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Hopes are boundlessin the preseason. It’s partof the beauty of this timeof year. Players exist asperfect versions of them-selves in our minds.

In the name of real-ism, however, let’s lookat what each scholarshipplayer eligible to playnow could — or couldnot — accomplish thisseason.

Terrence Jones[BEST CASE SCENARIO]Remember the Terrence Jones of the

first month of last season? When he wasthe clear leader of UK’s offense and dis-played the prowess that vaulted him intoearly national player-of-the-year con-tention? He could do that for a whole sea-son and become the top NBA pick hewants to be.

[WORST CASE SCENARIO]Remember the Terrence Jones of the

last month of the season? He could play awhole season as that guy, rarely assertinghis dominance and representing stuntedpotential, getting picked in the late firstround.

Doron Lamb

[BEST CASE SCENARIO]Lamb retains his dead-eye perimeter

shooting, throwing up three-goggles afterhalf his attempts, and gains the musclehead coach John Calipari says he needs to.

[WORST CASE SCENARIO]Calipari asks Lamb to be an off-the-

bench energy guy, but that’s one year toolong of not starting for Lamb. Unhappy,he falls into a shooting funk and his roleon the team deteriorates throughout theyear.

Darius Miller

[BEST CASE SCENARIO]Miller becomes the leader he said he

wasn’t quite ready to be at the beginningof last season. He continues to play likehe did the last few weeks of the regularseason, when he won SEC TournamentMVP, and finds a role similar to PatrickPatterson’s — complementary to the truestars, but still an assertive force in his ownright.

[WORST CASE SCENARIO]Miller has trouble finding his niche

with yet another new cast of playersaround him and struggles with even morebouts of inconsistency.

Anthony Davis

[BEST CASE SCENARIO]Davis goes from the No. 1 high school

recruit to the No. 1 college basketballplayer. He develops an inside game on of-fense and swats everything in arm’s reachon defense.

[WORST CASE SCENARIO]Davis still isn’t comfortable as a big

guy and struggles to become a dominantforce inside. He still gets numbers, but notthe type that make him a Player of theYear candidate.

Marquis Teague

[BEST CASE SCENARIO]Teague continues the Calipari point

guard streak. He becomes a slashing pointguard who is able to run an offense theway Calipari needs him to, balancing hisability to score with the necessity to dis-tribute the basketball.

[WORST CASE SCENARIO]Teague struggles early in the season to

pick up the offense and his responsibili-ties, and as a result, it impedes UK’s pro-gression as a team. He can’t stay on thefloor enough, from fouls and fatigue, forc-ing UK to go with Lamb/Miller/Polson atpoint guard for extended stretches.

Michael Kidd-Gilchrist

[BEST CASE SCENARIO]Kidd-Gilchrist pushes this team off the

court as much as on, getting everyone tostay late and come early. He becomes aslasher on the wing who consistentlybreaks down defenses and guards with atenacity that mirrors DeAndre Liggins.

[WORST CASE SCENARIO]It’s not that bad. He just doesn’t have

the mentality to falter, and he legitimatelydoes not seem to care whether he’s com-ing off the bench or starting. Like BrandonKnight, his work ethic prevents him fromfailing.

Kyle Wiltjer

[ BEST CASE SCENARIO]Wiltjer becomes one of the best off-

the-bench scoring options in the countrywhile adding an entirely different offen-sive skill set when he’s on the floor. Heprovides a more-than-capable big man op-tion off the bench and makes Erin An-drews swoon at practices.

[WORST CASE SCENARIO]Wiltjer never finds an offensive flow,

stubbornly sticking to the perimeter. Hegets pushed around on defense when hecomes off the bench, forcing UK to useEloy Vargas more than it wants.

Jon Hood

[BEST CASE SCENARIO]Hood spends all year rehabilitating the

knee, taking the year to get stronger andlearn from the sidelines. He watches theflood of Cats heading to the pros after thisyear and becomes a major contributor nextseason.

[WORST CASE SCENARIO]Hood finishes his recovery and gets re-

activated toward the end of the year, buthe’s too far behind to be any help. Hedoesn’t get to extend his eligibility a yearfurther and, essentially, wastes his juniorseason for no reason.

Stacey Poole

[BEST CASE SCENARIO]Poole makes the necessary commit-

ment — something he didn’t do last year— and becomes a solid eighth man. Hespells Miller/Gilchrist/Lamb when the triogets in foul trouble and holds his own.

[WORST CASE SCENARIO]A repeat of last year, or, he does nearly

nothing of worth.

Eloy Vargas

[BEST CASE SCENARIO]Vargas picked up and retained post

moves and toughness from his time tan-gling with Al Horford in Dominican Re-public national team practices. The extratime with Calipari pays off, he reboundswith two hands 99 percent of the time, andhe provides a serviceable backup center.

[WORST CASE SCENARIO]Vargas remains soft on both the offen-

sive and defensive end, is often out ofplace, and gets massive cheers anytime hescores the ball.

Jarrod Polson

[BEST CASE SCENARIO]Polson emerges as a scrappy, compe-

tent backup point guard, spelling Teaguefor about five minutes per game. The fansfinally quit yelling “SHOOOOT!” at himevery time he touches the ball. (Seriously.Stop with that.)

[WORST CASE SCENARIO]Polson reprises his role from last

year as the lovable hometown white guyoff the bench. The backup point guardspot is taken by Twany Beckham, leav-ing Polson to root for 25-point leads inthe last two minutes.

Best and worst possible scenarios for each Cat

AARONSMITH

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STAFF FILE PHOTODoron Lamb, left, and Terrence Jones are back for sophomore seasons. Both are expected to provide stabilizing leadership and consistent production for the Cats.

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Here’s everything toknow about the event forwatching Madness fromhome or going.

Scheduled for Friday,Oct. 14, doors to Rupp Arenaopen at 6 p.m. The eventstarts at 7:30 p.m. and is ex-pected to last two hours.

Those not in attendance

can still watch UK’s first of-ficial practice live on TV.The UK IMG Sports Net-work will televise the eventlive, from 7-9:30 p.m., onWYMT-TV in Hazard;WKAG-TV in Hopkinsville;WSAZ-DT in HuntingtonWest Va.; WKYT-TV inLexington and on WMYO-TV in Louisville.

Madness will also bestreamed for free on

ukathletics.com orESPN3.com.

UK is part of “ESPNUMidnight Madness,” whichwill broadcast the first prac-tices of 11 different teams.UK’s broadcast is live onespn3.com and delayed onESPNU, with Jimmy Dykesas the commentator. Otherschools include North Caroli-na, Louisville, Duke, Con-necticut, Syracuse, Michigan

State and Kansas. The pro-gram runs from 9 p.m. to 1a.m.

