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UK has chosen a new di-rector of the UndergraduateResearch Office, and sheaims to bring all areas of re-search — not just scientific— together.
Dr. Diane Snow, anatomyand neurobiology professorand endowed chair with theSpinal Cord and Brain Injury
Research Center at UK, willbegin her new role Nov. 1.
Snow said her new jobwill include coordinating all
the undergraduate researchprojects campus-wide. Shesaid Michael D. Mullen, as-sociate provost for Under-graduate Education, contact-ed her to fill the position.
The Kernel could notreach Mullen for comment intime for print.
Snow said she aims tomake the research departmentrun smoother and more pre-
dictable, and she aims to getmore faculty involved.
“I want to bring togethereverybody on campus whohas an interest in undergradu-ate research, [and] try tomake it a more cohesive en-deavor,” she said.
Snow earned her PhD inneuroscience from CaseWestern Reserve University,in Cleveland, Ohio, and her
research focuses on the roleof extracellular matrix mole-cules in neuronal growthcone guidance, according tothe Beckman Scholars web-site.
“The first job I intend todo is to find meetings acrosscampus to discover what un-dergraduate research meansto each area,” Snow said.“Most undergraduate research
has been focused on scienceand education. I think weneed to give research oppor-tunities to all.”
The previous director ofthe Undergraduate ResearchOffice, Robert S. Tannen-baum, was placed on admin-istrative leave last spring afterhe was charged with fourcounts of incest, according toprevious Kernel articles.
By Katie [email protected]
New research director aims for unityDr. Diane
SnowAnatomy andneurobiology
professor
ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK
PHOTO BY SCOTT HANNIGAN | STAFFEmployees from Asplundh Tree Expert Co. work to get rid of a rotting tree on central campus Monday evening.
An Asplundh Tree Expert Co. employee watches on as a co-workeruses a cherrypicker to cut off the limbs of the tree.
The College of Medicine began its questto improve state healthcare by tackling diver-sity on Monday.
Several students’ visions came to life asthe college concluded the final day of itsfirst-ever program specifically designed toengage minority students.
Second year medical student Ima Ebongfirst encountered a similar program as an un-dergraduate at the Georgia Institute of Tech-nology. As a representative of the class of2013 in the Dean’s Advisory Committee forDiversity, she saw her opportunity to igniteher idea at UK.
Ebong said the program at the GeorgiaInstitute of Technology made her experiencethere better.
“I thought if this college could benefitfrom the program, why not the University ofKentucky?” she said.
Ebong said the main concept of the pro-gram is to attract more under-represented mi-norities at UK. These groups includeAfrican-Americans, Hispanics and studentsfrom eastern Kentucky.
The event kicked off with a “Welcome toUK” dinner where Dr. Emery Wilson, deanof the College of Medicine, spoke to theprospective medical students. The program’ssecond day intended to give each of the re-cruits a day-to-day experience of a UK med-ical student. The day’s activities ranged froma medical campus tour to patient presenta-tions to student diversity services.
Two anatomy lab tours intrigued severalstudents.
“It was really awesome to see everythingin text come to life,” medical student AshleyBuchanan said.
Many had never seen a cadaver beforethe tour and were intrigued by the science in-
By Christie [email protected]
Med schoolworks fordiversity
See MEDICINE on page 6
Gov. Steve Beshear has proclaimed Sep-tember Campus Fire Safety Month.
Robert Mock Jr., UK vice president forStudent Affairs, accepted the proclamationon behalf of UK.
According to UK fire statistics for 2009,UK had 28 fires on campus that required ac-tion to be extinguished, eight of those firesoccurred in or near campus residences.
Through Campus Fire Safety Month,Mock said UK was “addressing the studentsneeds at the most basic level.”
Mock said UK wants its students to be“safe and able to be educated.”
According to a UK news release, the UKOffice of the Fire Marshal will host fiveCampus Fire Safety events throughout themonth of September, one on every Wednes-day.
Scheduled events include a smoke tent,fire extinguisher training and free t-shirts, ac-cording to the release.
Ryan Smith, UK Student Governmentpresident, said the events will help educatestudents.
By Taylor [email protected]
Fire safetyto ignite
UK campus
President Barack Obama signaled Mon-day that he'll tackle the economy as he cam-paigns for Democrats this fall.
