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PHOTOS BY SCOTT HANNIGAN | STAFFFormer UK hockey player, Alex Robinson, and teammate of Taylor Vit sits in remembrance during the memorial service for Vit in Memorial Hall Monday night.

Tuesday’s Homecoming events willallow students to hear Wildcats of allages “Roaring through the Decades.”

Both alumni and children from theLexington community have an eventscheduled to connect with the studentbody.

Kitty Karnival and the Mo’ BettaBasketball Game are looking to build onyears of success at Homecoming.

According to the Student ActivitiesBoard, student organizations create car-nival games and booths at Kitty Karni-val for local children to come enjoy as akick-off to the fall season.

The event will be held from 5 p.m.to 7 p.m. on South Campus.

“In its fifth year, the Karnival is be-coming both a campus and communitytradition,” said Jaclyn Hawkins, StudentActivities Board director of Traditions.“Last year, 40 student organizations cre-ated small carnival games for childrenof the community to enjoy.”

According to a UK press release,“This year, children are invited to weartheir Halloween costumes as part of theKarnival theme, “Where Little Ghostsand Goblins Come to Play.”

“The Karnival is a great service-ori-ented event, as it's never too early to getkids on our campus,” Hawkins said.

Points for Wildcat Cup can beearned at Kitty Karnival.

Street parking is available in accor-dance with regular UK parking restric-tions and in the Parking Structure #7 fora fee.

In the event of rain, the event willmove to the Student Center HarrisGrand Ballroom and for a fee ParkingStructure #5 will be available.

After UK hosts kids on Tuesday, itwill welcome back some former stu-dents.

The Black Student Union will hostthe 20th annual Mo’ Betta BasketballGame in Alumni Gym from 7 p.m. to 9p.m.

“Last year, the Alumni took thebragging rights, so the students are outfor revenge this year,” said Unique N.Young, Black Student Union vice-presi-dent.

The game itself will not be the onlyentertainment.

“There will also be a half time showincluded,” Young said, “as well as a DJfor the event.”

By Gary Hermannnews@kykernel.com

UK holdsevents forkids andalumni

Taylor Vit remembered

Dozens of students, athletes,fans and family members gatheredat a memorial service Monday toremember a standout leader on theUK Hockey team, Taylor Vit.

Twenty-two-year-old Vit, whodied Oct. 10 from injuries sus-tained in an automobile accident,was a senior at UK. He was alsoan assistant captain of the UKHockey team.

UK Hockey and the universityhosted the service.

Among those who spoke at thememorial service were UK Hock-ey general manager Ian Ward andhead coach Rob Docherty.

“We share a common thread:the love we have for Taylor andthe heartbreak we have over hispassing,” Docherty said. “If wekeep the memory of Taylor, wewill be better people.”

Vit’s former teammate TonyValerino and his childhood friendand college roommate, Will Gray,also commemorated Vit at theservice.

“Taylor was genuine, honestand someone we could alwayscount on,” Valerino said.

Valerino said Vit acted thesame way on the ice.

Gray, who played on the samehigh school hockey team as Vit,

shared similar experiences. “Taylor, no matter what team

he played for, was always the go-to guy," Gray said. "He was a manof great character, and the way hetouched us all will never be forgot-ten."

Quest Community Church, in-cluding members of its ReverbCollege Ministry, led the service.

Justin McCarty, assistant pas-tor of Quest Community Church,said the teammates and friendsgathering in remembrance of Tay-lor Vit showed solidarity in thewake of tragedy.

“Some of us knew him as ahockey player, a teammate, a son,a student, a friend,” McCarty said,"but we all make up a collage to-gether of his life.”

Brad VanGenderen, studentpastor of Quest CommunityChurch, also read a letter that Vit’sfamily sent to the UK communityfor the memorial service. In theletter, the family thanked UK forthe outpouring of love and prayersit has received.

"A part of Taylor will alwaysrest in the Bluegrass state,” the let-ter said.

By Nicole Schladtnews@kykernel.com

UK Hockey family

reflects on senior

leader’s life

Teammates, fans and friends attended the memorial service to remember thelife of Taylor Vit in Memorial Hall Monday night.

A Lexington native and web-site creator returned home to helpkickoff UK's College of Commu-nication and Information StudiesTechnology Week.

Drew Curtis, Fark.com creator,told students about his websiteself-described as a “news aggrega-tor and an edited social networkingnews site.”

The site was established in1999 and has become a popularlink in its 12 years of life.

Curtis said when he began, hefound it hard to locate informationto put on the website because theinternet was just starting off. Whenhe launched the site, he never in-tended it to be a business. Curtisstarted the website at 26 years oldand has received much recognitionsince then.

Curtis now lives in Versaillesfrequently makes trips to biggercities such as New York City andLos Angeles for ad sales.

“I enjoy the traveling andmeeting people, even celebrities,"

Curtis said. "I’ve met Adam Sav-age, members of Fountains ofWayne, and Tucker Maxx, who allenjoy the website."

The website, updated daily,hand picks unusual news storiessent in by readers to post. Cate-gories for readers include. Hotnews, Sports, Business, Geek,Showbiz, Politics, Music andVideo.

Readers can click on a linkbased on their interests in and thelink will take them to a specificwebsite to read the article. Readers

can look at the left side of theheadline to see if the headline willbe amusing, stupid, ironic, scary orsilly.

Curtis is seemingly happyabout how his business is goingbut he is also looking to expandthe company in the near future.

“I’m thinking about updatingfeatures soon. I’m now basicallycatching up to Facebook,” Curtissaid.

Curtis’ forum is only the be-ginning of Technology Week.

