the Vietnam-Water-gate year of 1973 to compelPresident Richard Nixon's co-operation. Since then, presi-dents have taken care to con-fer with lawmakers aboutmilitary actions.
Scholars differ on the WarPowers Resolution's bound-aries. About all they agree on is
that the law at least pressures apresident to explain himselfand confer with lawmakers.
"The last thing you want,if you need to use military ac-tion, especially briefly, is tohave a declared war eachtime. A formal declarationputs the nation in a legal stateof war, triggering vast otherpowers" for the president, Pi-lon said. "Be careful what youask for."
Experts challenge use of force in LibyaBy David Lightman and
William Douglas
MCT
MCTExperts wonder if Obama had the authority to use force in Libyawithout the explicit consent of congress.
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For the better part of thelast four months I’ve beentraveling with my colleaguesin the Southeast, a part of thecountry a Canadian has nobusiness roaming around,living what many people atthis school would consider adream — covering UK bas-ketball.
Not only am I responsible to my employerto offer UK basketball coverage, but consider-ing a Canadian, James Naismith invented thisgame that has evolved from Canadians in tightshorts, who were generally more accustomedto playing with sticks and wooden wheels be-fore deciding to throw a ball in a hole-less ap-ple basket.
Therefore, I felt compelled to my countryto make sure people were hoopin’ it up appro-priately in this nation sporting my jaunty mul-ticolored socks, which people accept that Iwear because I hail from Canada.
Turns out many U.S. college basketballprograms have this “basketball” thing figuredout, and two Florida Gators determined that Ilook like I’m in high school while I was in theGators’ locker room during the SoutheasternConference Tournament. I look young, yes,but I am not deaf.
The point is we have all learned things onthe road as the hoops season winds down.
As any good Canadian hockey playerwould, I haven’t cut my hair out of supersti-tion, so bad luck wouldn’t accompany us onour trips during our journalistic crunch time,since our first road trip to Chapel Hill N.C.—nor have I shaved, but recall that I’m a child,so I have no use for a Mach Five.
I might as well have shaved my head baldbefore N.C. trip, which included a namelessstaff member getting pulled over only to dis-cover his/her driver’s license was actually notin his bag, but at home in Lexington.
Apparently, nice Winston-Salem police of-ficers take student I.D.s, fidgetiness and charmin lieu of state-issued identification.
A snowstorm also battered Carolina as webegan to drive home forcing us to seek refugeat a Hampton Inn and to sustain ourselves onthe fried chicken we were served at the DeanDome.
It would’ve been easy for us to becomediscouraged with our bellies full of Bojanglesand our spirits broken after our maiden voy-age, but we pressed on.
Several trips and several Disney-inspiredduets later —we’ve nailed “Can You Feel theLove Tonight,” and beat the “Glee” cast to it— and suddenly you don’t want to shank yourcolleagues.
Instead, these are the same people youstart helping peel oranges while they drive,you discover the best decisions are made whenyou cross bridges when you come to them and“janky” enters your lexicon when you want todescribe your displeasure with someone orsomething.
Recently, we’ve no longer had settle for the“jankiness” of Hampton Inns, but upgraded to theMarriott Marquis in Atlanta and Marriott Wa-terside in Tampa, which naturally borderedwater and featured a sign that indicated mana-tees lived there. I left Tampa empty-handed ofmanatees and thus, disappointed.
Next stop is sunny and criminally-inclinedNewark, N.J.. Geographically, I’m headed inthe right direction on this upcoming trip in re-lation to my home and native land.
However, despite many a clustermuck thisseason, my colleagues and I have alwaysfound directions to a wonderful time.
A Canuck’s views on a season ofhoops travel, southern experiences
Nick Craddock
You have probably hearda million times about howyour Facebook profile can af-fect your potential in the jobmarket, but you probablydon’t know what it is aboutyour profile that is sendingemployers running backdown Zuckerberg avenue.
You may think your socialnetworking trail is spotless, butC. L. Lindsay may prove youwrong Wednesday night at 7p.m. in Worsham Theater.
“We thought this would berelevant because virtually allcollege students use Facebookas a way to capture our experi-ence, but it can harm you,”Sarah Ausmus, president of theStudent Activities Board, said.
“C. L. Lindsay is going tocome and talk about ways to
be smart and protect your rep-utation so crazy things don’tcome back and haunt you lat-er on in life.”
Lindsay’s claim to work-shop fame is making his pre-sentations on social networkingentertaining and interactive.
According to SAB’s web-site, he will use Facebookcontent from current UK stu-dents to make his point aboutwhat to avoid putting online.
