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By Roy [email protected]
After a blanket of snow fell across Ken-tucky and caused the cancellation of the Ral-ly for Higher Education, Kentucky studentswill finally have their voices heard.
On Tuesday, UK Student Governmentwill provide lunch and transportation for stu-dents who want to address their concerns toKentucky’s elected officials. Gov. SteveBeshear and Kentucky legislators will speakwith students about state funding, tuition andother higher-education concerns.
“This will be an opportunity for students
to demonstrate the importance of post-sec-ondary education funding, college affordabil-ity and fully funding financial aid programsacross the state,” SG president Ryan Smith
By Allison [email protected]
One professor hopes toexplain the seriousness ofkidnapping culture.
Cultural anthropologyprofessor Monica Udvardywill present the second FinalWord lecture of the semester,“The Case of the Stolen Stat-ues: Looting Cultural Her-itage from Kenya’s Hinter-land to America’s Heartland,”on Monday at 7 p.m. in theW.T. Young Library Auditori-um.
Udvardy said she hopesher lecture will “heightenpublic awareness about thescale and scope of the globaltrafficking in non-Western artand artifacts.”
Final Word event coordi-nator Jill Baranowski saidUdvardy’s extensive travelexperience gives her a uniqueperspective. She said the lec-ture will focus on the re-search Udvardy has done re-garding illegal trafficking ofart and artifacts from the non-Western world.
Udvardy conducts activistresearch tracing the case oftwo stolen wooden statuesfrom a homestead in theKenyan coastal hinterland to
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Professortravels world
to ensuredemocracy
By Taylor [email protected]
In the middle of winter, in part ofthe former Soviet Union and possiblyin his sleeping bag, one UK professorwill try to ensure the fairness of thedemocratic process.
Geography professor Stan Brunnleaves Monday for Tajikistan to mon-itor the Central Asian country’s parlia-mentary elections.
Brunn works for the Organizationfor Security and Co-operation in Eu-rope as a short-term election observer.He said OSCE is an umbrella groupthat monitors elections to keep them“fair, open and transparent.”
As an STO, Brunn said he will workwith other observers to watch parliamen-tary elections and report on them.
“We look for irregularities,”Brunn said. “If there are, we reportthem.”
If OSCE finds the elections to becorrupt, Brunn said the unfair processwill become public knowledge andthe government of Tajikistan will de-termine the next step.
Tajikistan was formed after thefall of the Soviet Union and has had ahistory on conflict, with a long-lastingcivil war between those opposed tothe Soviets rule and Soviet loyaliststhat occurred during the 1990s, Brunnsaid.
Susan Roberts, UK geographychairwoman, said Tajikistan is a placewith little infrastructure.
“(Tajikistan is) a very poor coun-try,” Roberts said, “maybe even thepoorest of the former Soviet states.”
Roberts has known Brunn for 19years and said he is the only person inUK’s geography department to have ex-tensive research in the Tajikistan area.
Brunn is a fair and flexible per-son, and his research and knowledgeof political geography make him agood fit for the job to monitor elec-tions, Roberts said.
“(Brunn) understands the contextreally well,” Roberts said.
Alan DeYoung, a UK professor ofeducational policy studies and evalua-tion, met Brunn in 1995 when theyworked at the Kazakhstan-AmericanCenter. The center was founded byformer UK Russian and eastern stud-ies professor Roger Anderson, DeY-oung said. Then from 2003 to 2006,DeYoung and Brunn ran a program inKyrgyzstan.
“(UK has) this Central Asia con-tingency going on,” DeYoung said.“And he’s part of that.”
Brunn has never been to Tajikistan,but this trip will be the second time hehas helped monitor elections. In 2004,Brunn monitored elections in Kaza-khstan.
By Metz [email protected]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. —The legend continues to grow.
With 2.5 seconds remainingin the game, UK freshman JohnWall blocked Vanderbilt fresh-man John Jenkins’ 3-point at-tempt and got the ball beforebeing fouled, and UK escapedfrom Memorial Gym with a 58-56 win for the first time since2005.
“That just shows the type ofcompetitive player John is,”junior forward Patrick Pattersonsaid. “He has that heart, he hasthat passion for the game. Heknew coming down the stretchwe wanted a big play and hestepped up and he made it.”
Trailing 45-49 with 6:08 toplay, the Cats (26-1, 11-1Southeastern Conference) wenton an 8-0 run in the next 2:14to take the lead back. Vanderbiltresponded with a 4-0 run of itsown to tie the game, but a Wall
layup and two free throws onthe next two possessions gaveUK a four-point lead at 57-53.