Other UK IMG SportsNetwork affiliates will carryBig Blue Madness on a tape-delayed basis, includingWBKO-TV (9 p.m. CT) inBowling Green; WTVW-TVin Evansville, Ind. (10:30 p.m.CT) and WDKA-TV inPaducah/Cape Girardeau (9p.m. CT).

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Seven players from theClass of 2012 or 2013 havesaid that they will be attend-ing Big Blue Madness asJohn Calipari tries to add tohis recruiting classes. Here’swho:

Shabazz MuhammadClass: 2012Position: Guard/forwardRivals ranking: No. 1Scout ranking: No. 1ESPN ranking: No. 1Other schools: Duke, UNLV, UCLA,Kansas, North Carolina, Arizona,Texas A&M

Muhammad, the unani-mous No. 1 recruit, makes hissecond visit to UK for Mad-ness, he announced in a Sept.8 interview with Coast toCoast Hoops.

DaJuan ColemanClass: 2012Position: CenterRivals ranking: No. 27

Scout ranking: No. 11ESPN ranking: No. 14Other schools: Syracuse, OhioState

Landing Coleman wouldbe helpful for the Cats tohave a big man in the roster.Coleman announced hewould be attending in an in-terview with the Courier-Journal on Sept. 9.

Archie GoodwinClass: 2012Position: Shooting guardRivals ranking: No. 12Scout ranking: No. 13ESPN ranking: No. 13

Goodwin is UK’s firstclass of 2012 commitment.Goodwin has been describedas an all-around talent whocan drive, shoot, pass andplay good defense.

Alex PoythressClass: 2012Position: ForwardRivals ranking: No. 19Scout ranking: No. 16

ESPN ranking: No. 17Other schools: Vanderbilt, Mem-phis, Florida

Poythress said he plansto be in attendance, accord-ing to a recruiting articlewith Coast to Coast Hoopson Oct. 4. Poythress standsout as a rebounder, especial-ly on the offensive boards,and a big recruit for SECschools. Many analysts proj-ect him to be the next 2012recruit to UK.

Willie CauleyClass: 2012Position: CenterRivals ranking: No. 39Scout ranking: No. 28ESPN ranking: No. 32Other schools: Kansas State, Ala-bama, Florida

Cauley also announcedhe is planning to attend BigBlue Madness in the Oct. 4recruiting article with Coastto Coast Hoops. AlthoughCauley has height, he beatsopposing players down the

floor and is a great rebound-er.

Andrew HarrisonClass: 2013Position: Point guardRivals ranking: No. 1Scout ranking: No. 4ESPN ranking: No. 4Other schools: Villanova, Baylor,Maryland, Arizona, Kansas, Texas

Andrew Harrison will beattending, according to UKSports Info. He is consideredto be the best point guard inthe 2013 class.

Aaron HarrisonClass: 2013Position: Shooting guardRivals ranking: No. 7Scout ranking: No. 7ESPN ranking: No. 7Other schools: Villanova, Baylor,Maryland, Arizona, Kansas, Texas

A talented shooter, AaronHarrison will be attendingwith his brother, Andrew Har-rison, according to UK SportsInfo.

Big Blue Madness draws top recruitsBy Sam Rothbauer

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Hype even higher for this year’s Madness

STAFF FILE PHOTOUK head coach John Calipari addresses the crowd at last year’s Big Blue Madness. He should have evenmore encouraging words for this season’s talented team.

A few weeks ago,Michael Kidd-Gilchrist con-sidered the 550 tents circlingMemorial Coliseum for BigBlue Madness tickets.

He had heard about UKfans’ passion before he cameto college. He experienced itonce he was on campus, withpeople asking for autographsand pictures and wanting totalk about the upcoming year.But he didn’t know thatmany people would be camp-ing out.

“I mean, I knew theywould be (camping),” Kidd-Gilchrist said. “But it’s evencrazier than what I thought.”

Maybe Kidd-Gilchristdoesn’t quite realize howspecial this year can be andthat Big Blue Madness willbe a reflection of the height-ened anticipation for this sea-son.

The event is always satu-rated in hype. It’s the start ofthe season and the firstchance to watch these playerson the court, unless you’re afemale who went to thewomen’s clinic.

But Madness is even big-ger this time because it’s thestart of this particular season(and a chance to stop makingourselves pay attention tofootball). Expectations arehigher than they have been inmore than a decade, andrightfully so.

Head coach John Cali-pari’s first year was hyped,mostly because it representedthe dawn of a new era. Theplayers were certainly talent-ed, but nobody quite had asolid basis for what to expectout of a freshmen-ladenteam. Last season, the shad-ow of Enes Kanter still hungover the team in October, andit took an SEC Tournament

championship to send hopesof winning a national title toplausible levels.

But with this team — thepromise of an eighth bannerhasn’t been this tangible thissoon in a long time. The2011-12 Cats, with the com-bination of multiple playerswith experience and talentedfreshmen, are the best collec-tion of talent Calipari has hadin his three years. The rosteris ridden with players com-plementing each other’s skillsets, and they will play exact-ly the way Calipari wants to— fast.

At a recent coaches clin-ic, Calipari called this year’steam his fastest since his2008 Memphis squad. ThatMemphis team finished run-ner-up in the NCAA Tourna-ment.

Compounding the hype,the new freshmen are notonly heralded — a thirdstraight No. 1 recruiting classfor Calipari — but they wereall committed for more thana year. This season has al-ways been on the horizon.

Finally, it’s here. Finally,the players make the transi-tion from subjects ofYouTube highlight reels toplayers in UK uniforms.

And an underrated part ofthis Madness: For most ofthe players, it will be the firstof many times we see them.For Ryan Harrow, it will bethe first and only time we seehim. Harrow, a transfer whohas to sit out a year, has been

a hot topic ever since hestarted playing pickup games.Madness will be our onechance to see what he’s got,and I’m sure he realizes it,too.

Undeniably, Madness ismore of a show than a prac-tice, although it does functionas the first official practice ofthe year. The fireworks, theintroductions and the speech-es usher in a new season.The 24,000-plus fans watch-ing in Rupp Arena (perhapsthe last time Madness will bein Rupp Arena?) will love it.

Still, Madness can showus something. How the play-ers react, not only to the ado-ration and the applause butalso to each other, will besomething. Not much, con-sidering the circumstances,but it can show whose per-sonality is endearing to thecrowd — whether that’s acreating a dance craze (JohnWall, Josh Harrellson) or be-ing a big Turkish badass(Enes Kanter) — and whoprefers to hunker down andgo about his business. Thosethings may not be all thatworthwhile in the grandscheme of the season, but itdoes provide some insightinto how the players interactwith each other and the fans.