“C.L. Lindsay is a hilari-ous Facebook and social net-working expert that will talkon the importance of keepingyour social networking sitesclean,” Chelsea Melchor, di-rector of the event, said.
“I wanted to bring himbecause I thought it was animportant topic for collegestudents to be aware of andhe is so funny. I hope studentscome out … they might see
their friends or themselves inhis examples,” Melchor said.
Ausmus described thispresentation different than most.
“I expect it to be reallyentertaining and enlighteningand not super preachy,” Aus-mus said. “I want students tocome away with things theyhaven’t thought about before.I want to see that light bulbgo off in people’s head.”
Ausmus says they foundLindsay at a conference, andhe was very entertaining. Shesays she wants people tocome because sometimes theydon’t recognize how they rep-resent themselves.
“We kind of just thinkFacebook is our own privatething,” Ausmus said. “Peoplecan make all sorts of assump-tions about who we are fromour profiles when we thought-lessly put things online.”
Expert speaks on effects of social networking
By Joy Priest
Just two months after their school recordfifth consecutive bowl appearance, a loss toPittsburgh, the UK football team will take thefield again for the start of spring practice.
In his second year as UK head footballcoach, Joker Phillips discussed some of the sto-rylines facing the team on the eve of their firstspring practice in a press conference at Com-monwealth Stadium. Among these storylineswas new co-defensive coordinator Rick Minterand the new schemes he will be bringing to aUK defense which returns nine starters andtheir top 11 tacklers from a season ago.
Minter, who has previously been headcoach at Cincinnati and defensive coordinatorat South Carolina and Notre Dame, will lookto mix 3-4 defensive schemes into the Catsusual 4-3 look. Phillips discussed using line-backer Ridge Wilson as a hybrid player atboth outside linebacker and as a speed rusherat defensive end. He also discussed Minter ap-plying a 4-2-5 look in which senior safetyWinston Guy would act as a safety and line-backer hybrid and would play closer to theline of scrimmage.
UK’s defensive players have spent muchof their brief offseason learning Minter’s newdefense and aiming to have a firm grasp of itsconcepts for the start of spring practice. Line-backer Ronnie Sneed said that the defense hasbeen working hard all offseason with Minterin meetings and in the film room in order to
learn all the ins-and-outs of the defense.“Since Rick Minter has come in he has
scheduled meeting after meeting after meet-ing,” Sneed, a senior linebacker with 61 tacklesin 2010, said. “We are in there countless hoursthroughout the week learning this new defensebecause we have to know it.”
Senior defensive back Anthony Mosleyexpressed optimism about the Cats’ new de-fensive look for 2011, which he hopes willcreate more turnovers and big plays when UKdoesn’t have the ball.
“What we are emphasizing is turnoversand interceptions, and when we get it we aregoing to score with it,” Mosley said.
Mosley and Sneed spoke to the experiencethat UK has on the defensive side of the ball,and how it will help the Cats mesh Minter’snew style with the co-defensive coordinatorSteve Brown’s old schemes from 2010.
“You get to have the opportunity to have alot of experience,” Mosley said, “and just a lotof football experience in general… You justhave a lot of football knowledge when you bringin nine guys. You have knowledge of the old de-fense, you have knowledge of the new defense,and it just makes you a lot better football play-ers.”
Phillips and the UK football team willhold 14 spring practices beginning Wednesdayand ending on Wednesday, April 20. The cul-mination of all of spring football will be onSaturday, April 23, when the team will playtheir annual Blue/White game at Common-wealth Stadium at 3 p.m
UK to apply new-lookdefense in spring practice
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They were a pride ofreal American men, execut-ing manly work under de-plorable conditions. Andnobody ever noticed them.But Thom Beers did.
Beers is the documen-tary filmmaker whobrought us the perilousplight of crab fishermen inthe “Deadliest Catch,” theheart thumping driving ofthe “Ice Road Truckers,”the dangerous drilling rigsof “Black Gold.”
“Who’d have thoughtin a million years?” saysBeers, in the crowded foyerof a hotel here. “If I ’d triedto sell a show on crab fish-ing, every network in theworld would’ve looked atme like I was crazy. I justhappened to get somefootage first and walked inthe door and said, ‘Look, Ithink this is an amazingworld.’
“And I got stuck in theworst storm in 30 years, sothis footage was incrediblydramatic. And that’s how itall got started. And thenonce that series got going _all of a sudden we’re inseason 3, 4 and it’s notabout fishing anymore. It’sabout relationships. It’sabout people, and it be-came human drama.”