Jenkins got the Com-modores within one on a 3-pointer with 12.6 seconds re-maining, but that was as closeas Vanderbilt would get.
After two missed freethrows by freshman guard EricBledsoe, Wall blocked Jenkins’3-point attempt that would havegiven Vanderbilt the lead back.Wall made one of his two freethrows and then UK head coachJohn Calipari called a timeout,which he later said was one ofthe dumbest timeouts he’s evercalled in his career.
“As I left the timeout I said,‘Guys, this is the stupidesttimeout I have ever called,please make me look good.Somebody do something,’ ”Calipari said.
Vanderbilt threw the ballthe length of the floor as Van-
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UK 58, VANDERBILT 56
SG to provide lunch, transportationto rescheduled Frankfort rally
Bright lights of Broadway shine on campus performance, dinnerBy Elizabeth Canavan
The lullabies of Broadwaycould be heard echoing in the Stu-dent Center Grand Ballroom Fri-day night through the voices ofUK students.
Rows of round tables decorat-ed in white gowns were circledwith flutes of mock champagne asaudience members enjoyed classictunes while enjoying a unique din-
ning experience. “A Night on Broadway,” featur-
ing music by the UK Choristers, en-tertained a sold-out crowd at its sec-ond annual performance. The pro-gram featured songs from popularBroadway shows such as “MatchMaker” from “Fiddler on the Roof”and “Easy Street” from “Annie.” Actone began with songs from the 1940sand progressed to present day.
UK Dinning Services pairedwith the School of Music to devel-
op different song-inspired dishes.The meal corresponding with themusical “Carousel” consisted ofsmoked rainbow trout salad withbaby greens in a puff pastry. Col-orful Thai-dyed chicken wentalong with the musical “Hair,” andall dishes were created by execu-tive chef Scott Kohn.
Doctoral students SamuelMiller and Brock Terry directed
Final Word lecture focuses on stolen art
PHOTO BY BRITNEY MCINTOSH | STAFFFreshman John Wall celebrates after Vanderbilt center A.J. Oglivy misses a shot that would have sent the game into the overtime. Wall also blocked a shot in thefinal seconds to help UK hold on for the victory.
CLOSING THE ‘DORE
See Basketball on page 6
Tough game shows Catsare tournament worthy
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Since2005 — UK basketball’s last win in
Vanderbilt’s Me-morial Gym —the Cats’ footballprogram has wonfour times inNashville.
Fittingly, ittook a RichBrooks-esquegame to breakthe streak.
Somewhereburied in thecombined 47 per-
sonal fouls (28 in the second half),an Eric Bledsoe technical foul (thatcould’ve been punished more se-verely) and a handful of maliciousalmost-intentional fouls, two teamsplayed a basketball game.
You wouldn’t know it, though,based on the language thrownaround afterward.
“This was a slugfest,” UK headcoach John Calipari said. “I’ve had25 texts that said, ‘Who won thefootball game?’ ”
UK won that game, but not bymeans of prolific scoring or high-flying fast breaks, both of which areCalipari trademarks. The Catsplayed into Vanderbilt coach KevinStallings’ plan, and it was the sameploy a lot of teams seem to bebringing to the gym against UK:Fast breaks are bad. Fouls are good.
Still, nobody’s beaten the Catsapproaching the game that way.
The Cats shot 35 percent fromthe floor, 18.8 percent from 3-point
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What: Monica Udvardy’s Fi-nal Word lectureWhen: Monday at 7 p.m.Where: W. T. Young LibraryAuditoriumAdmission: Free and open tothe public
If you go
If you go
What: Rally for Higher EducationWhen: Monday at 2:30 p.m. Bus transporta-tion will leave from the Student Center at1:00 p.m.Where: Frankfort Capitol BuildingAdmission: Free for students
Soloist Cara Braunsings "It's Today"along with the restof the UK Choris-ters during the"Night on Broad-way" performancein the Student Cen-ter Ballroom Fridaynight.
PHOTO BYSCOTT HANNIGAN
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Senior send-off: Eastern Kentucky shows upin the nick of time to save UK’s senior nightas UK rolls to a 12-3 victory.
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CHICAGO — Some 152 million people havewatched some part of the Vancouver Olympicsover the first seven days of the games, NBCSports said Friday, and the telecasts have had themost average viewers since the 1994 WinterGames.
Through the first seven days of the TorinoGames in 2006, there were about 146 millionviewers, NBC said, citing data from The NielsenCo.