Who knows what willhappen at Madness. Whatev-er occurs, it’s about to getstarted.

Maybe it will be, asKidd-Gilchrist said, even cra-zier than what we thought.

Go Green. Recycle this Kernel.

AARONSMITH

Kernelcolumnist

Wednesday, October 12, 2011 | PAGE 5

It’s no secret that some-thing UK head coach JohnCalipari does with playershelps them improve in shortperiods of time.

He takes high schoolgraduates and turns them intoNBA first-round draft picks.His coaching style is criti-cized because of his percep-tion on what is important tostress and what isn’t, but thissame coaching style is alsoadored by many of his playersand assistant coaches.

Calipari said at the Oct. 2women’s clinic practice hedoesn’t stress free throws, andif he wanted a good freethrow shooting team, he’dhave one. Instead, emphasison combining a fast pace,fundamentals and communi-cation is the route he choosesto take.

The Cats demonstratedbox-to-box passes, layupdrills, passing drills, commu-nication drills, shooting drillsand the dribble-drive offense.

What separates Calipari fromother coaches is his ability tomove from task to task seam-lessly and rapidly.

“There are no waterbreaks,” Calipari said to fansat the women’s clinic. If theywanted water, they got somewhen they needed it andjumped right back into thedrill. Calipari runs practice in away that will simultaneouslycondition players for the pacein games. “There aren’t waterbreaks in games,” he said.

As expected, the new-comers seemed to adapt tothis team strategy. Freshmanforward Anthony Davis ex-ploded in practice from be-ginning to end. He seemedlike a quiet player, but hemade big plays at each end ofthe court. Since Calipari em-phasizes player communi-caion on the court, being en-couraged to talk during prac-tices should train Davis totalk during games as well.

Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, afreshman forward, was explo-sive up and down the court aswell, muscling out of double

teams and drawing fouls.Freshman forward Kyle

Wiltjer also performed wellduring the first public practice.

Wiltjer, a pretty consistentshooter, drained several from3-point range. He seems to beworking hard for Calipari, be-ing complimented by coachesduring sprints after finally“stretching those legs,” Cali-pari said.

Both listed at only 6-foot-2, guards Marquis Teague andRyan Harrow muscled theirway into the paint and madesome big offensive drives anddefensive plays during prac-tice, all while maintainingspeed. Likewise, junior guardTwany Beckham showed offhis veteran skill set whilemaking big buckets on thefast breaks.

The newcomers can tellit’s working.

“It’s even harder in prac-tice than what I thought,”Kidd-Gilchrist said in an Oc-tober interview. “It’s more in-tense. It’s an adjustment fromhigh school. But we’re get-ting better every day.”

Practice shows freshmenadapting to coach’s style

By Sam Rothbauer

srothbauer@kykernel.com

Calipari puts emphasis on communication, pace

“ It’s even harder in practice than what Ithought. It’s more intense. It’s an adjustmentfrom high school. But we’re getting better every day.”

Freshman forward Michael Kidd-Gilchrist

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The UK Hoops teamwill hit the Rupp Arenafloor Friday night at BigBlue Madness excited to seethe fans — and potentially,some new dance movesfrom head coach MatthewMitchell.

Kastine Evans, a sopho-more guard, said that whilethe women’s players deliv-ered Qdoba to the record-setting group of fans camp-ing out for Madness tickets,she noticed everybody rec-ognized their faces and wereexcited about their upcomingseason.

Freshman guard Bria

Goss said when she saw howmuch the fans are into theevent, it got her even moreexcited.

“The impact we have onpeople is what really touchedme,” Goss said.

Junior forward BrittanyHenderson said the team ap-preciates the support it re-ceives from both the com-

munity and the studentbody.

The team’s slogan is:“Right team. Right place.Right now.”

With a mix of experi-enced returnees and a highlyranked recruiting class, thedeep and talented roster hasmany believing this couldbe a special year for the

team.“I can’t wait to see all

the fans and show themwhat we've been working onthis offseason,” Hendersonsaid.

Last year at Big BlueMadness, the team camedancing out to individual in-troductions from WashingtonWizards disc jockey Big Tig-ger. The culmination washead coach Mitchell breakingout the “Dougie,” amazing

the team and the Rupp Arenacrowd.

Mitchell’s contribution tothe festivities this year is stillunder wraps.

“I heard he’s been work-ing on his dance moves,”Henderson said. “It’ll be asurprise for all of us.”

When asked whatMitchell had in store forMadness this year, Goss said,“Guess you’ll just have towait and see.”

UK Hoops ready for share of MadnessHighly ranked incoming class could be ‘right team’

By Les Johns

ljohns@kykernel.com

UK Hoops head coachMatthew Mitchell is countingon Big Blue Madness to de-liver huge recruiting results.

Recent success on thecourt for the Cats has helpedto lead to success on the re-cruiting trail for Mitchell, ashe has secured top-15 recruit-ing classes both of the lasttwo years, according to theESPN HoopGurlz team rank-ings.

UK currently has no com-mitments for next year, butthat could change soon. Theteam will play host to severalvisitors for Big Blue Mad-ness, including many who arein the ESPN HoopGurlz top100.

Freshman Azia Bishop,who attended as a recruit lastyear, said being at Big BlueMadness can have a tremen-dous impact on a recruit.

“The atmosphere is amaz-ing,” Bishop said. “I didn’t

know about the (fans’) dedi-cation to Kentucky basket-ball.”

Bria Goss, also an incom-ing freshman, said she “gotchills” at last year’s Madness.

“If I hadn’t already de-cided,” Goss said, “I wouldhave committed right on thespot.”

By Les Johns

ljohns@kykernel.com

Three top-20 recruits have official visits scheduled

Women hope to land first commit with Madness help

These three players are scheduled for official visits to UK

on Oct. 14, according to ESPN.

Imani Stafford"post player"6-foot-5 No. 10 overallfrom Los Angeles

Brianna Butlerguard

5-foot-11No. 13

from Brooklyn, N.Y.

Nicole Kornetguard5-foot-11No. 19from Lantana, TexasPHOTO BY COLLIN LINDSTROM | STAFF

UK Hoops head coach MatthewMitchell hopes to land his first2012 commitment soon.

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With three returning vet-erans and four newcomers,UK head coach John Caliparihas, unlike this past year, op-tions. Lots of them. He won’tbe forced to use a rotation ofsix, with limited (and some-times non-existent) flexibili-ty. The most options come inthe 2/3/4 spots, as freshmenAnthony Davis and MarquisTeague seem to be locked inplace for various reasons.But what combinations couldbe seen on the floor at vari-ous times this year?

