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The Lexington communitywill have the opportunity topeacefully protest in support ofdemocracy and human rightson Saturday at the Justice andPeace Rally for Egypt.

The rally will take placeat 2 p.m. in front of the Lex-ington Courthouse.

“We wanted to do some-thing to make people awareof the situation,” Noha ElMaraghi, organizer of the ral-ly said.

“We want to show theEgyptian people that we sup-port them and their fight tohave the right to speak, topeace and democracy,” ElMaraghi said.

The event started out

small, but then it “exploded”because a lot of people wereinterested, El Maraghi said.

She said she was pushedto organize the rally becauseshe was disturbed fromwatching news coverage ofthe situation in Egypt.

Though she organized therally, El Maraghi said a lot ofpeople wanted to do some-thing and they just neededsomeone to organize it.

Teresa Isaac, former Lex-ington mayor, said in an e-mail to the Kernel that she isattending the event on Satur-

day to support Egyptian-Americans who live in Lex-ington.

She said she is also sup-porting “the concept that peo-ple in Egypt should be able toexpress their views withoutfear of violence.”

Third-year pharmacy stu-dent, Yahya Muammer, saidin an e-mail to the Kernel thathe is also attending the eventon Saturday.

“It is our duty as believersin equality and freedom thatwe stand with the citizens ofEgypt,” Muammer said.

Muammer said thatAmericans can relate toEgyptians because of theirsimilar fight for freedomfrom the British.

“I hope for people to seethis as a new beginning forEgypt. People are taking theircountry back, we must notforget that,” Muammer said.“Wherever freedom has achance to blossom, we as asociety, should embrace andnurture it.”

To advertise for the rally,El Maraghi created a Face-book event and a flyer and

said that clubs and organiza-tions have been contactingher to get involved.

She expects around 70people to attend the rally.

Posters will be providedto people who come to the ral-ly. Speakers and peoplemarching will be present atthe event, El Maraghi said.

“A lot of people feel verystrongly about it… it is a vio-lation of human rights, nothaving the right to speak upand protest for peace,” ElMaraghi said.

By Rachel Aretakisnews@kykernel.com

Rally calls for democracy in Egypt Peaceful demonstration to protest

for freedom and human rights

One fraternity is seekingmale and female students ofall majors who are interestedin professionalism to join itsranks.

Alpha Kappa Psi, a co-edbusiness fraternity at UK,held its spring rush this week.

President Jennfier Ydoate,an accounting and financejunior, said AKPsi focuses onbuilding professionalismthrough professional, social,service and fundraisingevents.

“I think AKPsi is uniqueto a lot of organizations justbecause we have a variety ofevents…and we focus onbuilding professionalismwhich is really great for ca-

reers,” Ydoate said. “I feellike not only are you gettinggreat things out of this, youare truly building brother-hood.”

After four days of recruit-ment activities, members andpledges will gather for a finalbrotherhood event at the Gat-ton College of Business andEconomics on Friday, Ydoatesaid.

Ydoate said that membersand pledges will meet in theGatton atrium at 5:30 p.m.and Sbarro Pizza will be pro-vided. Those in attendancewill break into small groupsand walk to Naticreme to getfrozen yogurt.

AKPsi hosted a differentevent every night during rush,

By Kelsey Caudillnews@kykernel.com

Business fraternityseeks members

See RUSH on page 2

UK will host a differentkind of basketball tourna-ment this weekend.

The Bluegrass Invita-tional Wheelchair Basket-ball Tournament will takeplace at UK’s Seaton Cen-ter, adjacent to the JohnsonRecreation Center and Lan-caster Aquatic Center at thecorner of University Driveand Complex Drive.

The games are open tothe public and admission isfree.

The games are sched-uled to begin Friday at 10a.m. and go to 6 p.m. Playresumes Saturday at 8:30a.m. and goes to 6 p.m.

This year’s tournamentwill host both the Champi-onship Division and DivisionIII. The Division III champi-onship game is scheduled for11:30 a.m. on Sunday. TheChampionship Divisionchampionship game is sched-uled for 1 p.m. on Sunday.

“It’s a great event forUK to have on campus,”UK Campus Recreation In-tramural Director Charlie

Burk said. “It’s a great eventon many levels.”

Lexington-Fayette UrbanCounty Government, andparticularly the Departmentof Parks and Recreation, isproud to have this event takeplace in Lexington for the33rd time, said John Bobel,Lexington-Fayette UrbanCounty Government publicinformation officer.

“These are some of thefinest athletes in the UnitedStates,” Bobel said.

Both Bobel and Burkexpect a large turnout forthis weekend’s games.

Teams from as far awayas Texas, Michigan andFlorida will be traveling to

By Gary Hermannnews@kykernel.com

Basketball on wheels

See TOURNEY on page 2

A large part of sorority and fraternity in-volvement at UK includes various philan-thropic events, such as the annual GreekSing event that will take place on Saturday.

UK’s Greek community of 28 chapterson campus will compete to win the top prizein the dance competition hosted by ChiOmega sorority and Phi Delta Theta fraterni-ty.

“Greek Sing is a dance competitionamong all the Greeks at UK,” said juniorBrittany Sears, Greek Sing co-chair. “Judgesscore each Greek organization based onthings like performance and costumes to de-termine who wins.”

Proceeds from Greek Sing are donatedto the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Ken-tucky. Last year alone, the event raised morethan $109,000 for the foundation.

“We raise more money for the Make-A-Wish Foundation than any other organiza-

tion,” said junior Laura Edelen, Greek Singco-chair.

Greek Sing is held every spring, and ithas quickly become one of UK’s largest phil-anthropic events on campus.

