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The Elbert C. Ray eStudiois a studio that offers free tu-toring in written, oral, visualand digital communication tostudents in the College of En-gineering.

“We can help students inthe quality of the work theyproduce and the way theyprofessionalize themselves.We can make them better stu-dents now and better engi-neers later,” said Emily Dot-son, assistant director of theeStudio.

The eStudio offers free tu-toring for engineers in writtencommunication tailoredspecifically to the technicalwriting, scientific reports andlab reports these students mustmaster.

It also helps with every-thing from emails to grant pro-posals.

Tutors at eStudio, primari-ly upper-level Honors studentsfrom all fields of engineering,are available to help engineer-ing students with their presen-tations.

“We have rehearsal spaceswith white boards, cameras totape presentations, and well-trained tutors to offer tips andfeedback to improve presenta-tions,” said Amber Troxell,acting director of the eStudio.

The eStudio also providesa state-of-the-art digital medialab.

Its sound booth is thesame one used by Lady Gaga.

Video-editing software,digital video cameras, greenscreens, video and audio con-version software and photog-raphy equipment are available

to all engineering students. Tutors are trained on all

the equipment an expert is al-ways there to help.

The eStudio allows engi-neering students to check outmost of the equipment to helpwith their projects and presen-tations.

Flip cameras, professionalphotography equipment andaudio-recording equipment areall available for checkout.

Macs and personal com-puters are available for check-out for use in the studio only.

Whether used for drop-intutoring or as part of EGR199,a class which provides a one-on-one, scheduled meetingtime between a tutor and a stu-dent, eStudio provides an in-

formal, friendly place for ESLstudents to get assistance withwritten and oral communica-tion skills.

“This is a great tool for usto improve writing and speak-ing skills,” said Cedric Lukon-ga, an ESL senior in miningengineering.

While 80 percent of theservices offered at eStudio arefor engineering students, 20percent are for faculty.

“We do workshops on anytype of communication issuefor engineering faculty andcan customize them for thespecific needs of the class,”Dotson said.

The eStudio is at Room108A of the Ralph G. Ander-son Building and is open

Mondays through Thursdaysfrom 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Fri-days from 10 a.m. to noon.

Engineering students candrop in for tutoring or make anappointment through eStudio’sonline scheduling program,available on its website:www.engr.uky.edu/estudio.

Although the eStudio hasbeen open to engineeringstudents since September, itwill host a grand opening at3:30 p.m. Nov. 28 to pro-mote it for engineering stu-dents and to honor Elbert C.Ray and Charles Scroggins,whose funding helped itscreation.

Students, faculty and staffin the College of Engineeringare invited to attend.

Obama,Romney tackle

Libya, Syria in final debate

BOCA RATON, Fla. — President Barack Obama and Re-publican Mitt Romney spent their final debate Monday cir-cling the globe’s hot spots as they clashed over the merits ofdiplomacy and brinkmanship in Libya, Israel, Iran, the Mid-dle East and other volatile areas.

But they also managed to get in digs at their opponents’economic plans.

The topic of the 90-minute clash at Lynn University wasforeign policy, which polls show is not a major concern ofmost Americans as they prepare to vote Nov. 6. About one-third of the way through the debate, Obama and Romneyturned the talk to the economy, the issue that is overwhelm-ingly most on voters’ minds.

A strong America, Romney said, must have a strongeconomy. “America must lead and for that to happen we haveto (fix) our economy here at home,” he said.

Obama, too, wanted to talk about the economy. He talkedabout education — a topic rarely mentioned during the firsttwo debates — and charged that Romney’s policies would dolittle to reduce class sizes and support teachers. Slashing sup-port for education “is not good for America’s position in theworld, and the world notices.”

Romney cited his record as governor of Massachusettsfrom 2003 to 2007, arguing he supported teachers. Obamatried to interrupt and charge Romney was not so generous toeducation.

The debate’s main purpose was to give voters a measureof how each candidate would act as commander in chief, andboth men tried to portray themselves as resolute and reason-able.

Obama charged that Romney was tied to policies of thepast. “Every time you’ve offered an opinion, you’ve beenwrong,” the president said.

Romney, he explained, wanted more troops in Iraq andhas a confused, changing Afghanistan policy.