Beers specializes ingraphic human drama.With his next show,“Coal,” he explores theowners and miners in aWest Virginia coal minewho claw their crampedway 600 feet into themountain to extract the pre-cious fuel. The show pre-mieres March 30 on Spike.
Beers wasn’t alwayslooking for the dark side. Hestarted as an actor. “I workedfor Lee Strasberg, studiedwith him. My mom was anactress (Sammi Beers) whenI was growing up and sheshowed up one day withJane Mansfield with a littlepink French poodle. And
Jane had given it to mymom for her birthday. So Igrew up around that. I foundmyself always surroundedby these really powerful, fas-cinating people.”
He became a playwrightand, for a time, worked intheater. “After that I wasbroke,” he says.
“But I had a buddy whodirected television commer-cials. So I got into workingin TV commercials while Iwas doing theater. So TVcommercials taught me, Ilearned the film businessand lighting and all thatfrom the commercial indus-try. All these things werethe building blocks of whatwe do now.”
Beers spent 13 yearswith Turner Broadcasting,11 years as executive pro-ducer for National Geo-graphic’s “Explorer” seriesand six years with JacquesCousteau.
‘”Through all of that Ibecame an observer of cul-ture. But what I found fas-cinating was the fact thatnobody had really spentthat amount of time and en-ergy in our own country, inour own backyards ... Myobservations of the rest of
the world for 11, 12 yearstraveling _ I lived withtribes of Indians in theAmazon. I lived in junglehammocks for months at atime.,” he says.
Nobody was more sur-prised than the Discoverynetwork when “DeadliestCatch” became a hit.“When that show aired, theoriginal one-hour showaired, it did a great number.It took three years for me totalk them into doing threemore. The first one, therewere shipwrecks andeverything, the second onealmost nothing happened.The network looked at itand said, ‘This isn’t veryexciting. Where’s the bigwaves?’ So they put it on aSunday night at 8, 9, 10 o’-clock. Not one promotion,not even on-air, nothing.They just threw it away ona Sunday might.
He displays the samefascination with coal min-ing. “I see the same thing,that dark, dark space.You’ll notice about ‘Dead-liest Catch,’ about 80 per-cent of the time I use thenight stuff because it’smuch more visually inter-esting.
Deadliest Catch creatorsventure into coal series
By Luaine Lee
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The creators of Ice Road Truckers and and Deadliest Catch arelooking to strike up a new series centered on coal.
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First of all, I would like to thank you,Mr. Walsh, for your honesty. I think mostof us come to a point in our lives where adogma we’ve held is challenged and we areforced to choose the path we will follow atthis fork in the road. And stepping awayfrom what we’ve known can be dauntingeven if we don’t “feel it” anymore.
Here are my thoughts upon readingyour opinions:
Have you ever thought that dismissingthe existence of God and “handl[ing] thison our own” is precisely the easiest routewe can take? I have had my fair numberof struggles with faith but the one consid-eration that I am reminded of when Iwant to embark on my own is, “Am I ac-countable to someone other than my ownwants, desires and feelings?” The answeris absolutely. I am accountable to lots ofthings in life and I believe I am account-able to a personable, omniscient being.
I find it interesting that subsequent tomaking the statement that “people are notentitled to making their own facts” youfollow with three strong statements that Iassume you believe to be true.
I’m pretty sure that you were notaround when the earth was born (unlessyou count the atomic particles that even-tually became you) nor have you everseen a dinosaur.
The point is, neither has anyone elseon this planet. You cannot discount whatyou cannot see, like a six-day creation.You have to use that brilliant, intellectualmind of yours to look at the world aroundyou. Whatever conclusion you come to,you keep weighing your experiencesaround that belief system and seeingwhere things fall.
I have spent many years in science andmany years in church. At times, both make
me cringe at their obstinacy regarding afew strongly held ideas for which I don’tsee evidence. But ultimately I love both.
Speak to both the person I am andwhat I believe about the world, not be-cause I have ignored “the facts” and cer-tainly not because I have failed to investi-gate or been in a state of indecision. I amstill looking into things ... but right now,this is where I stand.
I am a believer that Jesus Christ is theGod-man who came to make a way for usso we don’t have to be “lost” (in our owndark nights or those of the world) and do-ing this on our own. I still have a mind, apersonality and hobbies. I’m still me. ButI have an anchor and hope and a promisethat what I see is not all there is to life.
Now, will that hope ever come tofruition? Well, I can’t tell the future butbased on what I currently know, I believeit will. If it does not, I do not believe Ihave lost anything.
Indeed, my life has been nothing butinteresting since I signed on to followChrist. That is the decision I have made.You have made your own.