On Thursday evening, Olympic broadcasts onNBC Universal networks were seen by 77 millionviewers, 14 million more than the first Thursdayfrom the 2006 Games. Competing programmingincluded ABC's "Grey's Anatomy" and "PrivatePractice," and CBS's "Survivor."
NBC was able to top Fox's "American Idol" onWednesday night by 12 million viewers, and beatthe perennial No. 1 show on television by 30 per-cent among the coveted 18-49 demographic. (Foxis owned by News Corp., parent of MarketWatch,the publisher of this report.)
An average of 26.6 million viewers havewatched the Vancouver Games through the first
seven nights, the most since CBS drew 37.5 mil-lion for the opening week of the LillehammerGames 16 years ago, when many viewers whocared little for winter sports flocked to their setsto watch the Tonya Harding-Nancy Kerrigan sagaunfold.
The popularity of the Vancouver Olympics ispart of a resurgence in live-event viewing in re-cent months, says Bill Carroll, vice president anddirector of programming at the media buying firmKatz Television Group.
CBS's telecast of Super Bowl XLIV earlier thismonth became the most-watched television pro-gram of all time, and ratings for the Golden GlobeAwards and last September's Emmy Awardswere higher than they were a year earlier.
"Partly it's the economy — more people areat home," Carroll said. "Part of it is the increasingconsumer acceptance of HD television. And ofcourse, this has been one of the worst winters inmemory. When you have snow in 49 of the 50states, that's going to have an impact."
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Black Voices to contribute toBlack History Month
By Matt [email protected]
Acknowledging the im-portance of African-Americanculture is something theBlack Voices Gospel Choirdoes year round. Mondaynight they look to dedicatetheir show to Black HistoryMonth.
For nearly 40 years,African-American students atUK have come together as apart of the Black Voices toshare their common love forgospel music with one anoth-er.
Black Voices PresidentJermey Taylor said he looksforward to doing a show thatmeans more than just thesinging.
“This show is going tobe different in that we’resinging to give tribute to ourblack history,” Taylor said.
“The name of our choir isBlack Voices and we’re justtrying to recognize whatblack figures have done inthe past.”
Taylor said students whocome to the performance canlook forward to seeing amixture of singing, historicalinformation and other per-formances that relate toblack history.
Taylor said the group triesto pay tribute to black historyyear-round, but looks forwardto being able to contribute to
Black History Month in par-ticular.
“The main reason I wouldencourage students to comeout to the event is because it’sdifferent from all of our otherperformances and it’s forBlack History Month whichis only celebrated one monthout of the year,” Taylor said.“It’s a chance to come outand experience somethingyou don’t experience any oth-er time of the year. It’s achance to learn somethingnew.”
The Black Voices willperform their Black Historytribute in the Cats Den at 8p.m. on Monday. The event isfree and open to the public.
What: Black Voices GospelChoirWhen: Monday at 8 p.m.Where: Cats DenAdmission: Free and open tothe public
If you go
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Smith said he and SGmembers will attend the ral-ly. Smith said student atten-dance is important becausethe rally is a chance for leg-islators to see the impor-tance of higher education.
Absence from class toattend the rally is unex-cused, but Smith said stu-dents should speak to pro-
fessors and ask for an ex-cused absence on a case-by-case basis.
The rally will take placein the capitol building’s ro-tunda in Frankfort. To en-sure a seat on the bus, stu-dents should register at uks-ga.org by Monday morning.
The rally begins at 2:30p.m., and those planning toattend should meet at thecorner of Adminstration andPatterson drives near BuellArmory at 1 p.m. to boardthe buses. Students will re-turn to campus around 4:30p.m.
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their discovery in two U.S.museums 15 years later.
Udvardy said the lecturewill help students learn howactivist research is carriedout step by step.
Baranowski said Ud-vardy can shed light on amajor problem in historythat is not given much seri-ous attention.
“Trafficking of illegal arti-facts to the United States hasbecome problematic in the pastdecades, but is often over-looked,” Baranowski said.
Udvardy said she isthankful for the opportunityto speak to students outsidethe classroom about activistresearch because she feelspassionately about it.
“(There is) a sense ofmoral outrage at the lack ofrespect for the cultural prop-erty of living cultures todayin the non-Western world,”she said.
Attending the lecturewill also help students gaina better understanding of il-legal art and artifact traffick-ing, Baranowski said, andbeing aware of the problemis the first step toward solv-ing it.
“Even though you don'thear about trafficking hap-pening, it does still occur,”Baranowski said. “Openingthe eyes of others to thesehorrors in the world and ed-ucating students and thecommunity of what they cando to help is very important,especially if we want tomake a change.”
The lecture is free andopen to the public.