Some of these lineupscreate matchup problemsacross the board. Some aresimply intriguing based onthe blend of skill sets. Someseem impossible to stop. Allcontain supreme talent.

While Calipari says whostarts matters less than whofinishes the game, it’s stilltrue that only five playerscan be on the floor at a time.As of right now, Caliparidoesn’t know who his line-ups will be.

“We’ll start who we needto start,” Calipari said in apreseason interview. “Playpeople where they need toplay. The great thing aboutthis team is they just want to

win. ... If you’re a guy whocan get us out of the gatefast, you’ll start. If it takestime to get started, you’llcome off the bench. That’sjust how it is.

“There’s always thatchallenge, that guys are go-ing to have competition andgo at each other. But I don’tknow right now. It will behard to tell who would startand who comes off thebench. But I think we’ll be ingood shape.”

It certainly seems so, nomatter who is on the floor.Here’s what some combina-tions could look like.

Potential starting lineup No. 1:The “Most likely if the seasonstarted tomorrow” one.

C Anthony DavisPF Terrence JonesSF Darius MillerSG Doron LambPG Marquis Teague

Off the bench, F Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, F Kyle Wiltjer

Comments: A great mix ofexperience and youth, butwith all five possessing tal-ent. Well-rounded and ver-satile. Plus, Kidd-Gilchristis fine with being the sixthman. “It doesn’t matterwho is going to start,”Kidd-Gilchrist said in Sep-tember. “I don’t really care.We’re going to all play.”

Potential starting lineup No. 2:The “If freshmen assert theirdominance over veterans” one.

C Anthony DavisPF Terrence JonesSF Michael Kidd-GilchristSG Doron LambPG Marquis Teague

Off the bench: F Darius Miller, FKyle Wiltjer

Comments: Swapping Millerout for Kidd-Gilchrist seemsto be a relatively unlikelyscenario, at least for the be-ginning of the year. Millerproved himself at the end oflast year, at times carryingthe team, and I would imag-ine that will carry over intothe year. But it does seemodd to say that a top-five re-cruit might not be starting,doesn’t it? Kidd-Gilchristwould provide more defenseand rebounding than Miller,and perhaps more of an of-fensive game in totality, butless of an outside threat andless of those intangible vet-eran qualities.

Potential starting lineup No. 3:The “Reprise of last year’s Su-perSub” one.

C Anthony DavisPF Terrence JonesSF Michael Kidd-GilchristSG Darius Miller

PG Marquis TeagueOff the bench: G Doron Lamb,F Kyle Wiltjer

Comments: Just as Lambplayed much of last year offthe bench, providing an of-fensive spark and causing de-fenses to adjust in the middleof the game to his corner-three presence, this lineupwould provide the same. UKgets a ton of size and re-bounding on the floor, andretains Miller’s diverse offen-sive game, but would lackoutside shooting with thisstarting five.

In-game lineup No. 1: the“Small-ish” one.

F Terrence JonesF Michael Kidd-GilchristF Darius MillerG Doron LambG Marquis Teague

Comments: There will betimes in which AnthonyDavis will not be on thefloor, and when it does hap-pen, this could be a possiblelineup (Kyle Wiltjer alsocould be placed in there,knocking Miller/Lamb out).And still, the Cats look justfine all the way around.While they wouldn’t have atrue center out there, Joneswas a capable defensive re-bounder last year, and Kidd-

Gilchrist is touted as a re-bounder.

In-game lineup No. 2: the“We’re shooting the ball, and ifwe’re hot, no way we score lessthan 90” one.

F Kyle WiltjerF Terrence JonesF Darius MillerG Doron LambG Marquis Teague

Comments: Get the three-gog-gles out, especially if Jonesimproves his shot.

In-game lineup No. 3: the“Teague is in foul trouble orneeds a break” one.

C Anthony DavisF Terrence JonesF Darius MillerF Michael Kidd-GilchristG Doron Lamb

Comments: UK relied soheavily on Brandon Knight,seemingly at all times.Knight almost never took abreak, and when he did, UKwas just looking to playeven. He didn’t rest, and hedidn’t get in foul trouble. Hecouldn’t be removed fromthe game, out of necessity.Teague probably won’t beasked to do what Knight didto the same extent, but UK isstill looking thin at pointguard. Lamb ran the pointsemi-effectively when he wascalled upon last year; hecould do the same again, and

it would give UK three for-wards on the floor that wouldbe matchup problems all theway around.

In-game lineup No. 4: The “Wedon’t need a point guard in thegame right now” one.

C Anthony DavisF Terrence JonesF Kyle WiltjerF Michael Kidd-GilchristG Darius Miller

Comments: Similar to the oneabove, except nobody is re-ally trying to pose as a pointguard. Miller would theoret-ically be the primary ball-handler, but not really. Itwould be the lengthiest line-up possible. I don’t haveany idea if these five wouldhave enough ball-handlingskills combined to make itwork, but it looks like a fas-cinating possibility.

In-game lineup No. 6: The “Up17, 47 seconds left” one.

C Eloy VargasF Stacey PooleG Sam MaloneG Twany BeckhamG Jarrod Polson

Comments: In which we findout who is most likely to beencouraged by 24,500 fansto “SHOOOOOOOTT!!”Can Beckham or one of thewalk-ons take over for Pol-son?

Potential lineups plentiful with UK’s talentA hypothetical look at likely and unlikely combos

AARONSMITH

Kernelcolumnist

PHOTO BY LATARA APPLEBY | STAFFUK sophomore Terrence Jones, who averaged 15.7 points and 8.8 rebounds in his first season, figures tofeature prominently in nearly any lineup UK plays.

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Two years at UK is one toomany for more students now thanin the past.

Retention rates have droppedbetween second and third yearstudents while they’ve increasedbetween first and second, accord-ing to the University ReviewCommittee’s findings.

Starting last year, Institution-al Research, Planning and Effec-tiveness conducted the “StudentAttrition Survey” for freshmenand sophomores who aren’t pre-registering for the fall semester.

The purpose of the survey isto learn why students have decid-ed not to return to UK and toconnect them to resources or in-

formation sources that will helpthem make a decision about theirfuture college plans, said RogerSugarman, the survey’s creatorand the planning and assessmentdirector for IRPE.

Sugarman said last year’s re-sults for reasons students leavehaven’t differed much from thisyears results, which have not yetbeen posted for the public.