Speaking from the White House RoseGarden, the president accused Republicans ofholding a jobs bill hostage for political rea-sons to the detriment of small-business own-ers — and the workers they would hire if thebill were enacted.
"I ask Senate Republicans to drop theblockade," Obama said.
The president also said that between nowand the fall elections he'll announce moreplans to promote short-term growth and long-term economic competitiveness. He promised
additional measures to extend middle-classtax cuts, invest in clean energy and cut taxesfor businesses to encourage them to hire.
The timing of Obama's remarks reflectsrecognition that public confidence in theeconomy _ and Democrats' stewardship of it _is weak and eroding, along with weekly meas-ures of economic vitality. That could boostRepublicans in November's elections.
The small-business bill will be the Sen-ate's first major priority when it returns onSept. 13. The House of Representatives al-ready has passed measures to set up a $30 bil-lion loan fund for small business. The Treas-ury Department would administer it throughsmall, healthy community banks to get moneyinto the hands of small-business owners. Thebill also would provide a series of tax breaksfor small businesses.
The Senate bill has stalled because Re-publicans say that it doesn't address two oftheir most pressing concerns: The expirationof Bush-era tax cuts and a requirement in thenew health care law that they say could bur-den small businesses with paperwork.
Republicans say the bill is further evi-dence the Obama administration wants tospend its way out of the economic slump.
"Instead of growing jobs as promised,Washington Democrats have grown the sizeof the national debt, the federal governmentand the unemployment rate," Senate MinorityLeader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky saidMonday.
By Margaret Talev and David Lightman
MCT
Obama challenges GOP to end ‘blockade’
Asplundh Tree Expert Co. was con-tracted by UK to cut down the tree on cen-tral campus outside White Hall ClassroomBuilding. The tree was found to be rottingfrom the inside out, and it was considered asafety hazard for students walking on thesidewalk nearby. The tree was cut downMonday evening to eliminate the hazard.
Cleaning up campus
Rivalry renewed: UK plays Cards on WednesdaySee page 3
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‘Top Chef’ wins the Emmy race
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LOS ANGELES — Good taste finally put an end toan "Amazing" winning streak.
Bravo's cooking competition "Top Chef" scored oneof the Emmys' biggest upsets when it beat out "TheAmazing Race" for the reality-competition program prize.The international chase show had won seven consecu-tive times in the category and had been the only winnerin the division since it was established eight years ago.
The win marked the first Emmy for the producers ofthe cooking series, who appeared entirely stunned whenthey crowded onstage to accept the award. Executiveproducer Dan Cutforth said, "It's something we neverexpected, and I have nothing prepared to say."
The loss came as more bad news for Jerry Bruck-heimer, the powerhouse movie and TV producer behind"The Amazing Race." Bruckheimer already has had a dis-appointing year with the lackluster box-office perform-ance of his hoped-for blockbusters "Prince of Persia: TheSands of Time" and "The Sorcerer's Apprentice."
"The Amazing Race" has had such a lock on thereality-competition category that some rival nomineeshad suggested that the CBS series be placed in anotherreality category, or that producers of "The Amazing Race"withdraw from consideration in order to give other series
a chance to win an Emmy.Bruckheimer and other producers responded by say-
ing that they would not consider withdrawing, and thatthe ambition and craft behind the show were worthy ofrecognition.
Insiders had privately speculated that "The AmazingRace" faced perhaps its toughest challenge this yearfrom "American Idol," since it was that series' last sea-son with its acerbic but popular judge Simon Cowell. Theother nominees included "Project Runway" and "DancingWith the Stars."
Now it's "American Idol," which remains a ratingsmonster despite a dip in viewership, that has its ownEmmy streak, losing out in the reality-competition cate-gory eight straight years.
Backstage at the Emmys, "Top Chef" host PadmaLakshmi said that even she assumed "Amazing Race"was going to win again.
"In fact, I was really, really mean to the host of'Amazing Race' (Phil Keoghan) on the red carpet," shesaid. "I told him I was taking him down."
MCT
As Paris Hilton faces arraignment on acocaine-possession charge after being arrest-ed in Las Vegas, a legal expert says the casemight be harder to prove than it appears.