What’s needed is “strong, steady leadership,” Obamasaid. Romney’s plan, he added, “is not a recipe for Americanstrength.” The president recalled Romney’s characterizationof Russia as a major U.S. foe.

“The ’80s is calling, asking for its foreign policy back,”Obama said.

Romney fought back. “Of course I don’t concur withwhat the president said about my own record. They don’thappen to be accurate,” Romney said. “Attacking me is notan agenda. Attacking me is not (how to) deal with challengesin the Middle East.”

The debate began with Obama vigorously defending U.S.policies. “It’s important to step back and think about whathappened in Libya,” Obama said. He recalled how the U.S.“organized an international coalition,” without involving U.S.troops on the ground, which helped topple the regime ofMoammar Gadhafi.

“I have to tell you that your strategy previously has beenone that is all over the map” and not equipped to help Amer-ican interests in the Middle East, he said.

Romney labeled his strategy “straightforward.” The ma-jor strategy, he said, is to “make sure we go after leaders ofthese various anti-American groups and these jihadists.”

Romney began the debate methodically recalling the tur-bulent events of the last few years. “What we’re seeing is apretty dramatic reversal of the kind of hopes we had for thatreason,” Romney said.

“But we can’t kill our way out of this mess,” he said.“We’re going to have to put in place a very comprehensiveand robust strategy to help the — the world of Islam and oth-er parts of the world, reject this radical violent extremism,which is — it’s certainly not on the run.”

Obama cited his record, saying al-Qaida’s leadership hadbeen “decimated,” and how his policies have allowed theUnited States to rebuild alliances and combat future threats.One way to do that, he said, was to push more economic de-velopment, education, gender equality and adherence to therule of law.

Some of the other topics at Monday’s debate:—Military spending: One way to show American

strength, Romney argues, is to beef up military capability.Before leaving for a pre-election recess, Congress agreed toset defense spending for fiscal 2013, the 12-month period thatbegan Oct. 1, at about $519.9 billion, about the same as lastyear.

Automatic cuts planned to begin in January would shave

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Wildcat statue nameless no more

Meet Bowman.Bowman is the winning

name voted on by students forthe 7-foot bronze wildcat stat-ue in front of Memorial Coli-

seum.Bowman was named after

John Bryan Bowman, an inno-vator whose belief in educa-tion contributed to what weknow as the University ofKentucky today.

The history from the name

chosen is important, said com-munity and leadership devel-opment professor RebekahEpps.

“We have a really rich his-tory on campus that is nottalked about, so I am excitedthat students incorporatedthat,” she said.

The sculpture has been aUK trademark since its instal-lation in April but had sincebeen nameless.

The UK Alumni Associa-tion let students choose thename of the statue.

Early into fall semester,students could suggest names.

Leslie Hayes, program di-rector at the Alumni Associa-tion, said most of the nameswere related to athletics.

“But we wanted some-thing that would be timeless,and representative of all cam-pus,” she said.

A committee made up ofstudents selected three favoritenames to compete for stu-dents’ votes: Bowman, Victorand Champ.

The winning name, sug-gested by student Mills Arm-bruster, was announced duringthe homecoming pep rally lastweek.

Being able to participate insomething that affects the en-tire campus connects students

to UK even when they be-come alumni, Hayes said.

“After they graduate theylook back and know that theywere part of that,” she said.

Hayes said she is satisfiedwith the participation and thedecision students made.

“I really like the historictie, bringing new and old tra-ditions,” she said. “(Bow-man) intertwines past andpresent.”

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Bowman chosen for landmark,after university’s founder

By Melissa Patrick

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PHOTOS BY ADAM PENNAVARIA | STAFFStudents use the new Elbert C. Ray eStudio through the College of Engineering. The eStudio offers tutor-ing services and equipment students can use for presentations. It also includes rehearsal spaces, andtutors offer feedback.

eStudio offers resources for engineering majors

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LOS ANGELES — Most of us traverse theenvironment by walking. Not Michael“Frosti” Zernow — he prefers to vault, flipand catapult his way from A to B.

The Santa Monica, Calif.-based profes-sional parkour athlete and instructor has 10-plus years of experience, and it shows: Theman defies gravity when in motion.