By Taylor Rileynews@kykernel.com

Creator of Fark.com kicks off Technology Week

About 10 to 15 outside building lightfixtures on South Upper Street wereripped from business buildings over theweekend, said J. Gumbo’s Manager PaulMiller. J. Gumbo’s, a Cajun restaurantlocated near campus at 535 S. Upper St.,opened there last fall.

Three weeks after the restaurant’sopening, it was broken into and robbed.Miller has worked at the restaurant sinceits opening, and he said the robbery andthis weekend’s vandalism are the onlytwo incidents of their kind he has heardof.

Miller said J. Gumbo’s reported thebroken light fixtures Monday morning,and a property company was coming tofix them sometime that day. He estimat-ed that each would cost between $60 and$70 to repair.

Sherelle Roberts, spokeswoman forLexington Police, said Monday after-noon the report was not in the systemyet, but if a report was made, LexingtonPolice would investigate the situation.

—STAFF REPORT

Lights vandalized

near campus

See FARK on page 2

“We share a commonthread: the love we havefor Taylor and the heart-break we have over his

passing.”ROB DOCHERTY

UK hockey head coach

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Today's birthday (10/19/10). Youtend to overestimate your capabil-ities now. You have great luck,though, when you get in too deepand magically find an excellentescape route. To keep the stresslevel to a minimum, practicecounting to five before you leapinto action. Don't forget details. Toget the advantage, check theday's rating: 10 is the easiest day,0 the most challenging.

Aries (March 21-April 19) —Today is a 7 — Create necessarydown time for yourself. You needto think things through alone,without interference. There's timeto share insights later. Taurus (April 20-May 20) —Today is a 5 — Wisdom emergesfrom conversations among theteam. Each person contributesideas to improve the results. Cap-ture their brilliance with notes.Gemini (May 21-June 21) —Today is a 5 — The key to successtoday is to allow creativity tomove between a variety of activi-

ties. That way, you have time foryourself and others. Cancer (June 22-July 22) —Today is a 7 — Keep ideas flow-ing among family members aboutvacation plans. Don't pin down theitinerary until later. New possibili-ties emerge. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Todayis a 6 — Don't measure imagina-tion with a logical yardstick.Instead, allow each idea to growat its own rate, free from restric-tions. Bring them down to earthlater. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) —Today is a 6 — Talk seems cheap.In the long run, it proves to be theonly way to accomplish your opti-mistic goal. Make sure the com-munication flows both ways. Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) —Today is a 7 — There's plenty ofmental activity in your circle rightnow. They focus on emotionalissues. Your thoughts pursue logicinstead. Blend both. Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) —Today is an 8 — You need funtoday, regardless of what co-work-ers require of you. Joke around

while handling serious matters.Notice where exuberance meetspracticality. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)— Today is a 5 — Circumstancesrequire a major adjustment in yourgame plan. You want to satisfyeveryone, but that's unlikely. Prior-itize, and soothe feelings later.Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) —Today is an 8 — Ideas fly aroundat light speed. Snag as many asyou can, and take note for futurereference. It's all valuable infor-mation you might want to remem-ber. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) —Today is an 8 — You benefit per-sonally when others reveal theirlogical process. You understandwhat they want, and learn a newway of manipulating data. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) —Today is an 8 — Focus your feel-ings toward empathy. Others getbad news, and you can help themthrough a difficult moment. Assistwith troubling phone calls.

LOS ANGELES —Superstar rapper KanyeWest has become a master of all media increating anticipation for his upcomingrelease, "My Beautiful Dark TwistedFantasy," unleashing songs free to the Web,conceiving show-stopping television appear-ances and prepping his first short film.Sometimes, as appeared to be the caseMonday, the artist's unpredictability has evencaught his label off-guard, as the outspokenartist took to the Web and declared that theartwork for his upcoming album had beenrejected for the U.S. market.

The artist has also been regularly baringhis soul on Twitter, offering his thoughts onrugs, women's fashions, last year's MTVVideo Music Awards fiasco with TaylorSwift, the overuse of the term "LOL" andplenty, plenty, plenty more. On Sunday, Westutilized Twitter once more, declaring that hisdesired album cover for "My Beautiful DarkTwisted Fantasy" was "banned in theUSA!!!"

Kanye wrote, "They don't want me chill-ing on the couch with my phoenix!" andrevealed a piece of graphic artwork in whicha naked representation of the artist was in asexually suggestive position with the mytho-logical firebird in female form. In a follow-up tweet, West wrote, "In the '70s albumcovers had actual nudity... It's so funny thatpeople forget that ... Everything has been socommercialized now."

A source familiar with West's discussionswith Universal Music Group's Island Def

Jam on the cover art agreed to speak solelyon the condition of anonymity, proclaimingthat he did "not want to lose my job overthis." The source seemed to indicate that thedebate over the artwork was not one that wascut-and-dry. West was strongly urged to usealternate art, the source conceded, but addedthat West "was told if he wanted to do it, thelabel would stand behind him."

At issue, said the high-placed industrysource, was whether or not mass-marketretailers such as Best Buy and Wal-Martwould carry an album featuring venomousnudes, and one that would no doubt inspirecontroversy. Though sales at mass merchantshave been declining in recent years, datafrom Nielsen SoundScan for the last twoyears still had the likes of Best Buy and Wal-Mart accounting for at least 10 percent ormore of physical CD sales.

A potential boycott from a major retailerwould no doubt have a massive impact onWest's album sales, especially during theholiday season. "My Beautiful Dark TwistedFantasy" is currently scheduled for a Nov. 22release in the U.S. Though retail reps wereunavailable for comment on Sunday evening,follow-up tweets from West seemed to indi-cate that concerns over retail acceptanceplayed some part in his refusal to alter hisintended cover.