The survey showed 84 per-cent of students not returning toUK planned on attending a dif-ferent college, 14 percent wantedto take a break and then go backto school, and 2 percent didn’tplan on going back to college atall.

“Two of the angles welooked at were seeing how theresults differed from the GPAs

students had and whether theywere in-state students or out-of-state,” Sugarman said.

Dr. Hollie Swanson, chair ofthe review committee, said stu-dents were broken into twogroups: those with above a 3.0GPA and those with below a 3.0GPA.

“What was consistent withinboth groups was that they werehomesick,” Swanson said. “Wethink that part of the reason isthat these students have difficultygetting a sense of belonging,(they think) that the campus istoo big and impersonal.”

Another issue is class size,Swanson said, and that classesare too large.

“The students at the higher

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A new secular organization on campus islooking to prove one point.

You can be good without God.The UK Secular Student Alliance formed

in late August, and members want to providenonreligious students a social community andchange common misconceptions about athe-ism, agnosticism and other nonreligious be-liefs.

Those tasks are proving easier than ex-pected.

The group has gained more members thanit predicted, and feedback has been mostlypositive, said Ben Augustine, the alliance’spresident.

About 25 students attended its most re-cent meeting, and more than 100 people have“liked” its Facebook page.

Augustine, a 29-year-old statisticsgraduate student and atheist, said the groupis still in an organizational phase, some-thing they are putting a lot of effort into.Two other similar secular groups previous-ly attempted to organize but fizzled out af-ter a semester, he said.

“I think there is a saying that goes ‘Orga-nizing atheists is like herding cats,’” he said.

Many atheists do not see the need to par-ticipate in organizations, Augustine said. Butfor many students, his group addresses a needfor this type of venue.

The chapter is but one in a growing num-ber of secular and nonreligious student organ-izations on college campuses.

The Secular Student Alliance nationalorganization reported skyrocketing growthover the past five years. Since 2006, the or-ganization has seen a 420 percent increasein chapters, with more than 260 across theU.S., according to an article in The Huffin-gton Post.

Murray State University, Eastern Ken-tucky University and the University ofLouisville also have SSA chapters.

The growth is representative of a largertrend.

The number of American adults whoidentify themselves as nonreligious nearlydoubled from 1990 with 8 percent, to 2008with 15 percent, according to the U.S. CensusBureau.

Adults who identify themselves as Chris-tians decreased 10 percent in the same timeframe, from 86 to 76 percent, according to thecensus data.

“Religion provides community,” Augus-tine said. “If you aren’t going to church, youare losing a social outlet. We’re looking toprovide a similar social outlet without the re-ligious belief.”

Nonreligiousstudentsstart newalliance

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Through a new program,UK student pharmacist volun-teers can deliver pharmaceuti-cally tailored meals to patientssuffering from HIV and AIDS.

The program, HIV-ABC:Bringing Healthcare Home, is apart of UK’s chapter of theAmerican Pharmacists Associa-tion Academy of Student Phar-macists, which received a$2,000 grant for its 2010 pro-posal of the Adherence Buddiesand Counselors program.

The program has pharmacystudents volunteer at the Blue-grass Care Clinic, UK’s outpa-tient center that serves morethan 900 patients withHIV/AIDS in Lexington and ar-eas in Virginia and West Vir-

ginia. The program and the clinic

have worked together since Au-gust 2010, said Kelley Rater-mann, the Student PharmacistAssociation president.

The program partnered withMoveable Feast Lexington, acommunity-based organization,in August 2011, to reach abroader HIV/AIDS population.Students supply medicationcounseling and nutritious mealsto patients referred from Blue-grass Care Clinic throughMoveable Feast Lexington,Ratermann said.

Through HIV-ABC: Bring-ing Healthcare Home, studentscan walk across the street withlicensed pharmacists to meetwith patients and go on Move-able Feast Lexington’s meal de-livery routes, Ratermann said.

The program develops stu-dents’ interaction with patients.

“We partnered with Move-able Feast to get students moreof a hands-on experience andtalk to patients while they deliv-er their food,” Ratermann said.“Students help deliver meals tothe whole household, not justthe patient, and are trained todeal with these situations whilekeeping respect and privacy inmind.”

Under the Kentucky Al-liance of Pharmacy Students or-ganization, all students aretrained in HIV 101, a coursecovering basic HIV information,and then sign up for a three-hour route with Moveable Feastvolunteers, said David Wittmer,HIV-ABC committee co-chair.

Also, the training coursecovers sensitivity and privacy

issues, said Julia Brenneman,the committee’s other co-chair.

Last year, the committeewas involved with BluegrassCare Clinic doing pill-box fills,Wittmer said.

“Many of the patients al-ready receive meals fromMoveable Feast, so we saw it asan opportunity to volunteer andhelp them receive basic needs,”Wittmer said. “HIV medicationshave considerable side effectsthat cause changes in nutritionalneeds for the patients, so whatwe hope is to answer any ques-tions they may have.”

Moveable Feast Lexingtonadjusts patients’ meals accord-ing to their medical needs.

“Menus are modified to ad-dress specific needs related topharmaceutical side effects in-

Program serves HIV/AIDS patientsBy Elizabeth Suh

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Student volunteers deliver meals according to medical needs

Students can can call Gov. Steve Beshear thisweek to request his presence at a campus Guberna-torial Debate.

Student Government’s Wildcat Interest Groupis hosting the phone drive to get Beshear to attendthe debate on Oct. 23.

The drive will be open from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.Wednesday and Thursday on the Student Centerpatio.

The gubernatorial debate is at 6 p.m. in theWorsham Theater. The debate will featureRepublican candidate David Williams and inde-pendent Gatewood Galbraith.

SG will hand out Big Blue Madness T-shirts tothe first 100 students who come.

Phone driveencouragesgovernor tojoin debate

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LOS ANGELES — Oscar winner ShirleyMacLaine was named Sunday to receive theAmerican Film Institute’s 40th Life Achieve-ment Award, the AFI’s highest honor for a ca-reer in film.

MacLaine’s younger brother, Warren Beat-ty, received the AFI honor in 2008.

“What is not to love about ShirleyMacLaine?” said Bob Gazzale, the presidentand chief executive of AFI. “The challengewill be how to fit it all into one evening be-cause hers is a life that has gone from moviesto television to Broadway, books and beyond.She defines the term ‘Renaissance woman,’and what an honor for the AFI to shine a prop-er light to all she’s given the world.”

MacLaine, 77, will receive her award at agala tribute June 7. TV Land will broadcastthe event that month.