Prosecutors in such minor drug-possessioncases face several hurdles, and even when theydo get a conviction, typically the punishment isdrug treatment, said Dmitry Gorin, a formerLos Angeles County prosecutor and well-known defense attorney.
"First they are going to have prove it'sher purse and then she had custody of it,"Gorin said. "When it comes to celebrities, of-ten assistants and entourage handle thingslike that, so it becomes harder to show theyare the ones with the item."
Media outlets in Las Vegas reportedMonday morning that Hilton told police thepurse was not hers.
A police lieutenant discovered the co-caine in a baggy after Hilton was escortedinto the Wynn hotel after a traffic stop near-by. The lieutenant said he saw the drugswhen Hilton asked for her purse to get a lipbalm.
Gorin said Hilton's legal team may alsochallenge the cause for the search in the firstplace. Police said they pulled over the SUVthat Hilton was in after smelling marijuanafumes.
He said that if her legal team can raisequestions about whether the marijuana smellcame from her SUV, they could get the evi-dence tossed out. Gorin said ultimately ifprosecutors do succeed in convicting Hilton,the punishment would mostly likely involve
drug diversion.The defense lawyer says there are numer-
ous arrests of this nature on the Vegas Strip(minus the celebrity) and most finish in somekind of diversion program unless the personhas a lengthy prior record. Las Vegas policesaid they had enough evidence to arrest Hilton,but it will be up to prosecutors to file charges.
Attorneys for Hilton and her boyfriend,Cy Waits, have suggested that not all thefacts in the case have been made public.Hilton's attorney, David Chesnoff, released astatement urging people not to make a "rushto judgment."
By Richard WintonMCT
Paris Hilton drug casechallenges prosecutors
PHOTO BY FITZROY BARRETT | LANDOV/MCTCelebrity Paris Hilton faces cocaine-possessioncharges after being arrested in Las Vegas.
SPORTSTuesday,August 31, 2010
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Chandler HowardSports EditorPhone: 257-1915
With less than a week be-fore UK faces its biggest rival,first-year UK head coach Jok-er Phillips is feeling rathercalm and collected.
“Maybe Saturday morn-ing I’ll be hugging a toiletsomewhere,” Phillips joked.“I don’t know. I haven’t donethat in a long time, since I wasa player at one time. But Idon’t know. It’s one of thosedeals where I’ve been as re-laxed as I’ve ever been, butSaturday, who knows?”
The 23rd edition of theGovernor’s Cup has evenhigher stakes than usual, asPhillips and first-yearLouisville head coach CharlieStrong, friends with more than40 years of combined experi-ence as assistant coaches, arelooking to start their careers attheir respective schools on awinning note.
UK will also be the first op-ponent to see the newly reno-vated Papa John’s Stadium,which now seats 55,000 and issold out for Saturday’s game.
Getting off to a quick startwill be key to negatingLouisville’s homefield advan-tage, Phillips said.
Partisan crowd aside,Phillips said the many new ad-ditions to the Cardinals’ coach-ing staff have made preparingfor the season opener a littletricky, especially preparing forLouisville’s spread offense.
Defending the spread of-fense is something UK’s defen-sive players have encountered
By Nick [email protected]
Phillipsnot
feelingnervous
See PHILLIPS on 5
PHOTO BY SCOTT HANNIGAN | STAFFJunior middle back Becky Pavan looks for a block Dec. 5, 2009 against Oregon in the NCAA Tournament.
Fifty thousand catches.That’s how many balls UK’s wide receivers
were tasked with catching over the summer.It was a number UK head coach Joker
Phillips admitted was a little staggering.“They were a little short,” Phillips said.
“Not sure if we gave them a realistic goal, butit was something that they were shooting for,and it helped them in getting in there and get-ting after it.”
The number may not have been attained, butthe message was clear: the receivers are beingcounted on to produce this year, in a big way.
“I think they will be much improved thisyear and be able to make plays,” Phillips said.“I think we’ll be able to win games at that po-sition this year.”
More production is expected out of UK’soffense this year, and the performance of thereceivers will play an integral role in just howdynamic the Cats can be.
“We’re going to take a lot more shotsdownfield,” junior wide receiver Randall Cobbsaid. “We’ve really made a goal that we shouldbe able to score 35, 40 points a game.”