Parkour is a discipline developed inFrance that involves smoothly navigating overand around obstacles like walls, stairs andtrees with jumps, climbs and acrobat-likemoves. Zernow makes it look effortless, but ittakes practice and discipline if you don’t wantto smack a wall, graze your knees on asphaltor otherwise end up at your local urgent careclinic. Once you’ve got the skills, parkour(also called free-running) is a blast you can doalmost anywhere.

Since some moves can be tricky and re-quire a level of athleticism, you may want pro-fessional instruction at the outset. But here’san easy, explosive move — called a tic-tac —to get you started.

Why you should try this:Because it’s fun. A tic-tac is usually done

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What to do:Pick a spot on a wall, sturdy tree or lamp-

post that is at a comfortable and achievableheight. Take a short running start and step ontothe spot with the leg that’s closest, puttingyour weight into it. Then push off with thesame leg, like a billiard ball ricocheting off theside of a pool table.

Extend the other leg out for the landing,but don’t just settle for any random landingspot — pick a specific place on the ground,and turn to face it to help guide your bodythere. Land on the balls of the feet, with kneesbent, to avoid injuring the joints.

How much to do:Begin with one to two tic-tacs at a time,

making sure you work both sides of the body.As you get stronger and more confident, addmore.

An off-the-wall workout

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about 9 to 10 percent frommost Pentagon programs thisyear and $500 billion over 10years. Romney says he’ll stopthose cuts but does not specifyhow he’d do that without in-creasing federal deficits.

Such cutting, he said, “ismaking our future less certainand less secure.” Obama notedthat automatic cuts are “notsomething I proposed” andvowed they would not happen.

Romney reiterated hiscomplaint that under Obama,the Navy is at its lowest num-ber of ships since 1916.

Obama ridiculed the re-mark, saying the U.S. militaryneeds have changed. “Wehave fewer horses and bayo-nets,” he said. “The nature ofour military has changed. Thisis not a game of ‘Battleship’that we are playing.”

—Syria. Neither saw arole in Syria for the U.S. mili-tary. But Romney criticizedObama’s approach, accusingthe administration of not tak-ing a leading role in ousting

President Bashar Assad. “Thisshould have been a time forAmerican leadership,” he said,calling for the U.S. to identifySyrian insurgents it could help.

Obama countered that theadministration has led an ef-fort to get humanitarian aid toSyrians and help to the rebels.

“We are playing a leader-ship role,” he said.

—Iran: Obama vowedthat as long as he’s president,Iran will not get a nuclearweapon. “A nuclear Iran is athreat to our national securityand it’s a threat to Israel’s na-tional security,” he said. Rom-

ney said much the same thingMonday.

He also said “cripplingsanctions” against Iran work.“I would tighten those sanc-tions,” he said. “I’d take ondiplomatic isolation efforts.”

Aside from putting greater

stress on threatening militaryaction, Romney hasn’t articu-lated a plan for dealing withIran’s nuclear program that’smuch different from Obama’sapproach. That policy com-bines tightening sanctions andkeeping a military option open

while pushing for a diplomaticdeal under which Iran wouldhalt its enrichment of uranium.

—Israel: “I will stand withIsrael if it is attacked,” Obamapledged. “If Israel’s attacked,we have their back,” addedRomney.

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tuesday 10.23.12 page 3kernelopinionsWith the political debates just behind us,

many of us can’t help but have a politicaldiscussion, though manytimes we wish we hadn’t.

I can think of plentyof examples of conversa-tions I’ve had that havequickly gone sidewaysand turned into a festivalof insults.

But as I’ve gotten old-er (perhaps not wiser, justmore careful) I’ve realizedone very important thing:political discussions willaffect your friendshipsand potentially burnbridges.

They also reflect, in many ways, whoyou are as a person.

Do you value other people and theiropinions? Or do you just want to be right?

With this in mind, I want to give a fewways in which you can tread the minefieldof political discourse without alienating any-one who doesn’t see it your way.

And potentially give you the ability tobe more persuasive if you happen to be ar-guing with someone who may ardently saywhat they’ve heard but not necessarily be-lieve it wholesale.

Bear in mind that our two-party systemoften gives only two sides of an issue withmany people being moderates or libertariansor authoritarian or, of course, far-left liberalor far-right conservative.