FINAL WORDContinued from page 1
Xbox, PS3 engineer electrifies audienceBy Marc Blevins
While David Shippy cantypically attribute his successto engineeringprowess, his real se-cret breaks a long-held engineeringmyth.
Shippy kicked offthe UK College ofEngineering Engi-neers Day on Fridaywith a reading fromhis recent book, “The Racefor a New Game Machine:Creating the Chips Inside theXbox 360 and the PlayStation3.”
“It was a once in a life-time career opportunity,”Shippy said.
Two years after he wasselected as the chief architect
for Sony’s PlayStation 3 mi-croprocessor, Shippy said hewas assigned to design theMicrosoft Xbox 360 micro-processor as well.
That decision pit-ted Shippy betweentwo competing giants,along with an un-achievable deadline ofcompleting bothprocessors in only twoadditional years. Tomake things worse,Shippy’s team was
Sony based and no intellectu-al knowledge from the Sonyproject could be used for theMicrosoft project.
“In that situation, I had touse all my communicationskills to navigate through thisbattleground full of landmines,” Shippy said.
The key guideline for
good communication is sim-plicity, Shippy said. Pictureswere instrumental in manymeetings between Shippyand his Japanese counter-parts. He also stressed thebest communicators are posi-tive people.
Jenna Shapiro, a chemicalengineering junior, said Ship-py's focus on communicationreflects the changing world ofengineering.
"There’s a stigma that en-gineers keep to themselves,"Shapiro said. “To get yourideas heard, you have to beable to communicate. Every-thing is becoming more glob-al and group oriented, so it'scritical that engineers knowhow to communicate effec-tively."
Shippy said he was in-spired to write his book by
one of his favorite reads,“The Soul of a New Ma-chine,” Tracy Kidder’s 1981book that detailed a minicom-puter vendor war of the1970s. Shippy said he wantedto impart his knowledge to anew generation and inspirethem as Kidder’s book didfor him.
“I wanted to inspire stu-dents out there to go into atechnology field," Shippysaid. "The reality is engineer-ing is exciting, fun work andI had a blast doing it.”
After the reading, Shippywas asked about social re-sponsibilities of video gamesand whether they had anypositive effect on users.
“Even ‘Guitar Hero’ de-velops some good hand-eyecoordination,” Shippy said.
Shippy
Brunn has traveled toCentral Asia more than adozen times and is familiarwith the terrain. He said thelandscape is “rugged” andone of the most “inhospitablehabitats on the planet.”
Tajikistan is currently in itswinter season, and Brunn said hehas been told to bring a sleepingbag because he does not knowwhere he will be staying. Brunnsaid this trip could be “Survival101, 201 and 301.”
From Lexington to
Dushanbe, Tajikistan, Brunn saidhe will travel around 24 hours.
Tajikistan’s parliamentaryelections are to be held Feb.28, and Brunn said he plansto return to Kentucky onMarch 3. However, Brunnsaid he is willing to return toTajikistan on short-notice if arun-off election occurs.
Roberts said Brunnknows the “nuts and bolts” ofdemocracy and she knowsBrunn will bring his trip intothe classroom.
“When he comes back,(Brunn) will have some greatstories to tell about how youget democracy going,”Roberts said.
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CorrectionIn a Feb. 15 Kernel article, the date of the Student Activi-
ties Board Project Catwalk was incorrect. The competitionsscheduled to take place Monday, Feb. 22 and Monday, March 8in the CSI Smart Classroom have been canceled. The finalewill take place on March 29.
To report an error, call the Kentucky Kernel at 257-1915 or e-mail [email protected].
this year’s and last year’s show to give un-dergraduate students an opportunity toshowcase their talent. Terry said many ofthe choristers carry their talent from highschool to the college level.
“Many of these students were leads intheir high schools plays,” Terry said.
Despite feeling nervous, vocal fresh-man Emily Owens said she had fun partici-pating in the showcase. Owens had a soloin the song “You’re Just in Love” from“Call Me Madam.”
As the music program at UK continuesto grow, Terry, who played piano in theshow, said he was excited that a larger poolof talent was interested in this year.
The UK Choristers, made up of mostlyfreshmen and sophomores, do various per-formances throughout the semester. Millerand Terry said they hope they can keepbringing events like “A Night on Broad-way” to campus to showcase the talent ofUK students.
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PHOTO BY SCOTT HANNIGAN | STAFFBrittanee Lewis-Williams of the UK Choristers performs “100 Easy Ways to Lose a Man”representing the Golden Years of the 1950s on Broadway during the “Night on Broad-way” performance in the Student Center Ballroom Friday night.