While you may see a monotheistic be-lief as a “stranglehold,” I’m here to tellyou that you seem to have shifted yourfocus away from what makes you uncom-fortable.
You point at the others, the “religious”people, but you ignore the possibility thatGod might exist.
And what if He does? You can haveyour own way and He will certainly letyou. The abyss is when you stop usingyour brain and cling to statements thatmake you feel good. I agree with you thatthe thought of being composed of atomsfrom different stars is quite “poetic” andgives me warm-fuzzies, but how is thatany different than what you are accusingthe religious of depending upon?
Shea PoynterSecond-year medical graduate student
Within the last decade, the No Child LeftBehind Act has been a popular debate on itseffects on education reform. Its purpose wasto ensure that all children have a fair, equaland significant opportunity to obtain a high-quality education.
However, what about children with disabil-ities or delays? Why aren’t they equally repre-sented? Children with delays are a growing is-sue, which should be addressed as early aspossible.
More programs are needed that functionlike the First Steps Program to help childrenof all incomes develop the skills needed thatwill help them thrive and learn like theirpeers. Early intervention or treatment is theprimary step for children with delays to haveany chance of having a fair, equal opportunityto gain a high-quality education.
According to the Centers for Disease Con-trol and Prevention, 17 percent of our nation’schildren suffer from some delay or disability,but less than half of these children are provid-ed with early intervention. Many people maythink this is an issue that doesn’t affect them,but sometimes disabilities can occur unexpect-edly.
Disabilities can develop later in childhoodor in early adulthood as well. Also, helpingchildren at an early age may save taxpayers alot of money in the future.
Early intervention has the best prognosisand can prevent children from having to takelifelong special education courses, whichwould cost a significant amount of money.
If we look around us, we will realize thatthere are people we know that have a childwith a delay or disability. A delay is when achild is not typically performing in at leastone of the following areas: communication,cognition, physical, self-help or social andemotional.
In contrast, a disability limits functioningability in three or more life activities such as:self-care, learning, mobility, and receptive andexpressive language. Keeping your eyes opento the children in need will help them get the
service they need. From personal experience, my son was
having a speech delay and even though I no-ticed it early, I wasn’t sure on how far behindhe really was until his doctor informed methat intervention was needed. Our goal was totreat the problem before my son started intokindergarten. The doctor educated me on theFirst Steps Program and how they could cometo my home and give him speech therapy.
Within a year, my son was able to pronoun-ciate his words better. I was very thankful tohave his problem addressed early and I was alsothankful that there were programs available tohelp him. However, if it wasn’t for my doctor, Iwould have never heard of this program.
So, I’m sure there are many people outthere who need service and don’t know thereare programs available for them. Many dis-abilities and delays can be overcome if thechild is provided early, effective treatment.
However, there is not enough awarenesson programs such as First Steps, which pro-vides occupational therapy, speech therapy andphysical therapy to children, ages 0-3. Thisprogram is provided nationwide and in everycounty of Kentucky.
If more people advocated for this programor similar programs, more people will find outabout it and seek services. In addition, withenough support, we may be able to convincelegislators to provide additional funding forthe program. Additional funding can go a verylong way and may allow us to increase the agerange past three years old and help childrenwho are older.
Early intervention is ideal, but some par-ents may not spot a delay or disability in theirchild until they are past three years old, so it’simportant for older children be addressed aswell. We all need to act now and make the so-lution to this social problem a top priority.Children are the future and it’s pertinent toraise awareness about the innocent childrenborn into disadvantage. No child should beleft behind.
Jessica ShannonFirst-year social work graduate student
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wednesday 03.23.11 page 5kernelopinionsIn response to “Facing the abyss:An atheist’s perspective”
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While John Calipari is wide-ly regarded as the primary pro-ponent of the one-and-doneplayer, he’s not alone.
Ohio State head coachThad Matta is right there withhim. Freshmen Greg Odenand Mike Conley led theBuckeyes to the national titlegame in 2006-07. This year’sversion, ranked No. 1 in thecountry, has three freshmen(Jared Sullinger, Aaron Craftand Deshaun Thomas) play-ing essential parts.
“I can relate to the jobhe’s gone through,” Matta
said. “Nobody knows howhard it is. The thing is youhave great talent, but youhave to coach these guys. It’sa lot easier said than done.”
The biggest issue Mattasees with freshmen starscomes at the end of the sea-son. Right when wins are themost crucial, some will getcaught looking ahead – to theNBA Draft, to shoe deals, to abigger stage than a collegearena.