Cobb will be counted on to put up many ofthose points. Cobb was voted preseason first-team All-Southeastern Conference as an all-purpose player after posting 39 receptions for447 yards and rushing for 573 yards and 10touchdowns last year.
UK’s Wildcat formation will be used as an“easy way to get the ball into Cobb’s hands,”Phillips said.
“I’m just not playing quarterback anymore, that’s point blank simple,” Cobb said.“In the past I was an athlete at receiver. I put inso much work in the offseason as far as myfoot speed and cuts and running routes. I thinkI am a more polished receiver.”
Cobb is one part of a unit that is expectedto be more explosive. Another is senior ChrisMatthews, who had 32 receptions for 354yards last season, his first with UK.
Matthews said he is far more preparedmentally for the game compared to last year,when he said he relied on natural ability.
Lined up opposite Cobb, he expects to get
By Aaron [email protected]
Receiversable to
‘win games’
See FOOTBALL on page 5
By Ethan [email protected]
The UK volleyball team returns home for ar-guably the most important match of its youngseason against in-state rival Louisville Sept. 1.
The Cats (0-2) played in the Runza/AVCAShowcase last weekend in Omaha, Neb., anddropped both of their matches to top 10 oppo-nents Nebraska and Iowa State.
UK continues to work toward its first win of2010 as the team prepares for the Cardinals, agame the team has had circled on the schedulefor quite some time.
“It is exciting,” UK head coach Craig Skin-
Volleyballaims torebound See VOLLEYBALL on page 5
FEATURES Martha GroppoFeatures Editor
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Tuesday, August 31, 2010 Page 4
When Lori Gordon sawthe destruction that Hurri-cane Katrina left along theGulf Coast, she also sawsomething else: potential. Amultimedia artist, Gordonbegan to use debris from therubble to create in the midstof destruction.
Five years after the storm,Gordon is coming to UK withher exhibit “The Katrina Col-lection,” which will be at theRasdall Gallery on Aug. 31.
Gordon, who had beenshowing multimedia collec-tions since 2001, was a 20-year resident of Clement
Harbor, Miss., when Katrinahit in 2005. Her studio,house and treehouse were allcompletely wiped away bythe gale.
Returning to what wasleft of her home was an es-pecially jarring experiencefor her.
“I have no idea whichroute I took, or what my firstsight of my lot without thehouse was like,” Gordonsaid.
Rather than dwell on theloss of her possessions andhome, Gordon saw the disas-ter as an opportunity to turnthe mess into her kind of art.Five weeks after returning
home, Gordon started to usethe debris in art pieces.
One piece, “Guadalupedel Orbe II” features a faintand washed depiction ofMary against a red disc. Thepiece looks not only old, butsmooth, like a stone havingbeen tumbled in the oceanfor ages.
One of the most strikingaspects of Gordon’s pieces in‘The Katrina Collection’ isthe color. Because of theirorigin, one would expect thecolor to be faded and dull.But many of them have vividcontrast between bright reds
By Geoffrey [email protected]
Beauty fromdestruction
See KATRINA on page 6
The competition betweenUK and Louisville reachesbeyond sports.
The annual Battle of theBluegrass Blood Drive put onby the Kentucky Blood Cen-ter gives fans a chance to givepoints to their favorite teamwhile donating blood.
“It’s a great and easy wayto help out the community,
and you never know whenyou’re going to be the one inneed,” said Denise Fields,Marketing and Communica-tions manager at the Ken-tucky Blood Center.
“It’s a good cause andyou don’t have to do a lot ofwork,” said dietetics junior,Kerachel Rieger, one blooddrive donor.
“I didn’t have anythingelse to do today and I’ve al-ways wanted to give blood.”
Rieger said she did notknow the blood drive compe-tition was going on, but sawthe signs on campus and de-cided to donate today.
People who give bloodare asked whether they wouldlike to pick a team to addpoints to, then are entered towin various prizes. Every par-ticipant receives a free T-shirtand donors this week are en-tered in a raffle to win a 46-inch TV, Fields said.
The Kentucky BloodCenter tests and transports alldonated blood to 70 hospitalsand clinics throughout thestate, with the UK hospitalbeing one of the largest recip-ients, Fields said.