Wrote West, "In all honesty ... I reallydon't be thinking about Wal-Mart when Imake my music or album covers#Kanyeshrug!"

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This week is the College ofCommunication and Infor-mation Studies event but isintended to bring the othercolleges together as well.

“We have several unitsthat direct to technology,UKID, UK libraries, Journal-ism and Communication ma-jors and several others,” saidKonstantin Tovstiadi, Infor-

mation Technology coordi-nator of the Communicationand Information Studies.

Technology Week startedMonday but is open to thepublic again Tuesday andWednesday with no registra-tion needed.

These days are joint lec-tures based on "Transparencyand Open Access to Informa-tion" held in the Niles Galleryin the Fine Arts Library from 9a.m. to 12 p.m. These forumsare to focus on anything fromlibrary technology to govern-

ment technology and opensource codes and projects.

Thursday and Friday areclosed seminars for faculty,UK IT and technology stu-dents discussing a crashcourse on mobile technology.Students and faculty whohave already signed up forthese lectures can go the Gre-han Journalism building from1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

The series will discussnew IPhone apps and newmobile development soft-ware.

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WASHINGTON —Watching the polls to figureout who’s up and who’sdown this election season?Be careful. The poll mayhave a pro-Republican bias.

The ranks of Americanswho use only cell phoneshave skyrocketed. Somepublic polls don’t surveythem, however, and theymiss a group of people whoare more likely to vote Dem-ocratic, including the young,the poor, Hispanics andAfrican-Americans.

The nonpartisan PewResearch Center recentlyfound that in four out of

five national polls this year,polls that contact only thosewith land-line phones gaveRepublicans a 4- to 6-per-centage-point edge over De-mocrats, compared withpolls that included cellphones.

In the most recent poll, asurvey of likely votersreached via land lines gaveRepublicans a 12-point edge,53-41 percent. Polls that alsocalled voters who only usecell phones found the Repub-lican edge was 7 points, 50-43 percent.

“Cell-only adults are de-mographically and politicallydifferent than those who livein land-line households,” thePew report said. “As a result,

election polls that rely onlyon land-line samples may bebiased.”

The challenge in measur-ing public opinion has grownas more Americans rely oncell phones. In four and halfyears, the percentage ofAmericans 18 and older whorely only on cell phones hasskyrocketed from 9.6 percentto 22.9 percent, according tothe National Center forHealth Statistics.

Similarly, the tally ofhouseholds with cell phonesonly has risen from 10.5 per-cent to 24.5 percent. Another14.9 percent of homes haveland lines but report receiv-ing most or all calls via cellphones.

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Polls might skew resultsby skipping cell phones

SAN FRANCISCO —Facebook is looking intohow third-party applicationstreat its users’ informationafter the revelation that someapplications and games weresending those data to adver-tisers.

The 10 most popularapps were forwarding useridentification numbers to ad-vertising companies, accord-ing to a report in the WallStreet Journal.

Specifically, such gamesas FarmVille and Texas Hold‘Em Poker reportedly sharedwith advertisers a string ofnumbers and letters used toidentify users, the story al-leged. That made it possiblefor advertisers to glean quite

a bit about the users in com-bination with the other infor-mation they collect on them.

That activity, which vio-lates Facebook’s guidelines,raises the question whetherthe world’s most popular so-cial networking service hasadequate systems to overseethe activity of third-party ap-plications.

Facebook, which re-moved some applicationswhile the issues were beingresolved, pledged to intro-duce new systems that woulddramatically limit the shar-ing of these user IDs. ButFacebook said no user’s per-sonal information was mis-used. In a blog post, itblamed the “technical detailsof how browsers work.”

“Press reports have exag-gerated the implications of

sharing” a user’s ID, or UID,the post from Mike Vernalsaid. “Knowledge of a UIDdoes not enable anyone toaccess private user informa-tion without explicit userconsent. Nevertheless, weare committed to ensuringthat even the inadvertentpassing of UIDs is preventedand all applications are incompliance with our policy.”

The flap raised the hack-les of privacy watchdogswho warned people to con-sider the risks of installingthese applications and calledfor Facebook and third-partyapplications to devote moreresources to protecting Face-book users.

Even some technologybloggers are challengingFacebook. Others say this ismuch ado about not much.

By Jessica GuynnMCT

Facebook to examine howapps evaded privacy policy

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sports

Defense great insecond half

Orange slices and Rockjuice. These snacks couldmake all the difference for theUK defense at halftime.

In the last two gamescombined, the UK defensehas surrendered 59 points inthe first half compared to sixpoints in the second half,which includes a shutout ofthe South Carolina offense inthe second half of UK’s 31-28upset win over the Game-cocks on Saturday.

UK head coach JokerPhillips couldn’t explain thereason for his defense’s turn-arounds at his weekly Mon-day news conference, so hejoked that the orange sliceshis team eats at halftimemight be a possibility for theimprovement.

“Maybe we’ll (eat orangeslices) at the beginning of thegame instead of at halftime,”Phillips said.

Following Saturday’swin, junior defensive tackleMark Crawford credited thechange in the defense’s playto “drinking that (UKstrength and conditioning)coach Rock (Oliver) juice.”

Junior linebacker DannyTrevathan, who leads theSoutheastern Conference with70 tackles, agreed with Craw-ford’s sentiments Monday.

“That’s well put,” Tre-vathan said. “Coach Rockdoes a good job, too. He real-ly feeds us…he influences us,and he worked us hard thisoffseason to prepare us forcoming from nothing.”