Thus much of the debate in the news isbetween the mainstream Democratic ideals

and mainstream Republican ideals. This means that most people are falling

somewhere along the lines that “agree” withthese ideas but not necessarily will reflectall of the other persons’ ideals.

So don’t walk into any discussion think-ing that you know what someone believes— articulate the talking points that are onthe table and argue those.

Or more simply, don’t presume a demo-crat is also an economic liberal, and don’tpresume a Republican is an economic con-servative.

Ask.If you don’t take anything else out of

this, please take away this: never forget yourown fallibility.

We as humans just are not particularlyobjective, objectively speaking.

Truth is a difficult thing to lasso downand present in a light that is unassailablytrue.

Philosophers have argued about that be-fore there was even an established philoso-phy for truth, which arguably isn’t fully es-tablished.

So be pragmatic and try to understandwhy you believe what you believe and thenin turn why another person believes whatthey believe.

Then engage the difference of opinionjust as that — an opinion.

Realize that while you may see things ina dichotomous fashion right now, you’re hu-man and thus your beliefs are dynamic.They will change over time.

So don’t alienate a friend over a beliefthat just might change.

Present what you believe in terms thatdon’t challenge someone who may disagree.For example: “If you don’t vote this way,you’re an idiot.” Or any version of this.

If there is a dissenting opinion, the otherindividual has to acknowledge that they arean idiot and then disagree.

It won’t foster change in someone whodisagrees with you and it’s just outright dis-respectful.

Use terms that are not absolute or nor-mative.

Don’t say sweeping generalizations (lib-erals are always hypocrites, conservativesare always dumb) or anything that goesalong these lines. “Always,” “never,”“should,” “shouldn’t”: these terms are bestleft alone.

One good reason is if the other personfinds one exception, even if your point wasstrong, it’ll take all the air out of it with oneexception.

A great example of this was when Rom-ney said Obama NEVER called the attack inBenghazi an act of terror.

He did, and all the wind was out of thesails on the broader point that he was makingon the president’s handling of the situation.

Political discussions are not about youbeing right.

For one, you are one vote among many. The stakes aren’t really that high even if

you really, really believe you’re right.And you are never going to berate some-

one into believing what you believe.People respond to good ideas, not pithy

jabs at their ideologies.Abusing your opponent doesn’t make

you more right. If that were the case, pundits would’ve

convinced us all that they’re right. Beyond anything else, if you’ve main-

tained respect and a conversation is careen-ing out of control, exit it.

Yelling and heated emotions shut downyour capacity to reason — read anythingfrom John Gottman on relationships and youcan take that away.

It’s OK to be angry, but it’s not OK toallow it to escalate beyond that.

So tactfully say that the conversation is-n’t moving in a positive direction and moveon with your life.

Political conversations are a great oppor-tunity for you to parse out your own politi-cal beliefs and give you a foundation thatyou’ve explored thoughtfully to base yourpolitical behavior.

Even if your opinions radically diverge,stay polite, stay calm and when it’s all over,tell the person it was good talking to them.

I know we can all get a little crazy overpolitics, but at the end of the elections weare going to have one president, and noamount of you not liking that candidate willchange that.

Value dissenting opinions and let dis-course sharpen your own beliefs.

If you can only respect opinions thatcomplement your own, your existence willstay unquestioned and you’ll just be an echochamber of your own ideas, which likely(since you’re the only one contributing tothem) won’t be all that great anyhow.

Joshua Hoke is a political science junior.Email opinions@kykernel.com.

Be open-minded about others’ political beliefs

JOSHUAHOKE

Contributingcolumnist

There’s good news and badnews.

The good newsis the election is al-most over.

The bad newsis it isn’t over yet.

If you’re likeme, your Facebookis littered withleftists, rightists,centrists, apathists,and snobists ...each convincedthey have a corneron truth.

I have strongbeliefs, too, but unlike them, mineare actually right.

You can tell because I have acaps lock key.

And since I know you woke upthis morning dying to know what Ithought, it’s your lucky day.

First, I think we all agree Oba-ma inherited a mess.

In fact, the bailouts, stimuliand America’s first trillion-dollardeficit started with Bush.

But wasn’t that the point ofhiring Obama?