Cierra Cummins, a busi-ness management major junioranother donor. She has beendonating blood ever since shemet the age requirement.
By Erin [email protected]
Bleed blue for a good cause
See DRIVE on page 6
Relationships. They aren’tthe “one size fits all” type ofthing. Much like clothing, re-
lationshipscan getstretched toothin, becomefull of holesand some-times just al-together de-teriorate.
W h e nclothes fallapart, thereis sometimesa reason; we
wore it too much, loved it toomuch or treated it too rough-ly. And sometimes, we justoutgrow them. It’s nobody’sfault, they just don’t fit ourbodies. Due to weight gain orloss, changes just don’t fit.
Sometimes we try tomake them fit, anxiously tug-ging the hem down, or tryingto stretch it back to it’s origi-nal form, refusing to believethis beloved T-shirt won’t fitour different body, but nomatter how hard we pull orhow determined we are, it’snot going to fit. So whatnow?
This summer I saw thedemise of a close friend’s re-lationship. No wronged partyor spurned lover, it just wasnot working. They had simplyoutgrown each other.
After being in a relation-ship and in college for twoplus years, one can only ex-pect some internal changes totake place. A lot of timeswith long-term couples, thecouples grow together, thechanges ebbing and flowing,working in tandem. They likewho the other has become.As they continue to stay to-gether and the relationshipcontinues, this is dubbed a“success.”
Sometimes, though, wechange, and our partner does-n’t change with us. They maynot be “bad” changes, but justones we simply cannot dealwith. We have, outgrown therelationship. And it’s not be-cause the person we werewith changed into a cretinwho suddenly finds joy instomping on small animalsand telling little children San-ta doesn’t exist. No, they justsimply take on a differentform (as did we) and the rela-tionship does not sit on us
Not afailure,but a lesson
See HEARTBEAT on page 6
PHOTO BY BRANDON GOODWIN | STAFFArchitecture sophomore Hannah Soard and international studies and French sophomore AmeliaStevens help arrange art from “The Katrina Collection” in the Rasdall Gallery.
REMEMBERING KATRINA
On Wednesday night,UK men’s basketball headcoach John Calipari gets thefinal word. And he won’t betalking about just basketball.
Coach Calipari is sched-uled to speak at Final Word:
Coach Calipari, a StudentActivities Board event, spon-sored by the Engaging IssuesCommittee. The Final Wordseries this semester will hosta broad array of speakers in-cluding UK professors andfaculty members.
“The Final Word series is
a homegrown series SAB hasbeen doing for a while. Itgives professors and other UKfaculty the chance to talkabout a topic of their choos-ing,” said Jill Baranowski,Student Activities Board di-rector of Engaging Issues.
By Shelisa [email protected]
Cal gets the ‘Final Word’
See FINAL WORD on page 6
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in the past, as UK’s Southeast-ern Conference rivals Floridaand Vanderbilt employ a simi-lar offensive philosophy.
“(The spread offense) is somuch stuff flying back andforth everywhere, you’ve got
to read the pull-and-go, you’vegot to read the option.” seniordefensive end DeQuin Evanssaid. “If you make one mis-take they’ve got a play.”
Phillips said he and hisstaff have a better idea ofwhat Strong, who most re-cently enjoyed a seven-yeartenure as defensive coordina-tor at Florida, will have instore for senior quarterback
Mike Hartline and Co.“Charlie is going to be
aggressive … it's going to bea blitzo-rama,” Phillips said.“He's going to attack. He'llblitz on first down, seconddown, third down. He'll beblitzing as soon as he comesout of the locker room.That's just what they do.”
Depth Chart NotesA couple of position bat-
tles were resolved at Mon-day’s news conference. Oneof the more surprising sightson the depth chart was thatjunior walk-on Luke McDer-mott, a defensive tackle andTrinity High School alumnus,will start alongside seniorRicky Lumpkin.
“(McDermott’s) a guy thatalways gives you 110 percent,”Phillips said. “We told him to
eat. He needed to get biggerand stronger. We said, ‘Go tothe dining hall, eat. As soon asyou get full, eat some more.’He's over at the dining hall foran hour and a half, two hourssometimes. We'll leave break-fast and go back at lunch, he'sstill there … the guy just con-tinues to do everything heneeds to do to get himselfready to play at this level.”