BRETT HATFIELD, Kernel cartoonist
Weather safetyneeds moretransparency
Last week, while universities across the state shutdown for nearly two days, UK saw mere cancellationsof evening and morning classes.
Closings were not only prevalent across the state,but even right here in Lexington most high schools andorganizations shut down.
There are reasons for UK to try and remain open,ranging from financial reasons to the need for professorsto maintain their strict course schedules. However, what-ever the reasons for cancelling or remaining open, UKneeds to develop a sense of transparency on the issue.
According to a Jan. 13 Kernel article, Christy Giles,UK Office of Emergency Management director, saidUK’s policy is to remain open unless there are severesafety concerns for students and faculty.
While Plan B does a sufficient job clearing campusitself, UK doesn’t seem to take into consideration thecommute that many students and faculty face to come tocampus each day, which pose severe safety concerns.
The article also said UK’s removal plan only extends tothe end of the university’s property line, and students livingoutside of that line must rely on the city to clear the streets.
Giles said the decision to cancel classes lies withFrank Butler, executive vice president of the Office ofFinance and Administration. However, there are no setguidelines defining when UK will cancel class.
Officials simply take into consideration informationfrom the National Weather Service, UK Police and UKPhysical Plant Division. But, what this ignores are theroads that students living further from UK’s campus areforced to navigate.
As far as the lack of transparency on the issue, itshould also be made clear why exactly Frank Butler isresponsible for making the decision rather than VicePresident for Public Safety Anthany Beatty.
Students should understand the importance of mak-ing it to as many classes as possible, but making snowbunny jokes via the official UK twitter isn’t going tomake students fishtailing their way to campus feel anybetter. Especially when they arrive only to find out theirprofessors have canceled their class anyway.
City must enforcesidewalk-clearing
Upcoming week big for SG, studentsHey everyone. I hope you
all are enjoying all the snowas much as I am. As much as
we deservedto be out ofschool Mon-day, I sureappreciatedgetting outof classesTuesdaymorning.
I knowthe snowhas givensome ofyou trouble,
but I hope everyone is stillgetting out and attendingclasses and enjoying cam-pus.
I’d first like to congratu-late the Wildcat fan base ontheir showing the weekendbefore last. We truly packedthe house. We set a CollegeGameday attendance recordwith 22,144 fans. This shat-tered the old record of 8,159set by Kansas State earlier
this season. Congratulationsagain and keep up the goodwork Cats fans!
We also encourage fans togo and check out our UKwomen’s basketball team. Thewomen’s hoops team is cur-rently No. 2 in the Southeast-ern Conference and No. 17 inthe nation. The team has nowwon a team-record nine SECconference games. You canrefer to ukathletics.com forthe team’s schedule.
The Rally for Higher Ed-ucation that was previouslycanceled has been resched-uled. On Feb. 23 all interest-ed Kentucky college studentswill be making a trip toFrankfort for this year’s Ral-ly for Higher Education. Theannual rally is a chance forKentucky college students togo to our state’s capitol anddemonstrate the importanceof higher education.
Tuition is a very impor-tant topic this year and weneed as many students as we
can to communicate ourviews to legislators.
Although the absencefrom class isn’t excused,proof of attendance will beprovided. But without the ap-proval of a professor, the ab-sence is still unexcused. Therally begins at 2:30 p.m.; stu-dents will be leaving at1:00. Buses will pick up atthe corner of Administrationand Patterson drives.
If you’re interested in at-tending you can register atuksga.org. To ensure a seaton the bus, students mustregister by Monday Feb 22.
Student Governmentwould also like to announceapplications for all studentgovernment positions arenow available. If you’re in-terested in running for presi-dent, vice-president, collegesenator, or senator-at largestop by the SG office topick up your application.
We also want to empha-size the importance of getting
involved with SG. It’s impor-tant for the student body tohave a choice in the election.
When more people runstudents will have a betterfield to pick from and havethe opportunity to choosetheir next leaders. I wouldencourage anyone interestedin running for senate orpresident and vice-presidentto participate in the upcom-ing election.
The opportunity to servein SG has been an incredibleexperience for Kelsey Hayesand I this year. I encourageother students to explore theopportunity of getting in-volved in SG.
Let’s get ready forThursday’s big game againstSouth Carolina. I knowwe’re all looking forward toshowing them some qualityKentucky hospitality.
Ryan Smith is a politicalscience senior and studentgovernment president. [email protected].
Five tips to find a job in the poor economy I know we are all tired of hearing
about the suffering economy and its ef-fects on our lives. More stories have
been written on thissubject than even theOctomom, TigerWoods’ “addiction,”Brett Favre’s future,or Jon and Kate –whoever they are.