Didn’t he promise change? He swore he’d cut the deficit

in half. Instead, it’s been over a trillion

every year.Don’t miss the significance of

a trillion dollars, by the way. You think student loans are

bad, try a million million dollars. It’s $1,000,000,000,000. Google it — there’s a scary

graphic of a tiny man next to a foot-ball field full of pallets of cash.

America’s got 16 of ’em. It’s so vast our imaginations

can’t even fathom it, but that’s ourdebt.

Heck, that’s our children’s chil-dren’s children’s debt.

Eventually, somebody’s gottapay the piper.

You and 100 million othersomebodies to be exact — eachtaxpayer owes about $115,000.

Who knows, maybe we actual-ly could start paying it if we couldcatch a break and a job. But with

our current leadership, we haven’t.Have you checked your re-

ceipts lately? College tuition is up 25 per-

cent. Food prices are through the

roof. Gas was $1.86 and when Oba-

ma got in, and now we’re happy topay $3.49.

(Not Obama’s fault? That’s notwhat Obama said about Bush.)Middle class wealth and incomehave dropped.

Our credit has been downgrad-ed ... twice.

Our global competitiveness hasdropped.

Health insurance premiumsrose 29 percent.

Taxes are up. Food stamp re-cipients have doubled. Welfarespending is up 32 percent.

And let’s not open that Pando-ra’s Box of despair by talkingabout job prospects when yougraduate.

I should know. I’m back for my second degree.

These aren’t Romney talkingpoints.

They’re America’s pulse. Everyone knows we’re not bet-

ter off. Now look, maybe it’s not all

Obama’s fault. Odds are he means well, and

besides, we hired him. But he’s not fitting the bill and

he’s had four years. We need someone with busi-

ness experience on his resume, nota community-organizing senator.

When I ask people whythey’re voting for Obama, they saythey’re basically counting on himto do things differently — not tobe Obama.

This confused me until thepresident came out in support ofguns, coal, oil and capitalism,while opposing illegal immigrationand deficits.

Even Obama isn’t running asObama anymore.

They say Romney is rich. Uh, yeah, isn’t that the point? Don’t we want somebody suc-

cessful to run the country? If I’m out of shape, I want the

trainer with six-pack abs, notsomeone flabby enough to under-stand my plight.

The CIA hires ex-hackers tohelp them succeed.

If America as a business sucks,hire the frigging rich guy.

I’m not pushing a party or anagenda.

Romney’s no savior, and Ihave a few beefs with him, too.

But I’ve got a business degreeand enough common sense toknow you can’t print, borrow andspend your way out of debt.

Until we elect Jesus Christ,we’ll always be voting for thelesser of two evils.

Based on the resumes andtrack records, that’s Romney.

You can tell I’m right. I havecaps lock.

David Burnett is a businessalumnus, a nursing student andserves as director of public relationsfor Students for Concealed Carry.Email opinions@kykernel.com.

National deficit is key in who will win the presidency

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Guestcolumnist

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They say that football is agame of inches, but rifle is agame of millimeters. Thebull’s-eye is about the size ofthe period at the end of thissentence.

“Imagine taking the SATsfor four and a half hours andyou have to get every ques-tion right. That’s the pres-sure,” said head coach andUK alumnus Harry Mullins.“The margin of error is very,very small.”

In rifle, there are twoevents: smallbore and air ri-fle. In smallbore, athletes usea .22 caliber rifle to shoot at atarget 50 feet away. Theyshoot 20 shots prone (whichis lying down), 20 shotsstanding and 20 shots kneel-ing. The best possible scorein each of these positions is200. Each shot is worth 10points.

“For us, a good pronescore is 199-200, a goodstanding score is 192s orhigher, and a good kneelingscore is probably in the midto low 190s,” Mullins said.“We’re more of a numbers-driven sport. We’re alwaystrying to beat our last bignumber or our last record. I

don’t ever want them to getcomfortable.“

After a 30-minute break,athletes use a .177 caliber airrifle to shoot 60 shots at 10meters standing. A perfectscore is 600. Senior HenriJunghänel shot an impressive594 in Sunday’s matchagainst Army. Fellow seniorsHeather Greathouse and Sta-cy Wheatley also shot above590 in Sunday’s competition.