Sophomore Matt Smithbeat junior Jake Lanefski forthe starting center job, Ron-nie Sneed edged Qua Huzzieat middle linebacker, juniorRyan Tydlacka will handlethe punting and fieldgoal/PAT duties, and redshirtfreshman Jordan Aumilleremerged as the starting tightend.
PHILLIPSContinued from page 3
plenty of opportunities tomake plays -- and that, inturn, can end up benefittingCobb.
“I’m going to counteractthings with Chris,” Cobbsaid. “If I’m making plays onthe inside it’s going to openup things for him becausemore defenses are going tocome around me. If you havepeople who can make playsit opens up things on the in-side for me.”
After the top two, there’sa bevy of players ready tocontribute. La’Rod King,Brian Adams, Matt Roark,Aaron Boyd and E.J. Fieldscomprise a deep supportingcast.
At the tight end position,freshman Jordan Aumiller has
been named the starter.While the receiving
corps has been viewed attimes as Cobb and everyoneelse, it can’t be a one-manshow if the receivers are in-
deed going to “win games,”as Phillips wants.
“If my name is called,I’m going to step up andmake a play,” King said.“That’s my only choice.”
FOOTBALLContinued from page 3
ner. “Louisville is alwaysgood, and I know the team ismature enough that we canstart preparing right away forthe match.”
In Omaha, UK lost itsseason opener to No. 2 Ne-braska in straight sets, 25-9,25-14, 25-20. The next daythe Cats took the court again,this time against No. 9 IowaState. UK split the first twosets with the Cyclones beforefalling 25-17, 22-25, 25-22,25-22 in four sets.
Having come up short inboth matches, Coach Skinnersaw both positives and nega-tives from his squad.
“Of course I am disap-pointed in losing,” Skinnersaid. “But we also got betterin areas we knew we would
have to improve on. Ourblocking and defense is wayahead of our offense, and weneed to start scoring points inorder to win matches.”
Now, with Louisvillecoming to town, UK has fo-cused all of its attention onthe Cardinals, whom they lostto in Louisville last season ina thrilling five-set match thatwent right down to the wire.The loss was the first of UK’sseason, and the only non-con-ference loss of the 2009 sea-son.
But as the rematch ap-proaches, the Cats aren’t fo-cused on revenge.
“Last year has no impacton this year,” said Skinner.“We have the same expecta-tions for this match that wedo every other match. Be-tween the rivalry and thismatch being the home opener,we have plenty of motiva-tion.”
To defeat Louisville, theCats will need big contribu-tions from the entire team.Skinner would not single outany specific players that hefelt needed to perform wellagainst the Cardinals; instead,he designated that responsi-bility to all of the upperclass-men on his squad.
“They have been in thesesituations before,” Skinnersaid. “I think the intensitywill bring out the best inthem, and we will need themto lead us on Wednesday.”
UK expects an electric at-mosphere Wednesday nightfor a rivalry game that de-cides bragging rights in thestate of Kentucky for the nextyear.
“It’s great to be back,”Skinner said, “we should geta great crowd. It is definitelya great home court advan-tage.”
VOLLEYBALLContinued from page 3
STAFF FILE PHOTOJunior wide receiver Randall Cobb dives for a touchdown in agame against Auburn last season. The Cats won 21-14.
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volved. The college’s wordimpressed others, rather thanthe bodies.
The program also allowedundergraduates to questiontheir journey as a medical stu-dent and where they could seethemselves in the future.
James Baulding, one ofthe many students present
who had previously attendedor toured the University ofLouisville, said he was im-pressed with what he saw.
“The tour was excellent,especially the academic en-richment,” he said. “The lead-ers of the tour made the ideaof coming to the university’smedical school tangible.”
Undergraduate studentsfrom around the state came toexperience everything theCollege of Medicine had to
offer, including teachers,technology, students, finan-cial aid, student affairs andservices. Dr. Carol Elam, as-sociate dean of Medicine Ed-ucation, said the collegehopes to continue the pro-gram next year if the recruitsrespond positively.
“It turned out even betterthan we hoped for,” she said.“We want them here and tomake a difference in thehealthcare in Kentucky.”