Although the Cats man-aged to come back from an18-point deficit and limit theGamecocks to 103 yards totaloffense in the last two quar-

ters, the sluggish start defen-sively a week prior eventuallycost them against Auburn.

Phillips said his defensewas feeding off the energythe big plays created in thesecond half, but that those bigplays should come sooner inthe game.

“It’s like piranhas. Onceyou smell blood, everybodywants some,” said Phillips,who added that his juniorsafeties, Winston Guy andMychal Bailey, need to startmaking more tackles for one-or-two-yard gains.

Senior defensive tackleRicky Lumpkin said thatstarting fast might be evenmore paramount this Saturdayagainst the Georgia Bulldogs(3-4, 2-3 SEC), winners oftwo straight games and aidedby the return of top playmak-ing receiver A.J. Green, whomissed the first four games ofthe year due to suspension.

“We always get the teamscoming off a big win orthey’re starting to getrolling,” Lumpkin said. “It’ssomething everyone shouldbe used to, we just have toplay four quarters of footballand have a good second halflike we have the past coupleof weeks.”

Cobb Twittercontroversy

On Sunday, junior widereceiver Randall Cobb causeda stir with some comments heposted on his Twitter account(@rcobb18).

Cobb, who became UK’sall-time leader in touchdownswith 33 when he caught thego-ahead touchdown pass,criticized some UK fans byquestioning their loyalty to

the program with a string oftweets that included com-ments such as “loved seeinYall come late, love hearingYall tell us we suck duringthe game, love that we haveto play against our own fanstoo!”

Later, he deleted histweets with the exception ofthis one: “To all the fans thathas been true to this programthroughout the years. Yall de-served a win like that lastnight! Let's keep it going!”

Phillips said that he didn’tunderstand the fascinationplayers have with Twitter, butthat he’ll remind them to bemindful of what they post. Headded that he wasn’t upsetwith Cobb.

“The guy is a passionateplayer, he loves his team-mates, he loves this place,”Phillips said. “If you look atall the guys on our team thatare out here working in thecommunity, who do you seefirst? Randall Cobb, youknow he loves everythingabout this place. So I won’tput as much in this as a lot ofpeople are putting into it.”

Injury reportRB Derrick Locke

(shoulder stinger): day-to-dayLB Qua Huzzie (ankle):

out for SaturdayOG Kevin Mitchell

(hamstring): 1-2 weeksCB Martavius Neloms

(concussion): Returns to prac-tice Wednesday

CB Randall Burden(sprained foot): Returns topractice Wednesday

DE DeQuin Evans(ankle): Returns to practiceMonday

By Nick Craddockncraddock@kykernel.com

Go Green. Recycle thisKernel.

PHOTO BY BRITNEY MCINTOSH | STAFFWide receiver Randall Cobb leaps into the end zone for a two-point conversion against South CarolinaSaturday. He is UK’s all-time leader in career touchdowns.

Students and faculty getan exclusive opportunity towatch the men’s basketballteam practice Tuesday.

UK will host afaculty/staff and student prac-tice on Tuesday in MemorialColiseum at 3 p.m., according

to a news release.Students must present a

UK ID and faculty/staff mustpresent a UK faculty/staff ID.

Doors will open at 2 p.m.Attendees will need to enterthrough the Euclid Avenueentrance, and they cannot not

line up before to 1 p.m.The first 5,000 people

will receive a free Nike T-shirt.

—STAFF REPORT

Students and faculty can watch basketball practice

The UK men’s basketballteam will hold a walk-on try-out meeting on Wednesday inthe Memorial Coliseum me-dia room at 2 p.m, accordingto a news release.

It will be an informationalmeeting concerning the try-

out, and the date and time forit will be announced.

Those wanting to try outmust be a full-time under-graduate student.

Participants must haveproof of a physical within thelast year at the actual tryout.

To access the mediaroom, enter on the RoseStreet side of Memorial Coli-seum through the doormarked “Media Entrance.”

—STAFF REPORT

Men’s basketball walk-ontryout meeting Wednesday

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With rising obesity ratesacross college campuses, theUK Johnson Center staff andpersonal trainers have teamedup to create a free weighttraining program, encourag-ing students to stay active andhealthy.

“The idea for the pro-gram originated from theWomen on Weights programthat preceded the Wildcatson Weights program,” saidNick Drake, Wildcats onWeights coordinator. “Thefitness director, along withthe group fitness graduateassistant and myself came upwith the idea.”

Wildcats on Weights is afour-week program led byUK personal trainers de-signed to educate and moti-vate UK students on the ben-efits and basics of weighttraining.

The program is held onMonday and Wednesdaymornings from 10:30 a.m. to11:30 a.m. It started on Oct.11 and is set to end on Nov. 3.

Students can stop by theJohnson Center front desk toregister.

Johnson Center studenttrainers ask participants totry and attend every session,however, it is not mandato-ry.

Participants will reviewand learn exercises that targeta specific muscle group at thefirst meeting each week, andduring the second sessioneach week the trainers willprovide a workout for partici-pants.

“The positive part aboutthis program is that the stu-dents spend a lot of timelearning about resistancetraining so that with ourguidance, students can cre-ate their own workout planafter the program is over,”Drake said.

The Johnson Center’s cer-tified trainers will be on handto help those enrolled in theprogram perform the exercis-es correctly.

“The personal trainers in-volved with the WOW pro-gram have national personaltraining certifications as well

as experience training indi-viduals with varying needsand goals,” Drake said.

Both male and femaleparticipants can get involvedin the program.