In addition to Beatty, previous recipientsinclude Tom Hanks, Martin Scorsese, MerylStreep, Barbra Streisand, Morgan Freeman,Kirk and Michael Douglas, Sidney Poitier, Al-fred Hitchcock, James Cagney and JimmyStewart.

MacLaine, who made her film debut inHitchcock’s 1955 dark comedy “The TroubleWith Harry,” has starred in more than 50 fea-ture films and earned six Oscar nominations,winning lead actress for 1983’s “Terms of En-

dearment.”A best-selling author, her latest book, “I’m

All Over That — and Other Confessions,” waspublished this year, and this fall MacLaine re-ceived France’s top cultural award, the Legionof Honor.

She began her career in the early 1950sdancing in a revival of the Rodgers and Ham-merstein musical “Oklahoma!”

As understudy for star Carol Haney in1954 in the musical “The Pajama Game,”MacLaine took the stage the night Hal B. Wal-lis, a producer for Paramount, was in the audi-ence. She impressed and was signed to a stu-dio contract.

MacLaine earned her first Oscar nomina-tion for 1958’s “Some Came Running” andher second for Billy Wilder’s 1960 best pic-ture winner, “The Apartment.”

She and Wilder reteamed for 1963’s “IrmaLa Douce,” which netted her another nomina-tion. She was nominated for lead actress onceagain for 1977’s “The Turning Point,” beforefinally winning for “Terms of Endearment.”MacLaine also was nominated as a producerof the 1975 feature documentary “The OtherHalf of the Sky.”

Among her recent films are 2010’s“Valentine’s Day” and the upcoming “Bernie.”

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The survey showed thatstudents who planned to at-tend another institution had ahigher average GPA than theother two groups.

Students in the higherGPA group found adjustmentand the environment on cam-pus to be a bigger reason forleaving than students in the

lower GPA group, who foundacademics and finances to bea bigger reason for leaving.

The majority of bothgroups said their main rea-sons for leaving UK werepersonal, according to thesurvey.

Swanson said a series ofevents and activities have tak-en place in the past few years,like K Week, to try and keepfreshmen at UK, which maybe why the retention rate hasincreased between first- andsecond-year students.

These events have beenput on as a means of further-ing the “War on Attrition”

since 2007 to improve UK’sretention and graduationrates.

Caitlin Roach, a UK trans-fer student and psychologyand pre-medicine sophomoreat the University of Alabama,said it was hard being an out-of-state freshman at UK.

“Pretty much everyoneseemed to be from in-state (atUK) and if they weren’t fromKentucky they were fromChicago or Cincinnati,” shesaid. “But Alabama has stu-dents from all over; peoplewho were raised in Alabamaare kind of the minority. It’scomforting knowing there are

a lot of other out-of-state stu-dents here.”

Roach, a Pennsylvania na-tive, said she came to UK be-cause she wanted to challengeherself to meet new people.She was raised on Kentuckybasketball and her grandpar-ents live in Lexington.

“I found that my fresh-man year I didn’t get in-volved in organizations,which was a combination ofmy fault and the groups of-fered didn’t fit my interests.So I applied and got into thehonors college at Alabama,”she said.

Preston Cunningham, an

economics senior at the Uni-versity of Louisville and aLouisville native, went to UKhis freshman and sophomoreyears and said that he trans-ferred for personal and con-venience reasons.

“I wasn’t really into it myfirst few years at school, andI made the mistake of datingsomeone in Louisville formost of the time I was atUK,” Cunningham said. “Ididn’t get the full experiencewhile I was there, and I kindof regret that.”

He said he had the oppor-tunity to travel, and when hecame back, he was in

Louisville for a while. “So Ijust ended up going back toschool at UofL.”

Student GovernmentPresident Micah Fielden saidthe retention rates should goup if students begin to feel likethey are part of a community.

“By creating communi-ties, such as living learningresidence halls, we can helpensure students are comfort-able at UK and have the basisof support to feel welcome atschool and away from home,”Fielden said. “By improvingthis support system on cam-pus, I believe retention rateswill be positively impacted.”

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Family science senior BridgettLyall said the group is a good sup-port group for her. Lyall grew up inHodgenville, Ky., in a nondenomi-national household.

While she began to identify asan atheist more than two years ago,she waited to tell her family untilshe was absolutely certain of her be-liefs.

Her parents cried after she toldthem seven months ago that she was

not a Christian, she said.“My dad said he blamed him-

self for talking about philosophicalthings with me,” Lyall said. “I as-sured him it was all me, and I justwanted to discover differentthings.”

The nonreligious have a nega-tive stereotype in the broader com-munity, Augustine said, and manystudents come from smaller commu-nities with hardly any other nonreli-gious people.

“It’s very comforting that thereare other people out there that havebeen through the same thing,” Lyall

said.The group also plans to focus on

education and promoting tolerancethrough education. They want othersto know that nonbelievers can leadfulfilling and moral lives withoutsupernatural guidance.

Plans are in place to host dis-cussions and bring speakers tocampus. The group also recentlyset up a table outside White Hall tospread awareness of the alliance.

Augustine and other memberssaid the group isn’t recruiting or try-ing to convert students to atheism.Instead, they are focused on inviting

and accommodating those who arealready nonreligious into the organi-zation.

“As soon as someone finds out

you are atheist or agnostic, you’reautomatically a heathen,” Lyall said.“It’s not true. We’re still good peo-ple.”

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cluding diarrhea, diabetes,heart problems, renal prob-lems and gluten intolerance,”the Moveable Feast Lexing-ton website says.

Volunteers visit clientsMonday through Friday.

Brenneman said shewanted to do something whenthe director of MoveableFeast Lexington, TerryMullins, came to the pharma-cy school with a participatingpatient.

“It inspired me to try toimplement a program to atleast allow pharmacist stu-dents to get out there andserve an underserved popula-

tion,” she said. “Those whodid thought that it was very,very rewarding.”

Moveable Feast Lexing-ton was founded in 1998 andin 2008, established a homeon the corner of Fifth Streetand Silver Maple Way, ac-cording to its website.

Since Oct. 3, 1998,Moveable Feast Lexingtonhas delivered about 250,000meals and more than 50,000bags of groceries withoutcharge to Lexington/FayetteCounty residents sufferingfrom HIV.

The program is currentlytrying to implement a med-ication adherence informa-tion system, in which stu-dents offer to deliver pillboxes and explain directions

for the nearly 40 commonHIV drugs to patients. Infor-mation would be written inlayman’s terms and printedout on laminated cards,Brenneman said.

“I hope that more studentswill get involved, and not justfor the community service re-quirements, but to get toknow the patients better,”Brenneman said. “Hopefullyit’ll be around well afterDavid and I leave.”