MEDICINEContinued from page 1
and blues, as in“Guadalupe del Orbe II.”
After completing the col-lection, Gordon’s work wasexhibited at the University ofSouthern Mississippi and
Browne’s Fine Art in Jack-son, Miss. Private collectorsof her works include FaithHill, Jimmy and RosalynnCarter, and Barack andMichelle Obama.
The collection is basedaround the idea of “rebirthand renewal.” Gordon saidthe message she wants to con-vey through her art is “that
no matter what event causesupheavals in our lives - a bro-ken marriage, the death of aloved one, or a devastatingnatural disaster - we mustfind a way to patch the bro-ken pieces, pull our lives to-gether and find a way to cre-ate something good and beau-tiful.”
KATRINAContinued from page 1
“Think about if yourfamily or friends ever got hurtand needed blood. It saveslives and could save someonethat you know,” said Cum-mins, who has already donat-ed about a gallon of blood inher lifetime.
“The hardest part is the
needle prick, but the rest isnot that bad,” said historyjunior and blood donor,Patrick Cawley. Cawley saidhe usually participates in theblood drives whenever theyare on campus.
The Battle of the Blue-grass competition has beengoing on for about four years.According to the KentuckyBlood Center website, UK isthe usual winner. Fields saidthat the beginning of the
school year and football sea-son is a great way to start upa friendly competition to in-spire people to donate blood.
Currently UK is in thelead with the most points.Students who have not yetdonated can still sign up.
Blood drives on campusare taking place all thisweek, visit www.kyblood-center.org for locations andtimes.
DRIVEContinued from page 1
well. Does this suddenlymean this relationship is infact, a failure?
It seems these days we’rein a hurry to quickly labelany relationship that endedfor whatever reason a “fail-ure.” And sometimes, theyare. The other person cheat-ed, lied orturned out to beour second cousin (what?!).
It’s much easier to end arelationship when anger isinvolved and we can assignblame to something otherthan ourselves.
But often, we just can’tdo that. Because no one didanything except grow intothe person they are today.That’s hardly a crime, butrather a thing to be celebrat-ed. I’m not here today to tell
you,” So sorry your two yearrelationship ended, but real-ly, they changed into a farbetter person than you couldever hope to be, so move on,puhlease.”
Sadness is natural andnormal, but it’s not right tocall the entire relationship afailure because it ended for anormal reason. The relation-ship didn’t fail, it just ended.
When you have to giveaway a great pair of jeans orwonderful old top, do youthrow it out saying “Geez,that shirt really stinks. Screwit. It doesn’t fit me, out withthe trash you go, since it’swhere you belong.”No.
You part with the piece ofclothing sadly, perhaps even alittle bitterly. You mourn theloss of that great pair of Sev-ens for a bit, you don’t let itstop you from eventually dust-ing off your trusted AmExcard and hitting up Macy’s in
search of a new pair. The point is, don’t
think just because somethingended it was a failure be-cause you changed. You out-grew someone. It is sad,heartbreaking at times. Itwas someone you loved,cared for, laughed with andhad sometimes the best timesof your life with.
You’re not only cheatingyour former partner but alsoyourself when you automati-cally chalk it up to a waste oftime. How is it a waste of timeto spend time with someoneyou loved? It’s painful to lookback on initially, but withtime, you can look back fond-ly and remember how great itfelt to be with someone whoat the time was very special.And how great you looked inthat shirt. When it fit, it lookeddarn good.
That’s something to becelebrated. That is a success.
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Coach Calipari will be thefirst Final Word speaker ofthe school year. He will belecturing on his new book,“Bounce Back,” which ad-dresses the topics of over-coming setbacks to succeedin business and in life. Hewill also preview the upcom-ing basketball season.
“I chose Coach Cal be-
cause I thought it would be anice way to start of the FinalWord Series.” Baranowskisaid. “Everyone is familiarwith him and many admirehim. He has had great life ex-periences that I hope the stu-dents can connect with.”
Coach Calipari came toUK in March 2009, andmade history by leading UKto be the first basketball pro-gram with 2,000 wins.
Baranowski hopes stu-dents will get to see a new
side of the familiar coach.“Coach Cal will most cer-
tainly have an inspirationalmessage and will get to con-nect with campus on a newlevel,” Baranowski said.