Brittny Flues, a UK sen-ior, said she got involvedwith the program becauseshe was nervous about notusing the equipment correct-ly.

“I have liked it so far,”she said.

The program covers allmuscle areas focusing on up-per body the first week andlower body the second week.

The program outline fo-cuses the third week on thefunctional body, using resist-ance balls and bands, fol-lowed by the students creat-ing their own workout pro-gram the fourth and finalweek.

The UK Campus Recre-ation Department sponsorsthe Wildcats On Weights pro-gram.

For more information,contact Nick Drake at 859-257-9283 ornicholas.drake@uky.edu.

By Jefra Blandfeatures@kykernel.com

Wildcats on Weights program promotes fitness

After the overwhelmingappeal of freshman year hasworn off, some college stu-dent may ask themselveswhat they’re going to do af-ter graduation.

The Graduate and Pro-fessional School Showcaseon Wednesday can help stu-dents find the answer to thisquestion. The showcase willbe in the Student CenterGrand Ballroom and the Of-fice of Institutional Diversi-ty, the UK Graduate Schooland the James W. StuckertCareer Center will presentit.

“The point of the Gradu-ate and Professional SchoolShowcase is to bring a vari-ety of options and opportuni-ties to UK students,” saidMiranda Martin-Scully, theshowcase’s coordinator.

The showcase got itsstart in 2005 from the Gradu-ate School with former Asso-ciate Dean Kwaku Addo andalso as an initiative of Rhon-da Webb, sophomore coun-selor in the Center for Aca-demic Resources and Enrich-ment Services.

“It was an opportunity forthe Graduate School to tapthe potential pool of under-represented minorities oncampus and also was an op-portunity for the CARES staffto help assist in retention,”said Anna Allen-Edwards, di-rector of Multicultural Affairswithin the Graduate School.

The showcase aims to in-

crease enrollment of UK un-dergraduates directly intothese graduate programs.

The difference in theGraduate and ProfessionalSchool Showcase and othershowcases like it, is thisevent invites other schoolswithin the state besides UKto showcase their programs.

“When the showcase firststarted it only showcased UKprograms, but since then ithas grown into other pro-grams within the state aswell as out of the state,”Martin-Scully said. “Some ofthe premiere schools thatparticipate in the showcaseinclude Xavier University,Purdue, Middle TennesseeState University, Ohio Stateand University ofLouisville.”

In total the showcasefeatures 55 colleges, pro-grams or departments fromfive states including privateand regional colleges fromKentucky. Program plannersensure there will be some-thing there for every type ofstudent.

Simone Heath, a land-scape architecture senior,has gone every year andplans on attending this year.She plans on continuing herfield of study with urbanplanning or an environmen-tal occupation.

“Previously the show-case has had a lot of optiondealing with the environmentthat I hadn’t thought of be-fore I attended, but as a re-sult have since then looked

into,” Heath said.Under the leadership of

Martin-Scully offerings toparticipate have increased,according to the Masters ofBusiness Administration pro-gram.

Highlights of the show-case this year will includeKaplan raffling off a dis-counted or free course forany college entrance examto help undergraduates pre-pare for their post-gradua-tion path.

Martin-Scully encouragesstudents to attend because ofthe distinctness of this pro-gram.

“It is rare to go to oneuniversity that introducesyou to many others,” shesaid. “It shows a vested in-terest in students’ educationindependent of UK, and thatis definitely something stu-dents should take advantageof.”

The Graduate and Pro-fessional School Showcasewill be Wednesday in theStudent Center Grand Ball-room from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.Students of all majors andbackgrounds are welcome.

By Joy Priestfeatures@kykernel.com

Showcase to help studentsprepare for graduate school

It’s no question that whata girl wants in a guy is com-plicated, full of seeminglyopposing characteristics — aguy who is strong yet sensi-tive, romantic yet challeng-ing. You can bag the girl in ashort skirt on a Friday night,but getting the girl in yourbusiness class poses an is-sue.

The fact is, it’s harder toattract a girl for all the rightreasons. Sure being ripped“Situation” style might beflashy, but you won’t get theright type of girl you’ve beensearching for.

Make a few minorchanges and before you knowit, you’ll meet a girl you canbring home to mom.

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Be open. Guys have ahabit getting stuck in only thethings they are interested in.Sure we don’t mind watchingthe game with you, but thatdoesn’t mean sports shouldoccupy every weekend.

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Don’t be too shallow.Sure, there is nothing wrongwith an attractive girl. But ifthat’s all you’re basing yourcriteria on, chances are youwon’t find a girl that’s neces-sarily compatible with you.Looking beyond the outsideand not getting stuck on onlydating girls that are “yourtype” will lead you to theright girl.

Don’t be afraid of a littlePDA. Too many guys areafraid to show affection. You

aren’t any less of a man ifyou bring your potential girlaround your boys. You don’tneed be embarrassed to holdhands in public or throw yourarm over her shoulder. Theyare subtle ways of showing agirl you’re proud of her.

Say how you feel (andbe honest about it). Sayinghow you feel doesn’t meanyou have to break out intosome sappy Hallmark card.But girls do need to hearwhat you’re thinking. Sodon’t be afraid to tell themyou like them, or where youthink things are going. Andsober — drunk texts don’tcount.

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Attracting girls by buyingdrinks or talking up your sta-tus on the rugby team mightseem like a good idea, andmight be easier, but it won’tland you the girl of yourdreams.

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When UK President Lee Todd announced his deci-sion to step down, word spread quickly. The first ques-tion arose — who would succeed Todd and how wouldthat person be selected? Soon after, the plan for a presi-dential search committee was revealed.