However, some ofthese stories truly dohave far-reaching ef-fects into our personallives, especially as col-lege students with bud-ding careers and goals.
Because the economy has tightenedup, the job market has followed it ascompanies find ways to cut costs throughdownsizing, moving their operationsabroad, or downright ceasing to exist.
The amount of jobs available andeven the quality of jobs available isdrastically different now than it wasfive years ago when the economy wasstable and growing.
For virtually all career areas compa-nies are simply not opening up their pock-etbooks as much for new hires. Whilethis may make finding a career seemhopeless for soon-to-be graduates, thereare some economic performance indica-tors that show a change on the horizon.
So there is some hope for us collegestudents, but the job market is still verycompetitive, and will remain that wayfor the foreseeable future.
Since more qualified candidates areon the market and since there are morestudents emerging from college thanever with freshly printed diplomas, wehave to make ourselves marketable anddo everything we can to make our per-sonal “brand” stand out.
In short, we have to make our re-sume and credentials the shiniest in thestack of the other two hundred appli-cants we are up against.
So how is this accomplished? Ifyou think the answer is with grades,you are only half-right.
Your GPA is something that mightget your resume moved over to the“keep” pile on an employer’s desk, butit alone will not land you a job. Mostemployers look more deeply into can-didates than GPA, as GPA has such avariance from school to school or evenmajor to major.
Also, employers desire more well-rounded employees and are much morelikely to hire a candidate with a 3.5 GPAand campus involvement and work expe-rience than a 4.0 GPA with little else toshow for his or her time in school.
So how do you make yourself a vi-able, strong candidate for employment?
Build your network. This may bethe single best piece of advice I evergot in college: it’s the hands youshake, and not the grades you make,that will get you a job.
Building a strong network of sup-porters – fellow students, professors,administrators, alumni, employers, etc.– is the best way to get an “in” with aprospective employer, which is hugewhen the jobs out there are so scarce.
Get involved. As mentioned in theGPA example above, employers lookfor students with proven leadershipability and applicable real-world expe-rience, whether it is through intern-ships, a part-time job, study abroad, aresearch project and so on.
So rather than become a master atHalo or a beer pong champion while inschool, use your time in college to builda resume showing you were willing tocomplement your education with legiti-mate experiences making you more
qualified for employment than the guywhose only leadership experience in-volves Call of Duty 4.
Diversify yourself. Along with get-ting involved, make yourself and yourresume well-rounded. Step outside ofyour comfort zone and take part in some-thing challenging you to better yourself.
For example, if you have an other-wise strong resume missing any signif-icant public-speaking experience, makeyourself more diversified and hirableby taking a communications class orinvolving yourself with an activity likea debate team. This will help fill thegaps in your resume and will showemployers your versatility as an assetto their organization.
Manage your image. This takesmany forms, from editing your onlinepresence (no Panama City beer-bongingpictures on Facebook) to making your-self more presentable (proper attire,kempt appearance, proper grammar andso on). Impressing employers with yourprofessionalism (good manners, editedand proper resume, being early for aninterview, etc.) is also key.
The object is to control the control-lable, making sure the entirety of you re-flects any qualifications you may haveas a good prospective employee.
Be honest. Being honest seems sim-ple, but it means your resume and appli-cation should be able to be verified by anoutside source. Everything you place onyour resume, reference list, application,or interview is subject to being checkedout further, so make sure you are trulyrepresentative of your credentials.
Employers will not hire someonewho lied in the application process,even by mistake, as the risk outweighsany potential reward. You’ve beenwarned – Google George O’Leary forfurther verification.
The reward for all of these steps isan enjoyable career, so take this seri-ously and make yourself recession-proof hirable. You’ll be glad you did.
Adam French is an MBA graduatestudent. E-mail [email protected].
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February weather not worth complaints
It’s kind of sad therehave been several piecesin the Kernel over havingto go to class in the snow.
I have to drag myselffrom K-lot to central cam-pus at 8:30 every morning.That’s about a mile walkwhen it isn’t crappy out-side — add some winterweather and it’s downrightuncomfortable.
Cold and biting theweather has been throughlast week’s morningsdrudgery, however, theyare hardly something un-expected or worth com-plaining about.
Folks, it’s February,this is a winter month,what did you think gettingto class would be like?Remember last year, whenwe had an ice storm? Thatwas something to close thecampus over. Last weekwas not bad weather, justbad weather for a Febru-ary in Kentucky.