“If it becomes a distraction,that’s where it becomes prob-lematic,” Matta said. “Whenguys are thinking about the nextstep. That makes it extremelychallenging.”
To prevent that, Mattawants not only talented fresh-men, but committed ones.
“It all comes down to thecharacter of the young man,”Matta said. “Where I’m at, Iwant guys that appreciate theuniversity, have both feet infor the time they’re with us.”
After Saturday’s UKgame, John Calipari saidagain that he preferred talentover experience. Matta hasboth. He said he loved thefact of having a good mixtureof veterans and young talent.
“I do think there is some-thing to it, having veteranplayers,” Matta said. “I dothink it makes a difference.”
Thad Matta’s take onone-and-done players
By Aaron Smith
Ohio State appears tohave no deficiencies. None.And it’s not only that theyaren’t weak in most aspects— they are strong in almostevery aspect. As the overallNo. 1 seed and UK’s SweetSixteen opponent, here’s alook at just what makes OhioState good.
1. It all starts with JaredSullinger — the freshman cen-ter is one of the top players in thecountry and the most recogniza-ble name for Ohio State. Forgood reason: He leads the teamwith 17 points per game on 53percent shooting, and grabs 10.1rebounds per game (approxi-mately one-third of which areoffensive). He has polished postmoves and draws a lot of con-tact. Sullinger scores 1.22 points
per possession, a high mark for aplayer who is also the highestusage player on the team.
UK has encountered acouple post players during theseason. Some have had greatgames against UK, othershaven’t. One thing that keptpopping up whenever UKwas able to limit big men wasJosh Harrellson’s work under-neath. When UK held JaMy-chal Green to 12 points andnine rebounds in an SECsemifinal win, Harrellson saidhe worked to make Greencatch the ball farther out thanhe’s accustomed to.
2. Ohio State is deadlyfrom outside — The Buck-eyes rank No. 2 nationally inthree-point accuracy, shootingat a 42 percent clip. (UKshoots 39.6 percent, 10th inthe nation.) Jon Diebler (50percent), William Buford (43percent) and David Lighty
(39 percent) are the primaryshooters. The ability to shootfrom three, combined withSullinger’s post presence, isthe predominant reason whyOhio State has the No. 2 of-fense in terms of tempo-freeefficiency in the nation — theinside-outside game is diffi-cult to guard. When teamsdouble down and trapSullinger, it leaves OhioState’s three-point shooterswith open looks. If opponentsplay tight on the perimeterguys, that leaves Sullingerfree to work one-on-one.
The best inside-out com-bination is between Dieblerand Sullinger. Ohio State iso-lates those two on one side ofthe floor, which further limitsopponents’ options. It’s apick-your-poison approach.How UK chooses to defendOhio State — whether to letHarrellson guard Sullingeralone, whether to doubledown with the forwards andguards, or whether to use Ter-rence Jones to shade towardSullinger in the post — will
be key.3. The Ohio State de-
fense — The Buckeyes have notonly one of the most efficient of-fenses in the nation (No. 2), butalso one of the best defensiveunits (No. 7). Two big reasons:They don’t foul, and they createturnovers. Ohio State sends op-ponents to the line at the lowestrate in the nation. That’s not ac-cidental; head coach Thad Mattateaches his team to play that
way. UK has been getting to theline frequently recently — Bran-don Knight said Calipari told theteam to start the game aggres-sively and driving to the rim be-
fore the West Virginia game,which led to 24 free throws —and UK’s athleticism and pen-chant for slashing to the rimcould force Ohio State into foul-ing more frequently.
Although they don’t foul,Ohio State still manages tofind a way to play aggressive-ly enough to force an above-average amount of turnovers.But UK takes care of the ballextremely well, ranking ninthin the country in turnover rate.
4. Miscellaneous — TheCBS studio crew spent timedissecting the matchup, onein which UK is a rare under-dog. Greg Anthony calledOhio State a team with “nodeficiencies,” but he did saythat a team that pushed thetempo and utilized goodguard play had the bestchance of beating them. Sit-ting next to Anthony, RickPitino said this Anthony’s de-scription of that team sound-ed “exactly like Kentucky.”
What UK will face against OSU
By Aaron Smith
MCTOhio State’s Thad Matta has coached one-and-done players Greg Oden and Mike Conley in the past.
MCTOhio State’s Jared Sullinger, left, and Jon Diebler, right, form one ofthe best inside-outside combinations in the country.
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Breaking down the Cats’Sweet 16 matchup
Ohio State ranksNo. 2 nationally in
tempo-free offensiveefficiency and No. 7
in tempo-free defensive efficiency.