The committee is comprised of UK faculty, staff andstudents who will work together throughout the selectionprocess.

According to an Oct. 4 Kernel article, a student se-lection committee, made up of Student Government offi-cers and other organizations, would nominate three un-dergraduate students and three graduate students. TheBoard of Trustees would then select one graduate stu-dent and one undergraduate student from each.

But when an Oct. 13 Kernel article cited the presi-dential committee selections, not everyone was im-pressed.

One qualm was the seeming coincidence that thegraduate student selected for the committee was currentSG President Ryan Smith. Considering more than26,000 students are enrolled at the university, it’s ironiche would be one of the final candidates.

However, what the opposition must consider is ifSmith will provide valuable feedback to the search com-mittee. As SG president, Smith has already built rapportwith Todd, the board and SG, so he already has a work-ing knowledge of what qualities the next presidentshould possess to best serve the campus community.

Arguably the more noteworthy point about the com-mittee’s recruitment is the quick turnaround deadline forstudent applications.

Students who may have otherwise considered apply-ing to the committee were given inadequate notice be-forehand. Although those involved in SG and otherschool organizations may have more interactions withschool officials, that doesn’t mean other students don’tdeserve a say in how their university’s major decisionsare made.

Maybe this hastiness was intentional, too.Britt Brockman, chairman of the Board of Trustees,

created a committee that will work under an ambitioustimetable. Perhaps the student representative nomina-tions were meant to follow that same sense of urgency.

Yes, Brockman and others must work fast to selectthe best successor to Todd, but they must also considerthat a rushed decision is rarely the best decision.

The committee selections are good choices as far asgender, racial and geographical diversity, but the nextUK president needs to be a figure who reflects this notonly on paper, but also in actions.

He or she must have a clear and applicable plan tostep in where Todd is leaving. The next president mustcater to student, faculty and staff concerns, provide an-swers and know how to confront the current economicsituation to keep UK on the right track academically.Ideally, the president will naturally transition into therole, all the while aware of the academic productivityclock he or she will be up against.

The search committee has a weighty decision ahead,but it should not compromise quality. The Kernel willmeet with Todd and Provost Subbaswamy in the weeksahead to maintain a productive dialogue.

I am writing this letter toinform the community abouta ‘crooked’ company toavoid. Metro Towing prac-tices predatory towingschemes and does not de-serve to be patronized in theevent of an emergency.

I had just picked up anorder at the not-so-high-quality McDonald’s onSouth Limestone near cam-pus and was picking upfriends’ orders at the pizzatake-out counter acrossfrom this McDonald’s,

when I noticed my car hadbeen placed up on risers.Going to address the situa-tion, I was charged $70 toget my car off the truck, es-sentially ruining my day.After talking to another pa-tron at McDonald’s, I wasinformed that this was thesixth time this particularoperator had done this inthe last 30 minutes. I guessbusiness must be slow rightnow, and this company justfeels the need to rob col-lege students to keep the

lights on.Regardless, neither

Metro Towing or the Mc-Donald’s on South Lime-stone showed ethics or ac-countability to the commu-nity today, and I urge youto avoid patronizing both ofthese companies. Perhapsthey will have to prey uponmore college students whentheir service bottom linesare impacted even more?

When a company’s em-ployees have to hide out andsnag people trying to patron-

ize its partner businessesjust to pay the bills, youhave to wonder what kind ofperson owns and operatesthat company.

I hope this letter to thecommunity helps peopleavoid this inconvenienceand educates the aforemen-tioned businesses via theirbalance sheets on communi-ty relations and ethics.

Charles FacklerMarketing and management

junior

There was a president on campuslast Monday.

Either that, or itwas Snooki. It washard to tell. There wasa big crowd, and it waskind of hard to see.

Besides, it may aswell have been. For-mer President BillClinton visited UK toendorse Senate candi-date Jack Conway andpush the same politicalplatform we’ve heardConway push for the

last umpteen months, but that wasn’twhy many people were there.

“Where are the secret serviceagents?” One girl asked, more interestedin trying to find a plain-clothes policeofficer than the political powerhouse atthe podium.

Make no mistake. Conway wascharming as always, but that wasn’t thedraw. Neither was Clinton’s speech,which reminded students that the Dem-ocratic candidate stands a far betterchance of winning if young people getout and vote.

Clinton’s presence was the draw. Youwould have had nearly as many peopleshow up if they’d heard Clinton was go-ing to the Johnson Center to play racquet-ball. To many, the politics just weren’tthat important. Then again, who wouldn’twant to see a former president in shortsand goggles chasing a rubber ball?

“I’ve never seen a president in reallife before,” said a grown woman in thecrowd. She breathlessly waited for theformer president to appear from theMain Building much in the same way agrade school student would wait for theelephants to come out at the circus.

They tried to keep the day aboutpolitics. They really did. A group of UKstudents that has enthusiastically cam-paigned for the attorney general over thelast few months, “Cats for Conway,”signed people in left and right at the ral-ly. Plenty of people were there who re-ally cared about the issues. Plenty ofLexington-area Democrats who aren’tpart of the university community volun-teered their support with their voicesand their presence, presumably risking aparking ticket all the while.

But it was lost on all too many.“I’m not going to vote for this

guy,” a young man said as he handed a“Cats for Conway” clipboard to astranger behind her. “I’m just here tosee Clinton.”

Before we get to anything else, theanswer is yes. The secret service wasthere, equipped with two unmarked blackSUVs with darkened windows and menin the front seat replete with black suitsand darkened sunglasses. It was every bitthe spectacle some people had hoped for,right down to the plastic earpieces.

Clinton didn’t disappoint, so Con-way has that going for him. But howmuch can Clinton really help Conway?