“A big part of (training) isbuilding confidence in theathletes — teaching them tobelieve and have faith thatwhat they’re doing is rightand to trust themselves intheir decision-makingprocesses,” Mullins said.

Junghänel shot a program-best 592 in smallbore againstArmy, surpassing his previouspersonal collegiate and pro-gram-best of 590. Later in themorning, Junghänel’s 594 inair rifle brought his aggregatetotal to 1186, also a new pro-gram record.

“It’s a great sport to chal-lenge your concentration. Youhave to be focused for a longtime. You work on the highestlevel of your physics and yourpsychology,” Junghänel said.

The Cats’ total aggregatescore of 4716 set a new pro-gram best. The team also fin-

ished smallbore with a seasonhigh of 2348 from freshmanConnor Davis, Greathouse,Wheatley, Junghänel and jun-iors Aaron and Emily Holsop-

ple.UK is hoping to repeat as

national champions after de-feating West Virginia by threepoints for last year’s title.

“Our overall goal this yearis to get another win at theNCAAs. That would be prettyawesome to do that twice inthe time that most of us are

here,” said senior Katie Fretts.The Cats are 3-0 on the

season. Their next match is athome Sunday versus Ten-nessee-Martin.

By Lindsay Travissports@kykernel.com

Rifle team shoots, scores in competitionCats hope to repeat as national

champions in pressure-filled sport

PHOTO BY SCOTT HANNIGAN | STAFFFreshman Connor Davis looks around between shots in a rifle competition against Murray State in Barker Hall on Friday.

After 12 years and 46playoff games in her WNBAcareer, former TennesseeVolunteer Tamika Catchingsfinally clutched the only tro-phy missing from her collec-tion: the WNBA Champi-onship.

The Finals MVP led theIndiana Fever past the Min-nesota Lynx for the fran-chise’s first title, contribut-ing 89 points, 24 rebounds,14 assists, seven steals andnine blocks in the four-gameseries.

Catchings represents alarge contingent of former

SEC players in the WNBA.At the start of the 2012 sea-son, there were 26 active for-mer SEC players on WNBArosters, including UK’s ownVictoria Dunlap. Tennessee,with its illustrious history ofwomen’s hoops, leads thepack with 10 players. LSUcomes in next with five.Florida, Ole Miss, Georgia,Alabama, Auburn, Arkansas,Mississippi State and Ken-tucky round out the group.

Each WNBA team has atleast one former SEC staractive, with New York,Washington, Connecticutand Los Angeles countingfor three apiece.

Dunlap, the only former

Cat in the league, recentlywas released by the SeattleStorm in light of the$878,000 salary cap en-forced on every WNBAteam. The two-time SECPlayer of the Year and 2011SEC Defensive Player of theYear was traded to the Stormafter being chosen 11th over-all by the Washington Mys-tics in 2011 WNBA draft.

With Dunlap still search-ing for success, will UKHoops be able to increase itspresence in the WNBA nextseason?

Senior UK guard A’diaMathies may very well rep-resent UK’s most immediatechance to fill up roster spotsin the pros.

Native to Louisville,Mathies has enjoyed a deco-rated career in Lexington,having been named 2010SEC Freshman of the Year,2012 SEC Player of theYear, 2012 USBWA and APAll-American and a top can-didate on this season’s watchlist for the State Farm WadeTrophy. Mathies alsodropped a ferocious 34-pointgame — including a game-winner in the final seconds— on Tennessee in 2012 toend the Volunteers’ 36-gameSEC win streak.

Beating Tennessee maywell represent the future out-look of the SEC as UKHoops rises to the forefrontof the league and the nationunder the leadership of headcoach Matthew Mitchell.

Mathies might be thefirst of many UK players tostep into the pros, asMitchell’s talented youth,such as sophomore BriaGoss (2012 SEC Freshmanof the Year) and freshmanJanee Thompson (2012 Mc-Donald’s All-American),look to make an impact inthe NCAA and possibly theWNBA further down theroad.

By Boyd Hayesbhayes@kykernel.com

Hoops to WNBA?Mathies could go pro

Senior has best chance of any Cat on this roster

PHOTO BY TESSA LIGHTY | STAFFSenior guard A’dia Mathies shoots in a game vs. LSU in last year’sSEC Tournament. She was named the 2012 SEC Player of the Year.

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