Final Word: Coach Cali-pari will be held Wednesday,September 1 at 7:30 p.m. inMemorial Hall. Tickets arefree. Students must present avalid UK student I.D. to theStudent Center Ticket Officeto obtain their free ticket.Tickets are limited.
CALIPARIContinued from page 1
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OPINIONS
Although it’s been half adecade since it hit, HurricaneKatrina is still a major topic
of discus-sion whenhurricaneseason rollsaround.
Katrina’sremembrancesparked nu-merous me-dia outlets torecount thestory andprovide up-dates on the
progress since 2005. Generally,they offer a positive spin onwhat might otherwise seem sta-tionary advancement.
For instance, Time Maga-zine described how althoughClaiborne Ave. (located in thepoorest section of New Orleans)still remains without a grocerystore, much of the land has be-come overgrown, and large
numbers of homes remain aban-doned.
On the brighter side, afertile community compostpile nicknamed “The Vol-cano” has provided a valu-able source of income andan educational tool for localschool children. This neigh-borhood-centered develop-ment has even helped to re-duce the drug activity thatused to be quite prominentin the area.
The New York Times re-ported on how a federaljudge ruled in January thatnearly $500 million would bereimbursed to the main hos-pital in New Orleans, and al-most $2 billion would beawarded to city schools, allbecause of the negligence ofthe Army Corps of Engi-neers.
Although the nonprofitgroup Greater New OrleansCommunity Data Center esti-
mates approximately 27 per-cent of the homes in NewOrleans are still vacant (anestimated 100,000 peoplehave yet to return to theirabandoned homes since thestorm), more entrepreneurialestablishments are going upthan ever before.
I was able to see the“progress” firsthand duringmy community service-fo-cused spring break trip inMarch. I went to the NewOrleans area to help build acommunity center in Chal-mette, located in SaintBernard Parish, one of the re-gions hardest hit by Katrina.
For one week, my servicegroup worked on installinginsulation, caulking and con-verting a bowling alley into acommunity center, whichwill function as a place forlocals to gather.
While in New Orleans,my group visited the Lower
Ninth Ward. Some advance-ment was evident: Make ItRight, a company actor BradPitt founded, has begun totear down and replace several
with green storm-resistantabodes.
The new housing had amodern aesthetic, whichlooked out of place betweenthe weather-worn homessurrounding the new devel-opments.
Progress has been slow yetsteady, but the summer BP oilspill in the Gulf put New Or-leans residents in a “one step
forward, two steps back” situa-tion. The area needs more helpthan ever before.
Only in early August didgulf fisheries get the go-ahead to reopen for business.Day-to-day functioning re-mains stagnant for residents,but recent federal mandatesfor rebuilding and more busi-ness opportunity in the nearfuture promise to keep thearea on the road to recovery.
Whether it’s immediatelyevident or not, New Orleansis vital to American culture.Its unique cuisine, jazz ori-gins, and historical and geo-graphical significance areunique and irreplaceable.
On this fifth anniversary ofKatrina, people from all areas ofthe country, including Lexington,should remain mindful of thisand do their part to preserve it.
Shannon Frazer is ajournalism senior. [email protected].
SHANNONFRAZERKernel
columnist
Hurricane Katrina’s effects are still evident: Thestory continues five years laterIFC
makeschanges
The Kernel commends the
Interfraternity Council for imple-
menting a new fraternity rush
system including “preview
nights.”
The IFC president Kelsie
Willett said the council made the
changes because of declining re-
tention rates. The two-day series
of preview nights featured 15-
minute intros from all 18 of UK’s
eligible fraternities.
Because attendance was
voluntary, the second night
consequentially had less rush
participants.
In an Aug. 30 Kernel article,
PIKE member Ralph Hollmeyer
said the indirect goal of the
change is diversity. For this to
happen, fraternities need to reach
out to a greater pool of students.
Phi Sigma Kappa frater-
nity member Alex Kingsbury
said the benefits were tangi-
ble because of the number of
rushees returning to events
throughout the week.
The Kernel supports the
IFC’s efforts to expose rushees to
fraternities that may otherwise go
overlooked but hopes to see
more action geared toward diver-
sity in Greek life.
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The summer BP oil spillin the Gulf put New
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