He did bring a crowd. It’s hard toimagine Conway could have drawn acrowd for an endorsement on campusbigger than the one Clinton brought —especially since John Calipari removedhimself from the political scene not long

after taking over as basketball coach.To today’s college students, Clinton

is a curiosity. Even seniors would havescarcely entered junior high by the timeClinton left office. You can bet whenthey were preteens, Clinton’s leaving of-fice with one of the biggest surpluses inthe country’s history wasn’t nearly asimportant to them as their first zit. BillClinton has plenty of name recognitionamong 20-somethings, but so does BillNye the Science Guy.

Politically aware students know howimportant Clinton is, and plenty of themmade it out on Monday as well. But inall probability, the politically aware stu-dents were going to vote anyway, andseeing their first president (live and inperson!) wasn’t likely to sway them.Conway, a relatively young, camera-friendly candidate didn’t do himself anyfavors in his time at the podium. Insteadof connecting with the students, he fellback to bashing his opponent for ques-tionable decisions and comments he’smade on the campaign trail.

Clinton’s endorsement mobilizedcampus for a time on Monday. Political-ly active students showed up and madetheir voices heard. The secret serviceshowed up and made sure it was seen, ifnot heard. But the average studentsweated out an unseasonably warm dayjust for the spectacle, and those studentsaren’t likely to break the dead heat inthe Senate race. Clinton’s presence oncampus will be remembered by many,even if the endorsement is not.

And if Rand Paul is looking to makea splash with an endorsement, he coulddo worse than to book Snooki. It would-n’t be the strangest thing he’s done thiscampaign.

Ben Jones is a journalism senior. E-mail opinions@kykernel.com.

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Board hastily formsselection committee

KERNEL EDITORIAL

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Clinton cameo attracts crowd, held its attention

BENJONESKernel

columnist

Local companies throw integrity to the curb

Bill Clinton has plenty ofname recognition among 20-somethings, but so does Bill

Nye the Science Guy.

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The UK volleyball teamis officially halfway throughits Southeastern Conferenceschedule, and after 10 games,the team is right back whereit started — dead even.

After a slow start to con-ference play, the Cats (11-9,5-5 SEC) rebounded with arecent three game winningstreak, capped off by wins athome against Alabama andMississippi State this pastweekend.

“We have worked reallyhard and we definitely havegotten better,” UK head coachCraig Skinner said after Sun-day’s win over MississippiState. “Our offense is muchsmoother, we’re much smarter,our IQ of the game is muchbetter and we are taking careof the ball. I think our execu-tion has gotten to a differentlevel and I think that helps us.”

Over the weekend, theCats hosted the AlabamaCrimson Tide and the Missis-sippi State Bulldogs at Me-morial Coliseum. On Fridaynight, UK battled back froman early deficit and defeatedAlabama 15-25, 25-22, 25-19, 25-12 in front of about

1,200 fans. The Cats then fol-lowed that victory up with astraight-sets victory of Mis-sissippi State 25-20, 25-22,25-13 on Sunday.

“We have gotten morecontacts in practice in the lasttwo weeks than we have inthe six years I have beenhere,” Skinner said. “Theteam has really bought intothat, we feel good about whatwe are doing and it is reallyshowing on the court.”

Since the start of confer-ence play, the Cats havecome a long way in all facetsof the game. This year’s UKteam is one of the youngest inthe SEC, and as conferenceplay began the youthful Catslooked flawed in their execu-tion of fundamentals. Butduring the recent three-gamewinning streak, Skinner hasgotten back to the basics inpractice, and it has showedon the court.

“Coming into the week,the coaches really had us fo-cusing on passing and funda-mentals,” senior Blaire Hileradded. “In practice we reallybreak it down and focus onour passing techniques andhitting techniques and settingtechniques. We just break it

down and work on funda-mentals, and obviously it’sworking now.”

The Cats also struggled tofind rhythm on offense asthey opened conference play,but in a straight set loss toLouisiana State on Oct. 8,Skinner and his coachingstaff noticed an improvementin their offensive executionbecause of a simple lineupchange. Skinner insertedfreshman Jessi Greenberginto the starting lineup to playback row and rotated Hiler inoff the bench for offense inthe front row. Since thatgame, UK’s front line, in-cluding seniors Hiler andLauren Rapp, junior BeckyPavan and freshman WhitneyBillings, have all started put-ting up big kill numbers,while sophomore setterChristine Hartmann has re-es-tablished herself in the start-ing lineup with excellentpassing.

“I think being a youngteam, we are starting to grow,and we are starting to learn,”Hiler said. “We are starting tocome together as hitters, andas the season goes on we areprogressing as a front line.”

Now the Cats enter the

second half of their SECschedule right back wherethey began their season, at aneven .500 record. But UK isplaying better volleyball nowthan it has all season and willlook to build off of its recentsuccess, continuing to grow asa team as it prepares for the

last 10 games of the season.“(The win streak) really

gives us a boost, and our con-fidence has definitely come upfrom these wins,” Hiler said.“We are eager for the secondhalf, and we are excited.”

“There’s a lot of goodchemistry out there,” Skinner

said. “The people on thebench are doing the rightthings for us; it’s a total teameffort. The team has greatchemistry and always pusheseach other to be their best.We have to be our best at theend of the season, and we areon our way.”

By Ethan Levinesports@kykernel.com

Volleyball focusing on the fundamentals

STAFF FILE PHOTOUK volleyball has gone on a three-game winning streak under the strong leadership of senior outsidehitter Blaire Hiler.