If it’s raining, you take
an umbrella, if its hot youwear a T-shirt, if there’s afew inches of snow on theground you put on boots,gloves, hat and a coat;that’s what they’re for.
If you have to drive inthis weather, you leave 15or 20 minutes early anddrive slowly.
If you’re commuting infrom the sticks, on roadsthat haven’t seen a plow,then call or email yourprofessors and explainwhy you wont be there to-day, they’ll understand.
What you should not dois act shocked you mighthave to trudge through acouple snow banks or drivethrough murky slush in thewinter time.
We’re adults here peo-ple, suck it up; a few inch-es of snow means useyour head and take pre-cautions, not a day off.
Patrick DunhamLandscape Architecture Senior
As a graduate studentwho often commutes onoff-campus sidewalks inthe wee hours of the morn-ing, the failure of home-owners to maintain theirsidewalks is a significantcause of my own personalinjuries.
The recent black icethat covered all of thesidewalks on my MaxwellStreet commute hascaused me both bodily andproperty damage.
Immediate enforcementof sidewalk clearing ordi-nances is in order, in addi-tion to the understanding ofprofessors that not all of usdrive or are prescient of theicy conditions of sidewalksat all times for the two-plus
miles of our commutes.It’s not being a “freak-
ing baby” when you breakyour ankle, tailbone or skullbecause the sidewalks gotcompacted from snow toslush then frozen to a hardslick surface.
Not all of us can liveon campus and more needsto be done to reach ourneeds for a safe commute.
On a side note, Iwould like to thank UK.The moment my commutebrings me to campus terri-tory, I can walk with con-fidence and safety due totheir timely maintenanceof walkways.
Steven TaylorSociology doctoral student
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UK gave seniors AmaniFranklin and Lydia Watkinsthe perfect send-off on SeniorDay against South Carolinaon Sunday afternoon.
The No. 16 Cats (23-4, 11-3 Southeastern Conference)defeated the Gamecocks 71-50(13-13, 6-7 SEC), in front of aseason-high 7,742 fans to fin-ish the regular season 17-0 atMemorial Coliseum.
The noise generated bythe sixth-largest crowd inschool history could easilyhave been mistaken for a ca-pacity crowd at Rupp Arena,while the unblemished homerecord is the first since 1980-81, and only the second inschool history.
“It was awesome, espe-cially being that it was SeniorDay, and that me and Lydia(Watkins) were able to finishthe season at home undefeat-ed,” said Franklin, the self–ad-mitted “cry baby,” who could-n’t keep her emotions in checkduring the pregame ceremonyhonoring the seniors.
Watkins loved the atmos-phere, too, but she said: “I’mnot the type to cry like(Franklin), all my joys cameout through a smile.”
On Friday, UK headcoach Matthew Mitchell saidhis desire was to give his sen-iors a lasting memory of anincredibly special home sea-son. The coaches, players andfans did their part, jumpingall over the Gamecocks fromthe outset.
Appropriately, it wasWatkins and Franklin whoscored three of the first fourfield goals of the game for theCats, who were up 9-1 in thefirst three minutes and 36-20at halftime.
Despite a limited UK
bench consisting of four play-ers in uniform due to the in-jury to guard Crystal Rileyand an illness of Carly Mor-row, the energy level neverseemed to dip for UK. Thefirst half was filled with sev-eral outlet passes, a pass be-tween a South Carolina de-fender’s legs and even an A’-dia Mathies spin-o-rama andconverted basket in whatMitchell called an incredibledisplay of transition offense.
“They were playing withenthusiasm, energy and a lot ofeffort, and I think South Car-olina knew we were seriousabout our business today rightfrom the tip,” Mitchell said.
South Carolina freshmanphenom, 6-foot-5 KelseyBone, who had 23 points andnine rebounds against theCats in the team’s first
matchup, was rendered virtu-ally ineffective as she fin-ished with 13 points and fiverebounds in the loss. Game-cock head coach Dawn Staleysaid she was displeased withher team’s inability to feedBone the ball in the first half.
But the day was all aboutthe seniors from start to finish,as Franklin scored UK’s firstand last two points of the game.
“I’ve had the good for-tune of being a part of somewins over my career and noneis more satisfying than todaybecause of our two seniors,”said Mitchell, who praised hisseniors during an address tothe crowd after the game.“This victory is somethingthey’ll have the rest of theirlife, an undefeated home sea-son is just a really remarkablefeat for them.”