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What is the advantage ofattending a big university likeUK?

Is it that your first twoyears of school consist prima-rily of lecture halls whichmake you feel like just anoth-er number? Is it that some ofyour professors may be moreinterested in their own re-search than in teaching youthe information you’re payingto learn? I’ll go out on a limband say no.

While there are severaldownsides to attending alarge public university like

UK, the advantages certainlyoutweigh the disadvantagesin my opinion.

One such advantage isthe quality of speakers avail-able to the student body.Through a plethora of differ-ent organizations, UK is ableto provide an adequate speak-ing platform for some of themost high-profile and insight-ful speakers in the UnitedStates. From Associated PressPresident and CEO Tom Cur-ley to NBC broadcaster BobCostas to notable author andplaywright Dave Eggers, lastyear saw its fair share of no-table speakers trek throughUK’s doors.

This year is no different.One of the best public forumevents I have attended at UKthusfar took place Mondaynight in the Singletary Center.

The event was titled, “AreFaith and History Compati-ble?” It consisted of a debatebetween Bart Ehrman, a no-table professor of religiousstudies at the University ofNorth Carolina at ChapelHill, and David Hunter, thechair of Catholic Studies atthe UK Department of Mod-ern and Classical Languages,Literatures and Cultures.

The event was part of the2011 Bale Boone Symposiumin the Humanities, put on bythe UK Gaines Center. Thisyear’s Symposium is entitled“Religion in the 21st Centu-ry,” and takes place Oct. 10-12. It concludes Wednesday,as Jerry Coyne from the Uni-versity of Chicago and JohnHaught from GeorgetownUniversity will discuss “Sci-ence and Religion: Are They

Compatible?” Wednesday’sdebate begins at 6 p.m. in theCenter Theater and is freeand open to the public.

College is a time for newideas and open minds.Though you may be stressingover that bio test on Thurs-day, make time to come outand take advantage of whatthis university has to offeryou. Even if you simplycan’t make it to Wednesday’sevent, look out for futurespeakers who are coming toUK. Attending these eventsoffers me inspiration to ex-plore new and relevant top-ics, which otherwise I wouldnot care to consider.

Brian Hancock is anEnglish junior and the Ker-nel’s assistant opinions editor.Emailbhancock@kykernel.com.

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Culture Flux, an exhibitcurrently on display at theLexington Art League, at-tempts to display the cultureshock faced by newcomersto Beijing and Hong Kong.

Artist Joel Feldman willlecture on his two pieces,“Caochangdi” (2009) and“Markets and Malls” (2010-11) at the Niles GalleryWednesday at 5 p.m., toprovide a deeper under-standing of the exhibit.

“Caochangdi” is a townoutside of Beijing, and thepiece named after it capturesthe reaction of a foreigner’sfirst introduction to it.

“Markets and Malls”shows the shopping venuesof Hong Kong, as the artistsees it.

Anna Brzyski, Chellgrenendowed associate professorof art history and visual stud-ies, and wife of Feldman, hasbeen the organizer of CultureFlux.

“It’s an introduction forpeople of what China islike,” Brzyski said. “China isone of the most interestingplaces today; there are many

people who are interested init for a variety of reasons, beit economics, political or cul-ture.”

Culture Flux is a part ofArtsAsia, a two-week longfestival to celebrate Asianculture through art.

Shana Herron, the assis-tant director of the AsiaCenter at UK said ArtsAsiabrings the best professionalartists and performers fromvarious parts of the world torepresent Asian culture andbring that knowledge tocampus.

“We try to cover differ-ent regions within Asia andwith different arts forms,from performances to visualarts,” Herron said.

Feldman said he got hisinspiration for “Caochangdi”during six months of livingin the village.

“It’s an odd mix of kindof scrimpy Chinese and verypolished galleries, and theyall crush together,” Feldmansaid.

Feldman said he wasamazed by the rich and di-verse culture of Caochang-di. Once back in the U.S.,he chose 11 of his favoriteimages and put them togeth-

er to represent the villageand his experience there.The images are shown onmonitors.

“It’s very uniquely Chi-nese,” Feldman said aboutthe piece.

“Markets and Malls”contrasts the two differentfaces of Hong Kong, accord-ing to Feldman.

While accompanying hiswife on a business trip, hefound a contrast in shoppingon the streets of HongKong.

“The mall is very ab-stract, people are movingin a huge pace and youcan’t really see them … It’svery impersonal,” saidFeldman, who would standon the top levels of themall and take pictures ofthe people shopping andwalking around.

He said he got a com-pletely different feel whenshooting photographs at themarket.

“So I am right there inthe market; I am taking pic-tures of the stall owners,people shopping,” Feldmansaid. “It’s far more personal.The piece kind of just com-pares the two worlds.”

Feldman will be talkingmore about both pieces atCulture Flux in his lectureWednesday evening.

Herron believes the festi-val is a great way to get stu-dents’ and the community’sattention to a side of Asiathey might not know, or betoo interested about.

“We all wanted a signa-ture event to highlight thegrowing strengths of theAsian studies that we havehere at UK,” Herron said.

Brzyski, who said she isnot an artist herself, believesanyone can understand andenjoy the pieces.

“You don’t have to bevery interested in China, youdon’t have to be very famil-iar with contemporary arts inorder to get something out ofit,” she said.

The pieces are on displaydowntown in the LexingtonArts League gallery untilNov. 11.

For more on Joel Feld-man’s work visit his website,joelfeldman.us.

More information aboutArtsAsia can be found on theAsia Center website,uky.edu/center/asia.

By Jennifer Abreu

features@kykernel.com

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PAGE 4 | Wednesday, October 12, 2011

After thinking about this forsome time and being as optimisticas possible through the last few

weeks, I couldonly think of onestatement to sumup my thoughtson the Cats’ fourgame slide.

“There arerich teams andthere are poorteams, thenthere's 50 feet ofcrap, and thenthere's us,” statedBilly Beane, BradPitt’s character in

a scene of the recent film “Mon-eyball.”

Money may not be playing afactor at the moment, but the word“poor” has more than one meaningto it, and the Cats’ play of late hasbeen poor in every sense of theword.

Ninety-six yards. That’s the to-tal amount of yards accounted forby the UK offense. To put that inperspective, senior safety MychalBailey alone had six kick returnsfor 102 yards.

In diving even further in UK’sstatistical flaws, junior punter

Ryan Tydlacka’s 398 yards on ninepunts was more yardage than theCats offense has gained during anyone game this season.

The South Carolina offense onthe other hand, being manned bysophomore quarterback ConnorShaw, racked up 639 total yards.