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. —North Carolina sophomoreJohn Henson gave a quick an-swer Thursday when askedwhat stands out about thisyear’s freshman class:

“Just their readiness,” hesaid. “I speak for myselfwhen I say I don’t think wewere as ready (last year) asthey are. They’re coming in,they’re working hard . . . andI guess after seeing our sea-son last year, they’re workinga lot harder. And I thinkthey’re going to surprisesome people, how much theydo this year.”

They did plenty Fridaynight during the annual “LateNight With Roy” celebra-tion/scrimmage that officiallykicked off the 2010-11 bas-ketball season — and semi-officially buried last season'sfinish as the NIT runner up.

Harrison Barnes scored13 points to lead the “White”team and Reggie Bullockburied a game-tying 3-pointerfor “Blue” with 16 secondsleft to finish the 20-minuteexhibition in a 31-31 dead-lock.

Sophomore DexterStrickland led all scorers with16 points for the Blue team,and junior Tyler Zeller addedeight points for White. But alleyes were on the rookies —plus graduate student transferJustin Knox — who will bekey to the Tar Heels’ attemptto bounce back from last sea-son's 20-17 finish.

“They all went out, theyplayed great,” Zeller said.“Harrison scored a ton, thenReggie hit a big shot, Kendall(Marshall) played composed.They all played well, andstayed within what they cando.”

The freshman trio openedtheir UNC careers by dancing

to “Party in the USA.” Thenat the end of the annual skits,they joined their teammatesin “Celebration.”

Will they be able to helpthe Tar Heels celebrate a re-turn to prominence?

Barnes, the do-it-all wingwho will be an early favoritefor ACC Rookie of the Year,scored on dunks, put-backsand 3-pointers. That’s a goodsign for a team that struggledto put up points last season,averaging only 66.8 pointsper game in ACC competi-tion.

Bullock finished with fivepoints, but his last-minuteshot showed his potential inclutch situations, where UNCalso struggled last season.

Marshall, a pass-firstpoint guard, had the toughestnight of the trio, finishing 0-for-2 with two offensivefouls. Still, he adds anothertrue ballhandler to a team thatonly boasted one last season.How many minutes he takesfrom junior starter LarryDrew II remains to be seen,but the competition shouldmake both better.

And then there was Knox,who played his first three sea-sons at Alabama, and had sixpoints on 3-for-5 shooting forthe Blue team. He adds somemuch-needed bulk to a squadthat watched starting for-wards Deon Thompson andEd Davis to the pros, saw re-serve big men David andTravis Wear transfer toUCLA, and recently lostfifth-year senior Will Gravesto team suspension.

UNC began “real” prac-tice on Saturday, where thecoaches will be able to moreclosely gauge how much thenewcomers can contribute.

But similar to Henson,Zeller was impressed most bytheir attitude: “Just how com-posed they are,” he said.

By Robbi PickeralMCT

North Carolina’shighly touted

rookies impress

UK had no option but towin over No. 10 South Car-olina Saturday — we allknow that. Fans know it,players know it and headcoach Joker Phillips knows it.

It’s a good thing the Catsprevailed, too. Most fanscould not have handled athird consecutive heartbreak-ing loss. A close defeat wouldhave crushed followers and

players alike. Sure, a blowoutbeating would have hurt, butnot nearly as much as fallingby a field goal or less.

With the Mike Hartlineto Randall Cobb score to putUK up 29-28 with slightlyover one minute remaining,the team put itself in positionto win, something everyonedeserved.

It had no choice but tohold the lead.

“We’ve given this type ofeffort every week,” Phillipssaid. “We just made a lotmore plays today, especiallyin the second half. At half-time, we challenged our guysthat we were in a street fight.

We needed to know who hadeach others backs…All 80 ofour guys did.”

And they all had the fans’backs, according to wide re-ceiver Chris Matthews, whohad a career day against theGamecocks. As did the fanshad the players backs, evi-denced by the rush.

“It was crazy — I’ve nev-er felt anything like that in mylife,” he said. “I was just try-ing to get to the sideline and Iturn around and see 1,000people running after me… Itwas just an amazing thing.”

Cobb used the word “final-ly” so many times postgame Ithought he was broken. In fact,

the majority of the team keptrepeating the word. It seemedto be the general consensusthat it was UK’s turn to be onthe right side, after the toughlosses it has faced the past two(or three, including Florida)weeks.

Even Phillips began hispress conference with “I’mstill shaking…what an ef-fort.” Don’t let anyone makeyou believe the win wasn’tearned — it was. I could seeit. Excitement was flowingfrom every part of the play-ers’ being, and it was impos-sible not to feel their joy.

It’s tough to imaginewhat the locker room was

like following the victory, butI’m almost sure it was a littlefun (and sweaty).

The Cats can’t get hungup the big win, though. Afterknocking off one of the bestteams it will face this season,UK must look forward, andquickly.

The team is still alive inthe Southeastern ConferenceEast hunt thanks to the upsetvictory last weekend, but itwill be an uphill battle. TheCats must dig themselvesfrom the hole they fell intowhile beginning SEC play 0-3.

Though UK isn’t yet, andwill likely never be, flawless,fans saw glimpses of a SEC

East champion team Satur-day. Nearly every facet of theteam’s game was improved,but to achieve the 5-3 recordPhillips believes will beenough to win the division,the Cats cannot afford anoth-er mistake.

Phillips believes his teamis the right one for the job.

“Our football team rolledup their sleeves and went tobattle,” Phillips said. “I reallylike how they’re fighting. Pe-riod.”

Chandler is a journalismsophomore. E-mailchoward@kykernel.com orfollow him on Twitter @Ker-nelHoward.

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