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derbilt junior center A.J. Ogilvyskied to catch the ball. Ghosts ofthe 1992 East Regional Finalagainst Duke had to racethrough the minds of Big BlueNation. The story ended betterfor UK fans this time, and unlikeDuke’s Christian Laettner,Ogilvy’s shot rimmed out andUK’s lead in the SEC grew totwo games.
Nobody ever said it hadto be pretty, and when UKand Vanderbilt (20-6, 9-3SEC) get together, it hasn’tbeen.
The two teams combinedfor 47 fouls, including twotechnical fouls in their meet-ing Saturday. In their firstmeeting Jan. 30, the ‘Doresand Cats slugged it out to thetune of 58 fouls and two tech-nicals.
The Cats built an early12-6 lead in the first half,their biggest lead of thegame, but Vanderbilt cameback on a 12-4 run to take atwo-point lead.
The Cats pushed the leadto five with 2:04 to play inthe half on back-to-backdunks from Wall and DeMar-cus Cousins, but Vanderbiltdidn’t allow UK to score forthe remainder of the half andit was 27-25 at the break infavor of the Cats.
The second half beganwith a steal from Vanderbiltsophomore forward JefferyTaylor on a pass from DariusMiller to Bledsoe. Taylortook it to the opposite end ofthe floor for the easy dunk totie the game at 27. On the en-suing possession, Bledsoewas called for fouling Taylorwhile driving to the basket.
While walking back tothe opposite end of the floorthe officials had to separatethe two for jawing at eachother and technical fouls wereassessed to each player, onlyadding more fuel to the swel-tering tension in Memorial
Gym.While the intensity and
tension were high, the shoot-ing percentages were not. Thetwo teams struggled shootingfrom the floor throughout thegame. Vanderbilt shot 32.1percent from the floor whileUK shot just 35.8 percent.The two teams were a com-bined 5-of-36 from beyondthe 3-point arc.
With the various styles ofplay on offense and defenseUK will see in the NCAATournament in March, Cali-pari said these types of gameswill help prepare the youngCats.
“I love this,” Calipari
said. “Shooting 35 percentand 18 (percent) from thethree and winning anyway.”
It was the first time anyplayer on the UK roster hadwon in Memorial Gym, and itwas the Commodores’ firsthome loss of the season andonly their eighth in the lastfour seasons combined.
“For us to come in thishostile environment andcome out with a victory, ittastes sweet, it tastes goodand it feels good too to knowthat we came out with a hard-earned win and all my team-mates were just playing withgreat passion and great inten-sity out there,” Patterson said.
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range and a miserable 56.7percent from the free-throwline — yes, all of that hap-pened Saturday — so nobodyhas taken them out of theirgame further than the Com-modores did. Not even in theCats’ loss to South Carolina
did this team look as out-of-place as it did in Vandy’s in-famously off-kilter gym.
Yet somehow, justenough shots fell with justthe right timing. A good-not-great team very likely wouldhave let this game go. FinalFour teams win these typesof games. Games you haveno right to win — or evenhaving a shot to win.
“We should have lost to
Mississippi State, we shouldhave lost to Georgia. I can goright down the line with allthese close games we’vehad,” Calipari said. “We’rewinning, and hopefully we’llkeep winning. This team isso young, I don’t think theyknow better.”
After the game, Calipariadmitted, with a smile, thatStallings controlled the floor.At no point did the Cats try
to break loose of the Vander-bilt plan. They took the hits,they grinded it out.
“We don’t force our will onother teams,” Calipari said.
UK just played Vandy’sgame better than Vandy did.
In the NCAA Tourna-ment, sometimes with justone sleep cycle betweengames, teams won’t havemuch time to draw up gameplans designed to disarm all
of an opponent’s strengths.The Cats could run into a
Big 10 team. First to 40wins!
Maybe a 3-point team,like Mississippi State. Shoot‘em if you got ‘em!
Or maybe — and likelynot until the later stages ofthe tournament — a teamthat can do it all. RockChalk, Jayhawk!
So what if the Cats can
waltz into one of the coun-try’s most bizarre playing en-vironments, have the style ofgame dictated to them, playas pitifully as they did attimes and still win?
Sounds like Saturday’ssmash-mouth grinder mayhave been the perfect prefacefor Lucas Oil Stadium.
James Pennington is ajournalism senior. [email protected].
PENNINGTONContinued from page 1
PHOTO BY BRITNEY MCINTOSH | STAFFJunior forward Patrick Patterson throws down a dunk against Van-derbilt on Saturday.
UK stays perfect at home,honors seniors with win
Senior LydiaWatkinsshoots a 3-pointeragainst SouthCarolina dur-ing SeniorDay on Sun-day.
PHOTO BYWILLIAMBALDONSTAFF