UK head coach Joker Phillipshas spoken of turnovers being theteam’s handicap as the season hasprogressed.

While I wasn’t under the im-pression that turnovers were thebiggest problem for UK, it was themost pathetic statistic from Satur-day’s game.

Saturday, UK had moreturnovers (six) than it did comple-tions (four) for the game. MorganNewton, Max Smith, JoshClemons and Matt Roark all at-tempted a pass, sometimes onquestionable occasions, which re-sulted in a 4 of 26 record on theday for 17 yards.

The Gamecocks caught four ofthose passes for interceptions andmanaged to maintain possession oftwo fumbles.

With all that said, the fire un-der Phillips’ seat is trying to “rise”and fans have been given morethan enough to help feed it

through the weeks.I’ve yet to reach the point

where I believe people should becalling for his job, but the offensehas yet to resemble anything ofpast offenses.

Basically, I’m saying I don’tknow who is going to need to bethe scapegoat for these problems,as I, like many, have yet to discov-er who is in fact calling the playsfor UK.

Some say money can’t solveall problems, but to that I say “notso fast, my friend.”

An offense can be bought, andno, I don’t mean by cheating to doit.

A matter of re-arranging staffpositions can open up the offen-sive coordinator position so thatthe beloved Randy Sanders canstay on the team and continue tomold the Cats’ quarterbacks as hehas been successful at doing.

The pro-style offense that hasbeen in place for some time hasrun its course.

It is time to find a new identityand my pitch to do so can keepPhillips in charge and return theone man that Big Blue Nation hasbeen clamoring for since the sea-son has taken a turn for the worst.

The compromise comes in theform of former Texas Tech headcoach and one-time UK offensivecoordinator Mike Leach.

With the way he had to departLubbock, Texas, there is little casethat can be made to an athletic di-rector who would lead them to be-lieve that Mike Leach should beput in charge of a program.

But how about in charge of anoffense? I don’t see why not.

Both parties can benefit fromsuch a move. Leach will be able tohelp reinvigorate a program withhis offensive scheme, all whileadding to his resume for anotherpossible future head coaching po-sition.

Though it more than likelywouldn’t be a permanent stop forLeach, it would be long enoughfor the Cats to prepare wide re-ceivers coach and passing gamecoordinator Tee Martin to eventu-ally take over the position beforehis talents are taken elsewhere.

Whether my option is viable ornot, I expect a drastic offensivechange to be made at least in theshort term so that UK doesn’t al-low Jacksonville State on Oct. 22to replicate its upset of Ole Missfrom last season.

Former Texas Tech coach Leachcould be answer for UK offense

Calling for a scapegoat not necessary, re-arranging staff is the answer

UK freshman running backJosh Clemons underwent kneesurgery Tuesday to repair a tornmeniscus, causing him to miss theremainder of the season, accord-ing to a UK Athletics releaseTuesday.

Through six weeks, Clemonshas led UK in rushing with 65 car-ries for 279 yards, an average of4.3 yards per carry, along with twotouchdowns.

For an offense already strug-gling to move the football, the in-jury will provide more opportuni-ties to running backs JonathanGeorge and CoShik Williams, aswell as sophomore running backRaymond Sanders, who is recover-ing from an injury of his own sus-tained in week one.

Both of Clemons’ touchdownsrepresented game-winning scoresin the Cats’ two victories to openthe season against Western Ken-tucky and Central Michigan.

His 87-yard touchdown scam-per against Central Michigan wasthe longest touchdown run by aUK freshman in the program’s his-tory.

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In developed areas —such as Lexington — roofs,pavement and other urbansurfaces are unable to handlelarge water volume and flowleading to eroded banks, lossof habitat and aquatic life,and increased flooding andproperty damage in sur-rounding areas.

A helpful solution tolimit pollutants from enter-ing our water bodies wouldbe to build a rain garden,said Mary Carol Cooper, aretired native plant coordi-nator from Salato WildlifeEducation Center in Frank-fort, Ky.

On Tuesday morning,Cooper led a presentation atthe UK Arboretum on“Building a Rain Garden,”as a part of a series fundedthrough the Lexington gov-ernment.

“We’re collaboratingwith them on teaching class-es that provide a more sus-

tainable lifestyle,” Arbore-tum director Marcia Farrissaid. “These are things thathelp with water runoff inLexington, which is a bigproblem with people.”

Tuesday’s event was apart of an ongoing series theArboretum will host with

the city government to teachresidents about water quali-ty.

“I think rain gardens area great tool to catch runoffand pollutants in Lexington,because it is a problem inour community,” said JamesCalitri, a UK alumnus inlandscape architecture.

Farris said she choseCooper to lead the presenta-tion on rain gardens becauseshe is a wonderful resourcefor information about nativeplants and because of herbackground at Salato.

After the presentation,Kay Newtz, a Lexington res-ident, said that everyoneshould try to build a raingarden.

“I think this lecture wasvery informative and a greatway to identify local prob-

lems within our community,”Newtz said.

The next event in the se-ries will address trees andwater quality. It will betaught by Chris Barton, anassociate professor of foresthydrology in UK’s depart-ment of forestry, and DaveLeonard, owner of DaveLeonard Consulting ArboristInc. — a tree care specialistcompany.

Those interested cancontact Farris at (859) 257-6955.

By Sean LaPlaca

features@kykernel.com

Arboretumevent part of

ongoing series

Rain gardens can help with pollution, other water problems

PHOTO BY SEAN LAPLACA | STAFFMary Carol Cooper, from a wildlife education center in Frankfort, led Tuesday’s rain garden presentation.

How to make a rain gardenAnyone looking to build a rain garden should:

Stay at least 10 feet away from the buildingfoundation and avoid septic systems and utilitylines. (It is important to find out where the wa-ter will flow in and where it will overflow. Thelonger side of the garden should be upward tocapture as much water as possible.)

Make sure someone tests the soil type for thenecessary rain garden depth.

Calculate how much rain water would flowto the rain garden.

yard square footage (ft2) / rain gardendepth (in) = rain garden area (ft2) (This is the area your rain garden shouldbe to contain runoff from a 1-inch rainfallevent).

Once your calculations are finished, youshould outline your rain garden perimeter.

Next, shape your landscape by adding soiland rake the entire rain garden so that itis ready for planting.

When considering plants for your rain garden, be sure to consider a plant’sheight and bloom time.

Facts

The overall result of a rain garden is to reduce runoff, conserve water and reduce pollution before it enters localwaterways and groundwater.

The idea of a rain garden is tohelp recharge the groundwatersupply.

Rain gardens are also beneficialto local wildlife because theycreate a habitat.

Information from rain garden presentation