“Last year we had over 6,000 people inattendance,” Edelen said. “It’s going to be apretty big deal.”

This year’s Greek Sing judges includeLaurie Meyer, owner of Capital City DanceStudio in Frankfort, Ky.; Barbara Bailey,WKYT news anchor; Janie Olmstead, for-mer Miss Kentucky and owner of ImagesModel and Talent Agency; and Scott Kelley,associate dean of the Undergraduate Affairs.UK Communication Professor Alan DeSan-tis will be emceeing the event.

By Nicole Schladtnews@kykernel.com

Dancing fora cause

PHOTO COURTESY ACCESRX.COMReports of bath salts being used as drugs have become and issue forpolice and poison centers across the country.

Many people on campushave questions about who willbe UK’s new president.

W h i l eDr. BrittBrockman,chairman ofthe Board ofT r u s t e e s ,could not an-swer thequestion ofwho will bethe next

president, he can answer ques-tions of what qualities the uni-versity is looking for in itsnew president.

Brockman spoke about thepresidential search at a Lex-ington Forum meeting onThursday morning.

Jay Blanton, of UK PublicRelations, said Brockman’s po-sition as chairman of the Boardis important.

“(Brockman) has a criti-cally important vantage pointfrom which to observe one ofthe more crucial leadershipchanges that has taken placenot only in our community,but in our state,” Blanton said,“the search for UK’s 12thpresident.”

Brockman said UK wantssomeone who will take mak-ing UK a Top 20 research uni-versity seriously.

“In our search for UK’s12th president, we are lookingfor someone who is not afraidof an ambitious goal, butrather is emboldened by it,”Brockman said. “We are look-ing for someone who will em-brace that goal and build onthe strong foundation we haveto move us forward.”

He said the new presidentmust be able to work with leg-islators of the state.

“In addition to vision andenergy, our next president alsomust be adept at politics,”Brockman said.

Though state support hasdeclined in terms as percent-age of UK’s overall budget inrecent years, money from thestate accounts for nearly halfof UK’s general operatingbudget even, Brockman said.

He said he is hopeful anew bonding bill will pass inthe Kentucky legislature thatwould give UK more flexibili-ty for planning new develop-ments, and he said moneyfrom the state will help theuniversity continue to grow.

Brockman said UK’s newpresident must understand theimportant role sports play atUK.

“If they don’t understand(sports), then I think they’reprobably not the best fit,” hesaid.

Brockman said the namesin presidential search will re-main confidential at least tilApril. He said the final candi-date will be announced inMay.

“We need, we expect, wedeserve a leader with a vision,the intellect, the managementskills and the energy to drive… this university forward toTop 20,” Brockman said.

By Taylor Moaktmoak@kykernel.com

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GREEK SING

STAFF FILE PHOTOGreeks perform at Greek Sing at Memorial Coliseum on Feb. 13, 2010. Proceeds from the event goto the Make-A-Wish Foundation. This year’s Greek Sing is Saturday.

When average Americansthinks about bath salts, theyprobably think about the crys-tal- like substance their moth-er or grandmother bought at abody therapeutic store.

But when the Drug En-forcement Administration, po-lice officers and poison con-trol centers think about bathsalts, it is entirely anothersubstance.

The white powdery sub-stance that is easy to come byis being used as a legal substi-tute for methamphetamineand cocaine, said HenrySpiller, the director of theKentucky Regional PoisonCenter.

Comprised of methylene-dioxypyrovalerone andmephedrone, which are ana-logues of other known stimu-lants that have been banned,the drug is being sold undernames such as Ivory Snowand Vanilla Sky can be foundin head shops and gas stationsnationwide.

“This isn’t your mom’sbath salts we’re concernedabout,” said Capt. KevinFranklin from the UK Police

Department. “This is somepotent stuff.”

Users eat, smoke, snort orinject the drug. Side effectsrange from increased heartrate and blood pressure, vom-iting and confusion to agita-tion, violent outbursts, hallu-cinations and suicidalthoughts, according to theKentucky Regional PoisonCenter.

For $15 to $25, the highlasts for only a few minutes,while the addiction and crav-ings are reported to be highlyintense, Spiller said.

More than 40 cases ofbath salt usage have beendocumented in Kentuckyalone, Spiller said. He saidthe worst case is still on aventilator at a local hospital.Nationally, the worst casesdocumented have ended indeath.

However, it is not a gate-way drug, Spiller said.

“We’re not seeing this infirst-time drug users,” he said.“We’re seeing this in sea-soned drug users, and they’regetting sick. We don’t seethese numbers for ER visitsfor meth or coke binges, but

By Ally Rogersnews@kykernel.com

Bath salts usedas hard drugs

See SALT on page 2

Wheelchair tournament drawsteams from all over the country

Greek event to raisemoney for charity

If you goWhat: Greek SingWhen: Saturday at 5 p.m.Where: Memorial ColiseumAdmission: $12 at UK ticket office or $15 atthe door.

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(bath salt users) come into theER in major distress.”

As for the typical age of auser, Franklin said it varies.

“It crosses every level ofsociety,” he said. “No one isimmune to it.”

Spiller listed cases tohave been documented in Pa-ducah, Pikeville, Fort Camp-bell, Lexington andLouisville, among severalother Kentucky cities.

The cocern for this drughas sky-rocketed.

Louisiana banned the sub-stance in an emergency orderin late 2010 after receivingmore than 125 calls about ex-posure in the last threemonths of the year.

Mississippi also moved tooutlaw the sales of the sub-stance, which is also sold asink remover and insect repel-lent.

According to officials,Kentucky has a bill in legisla-

ture to ban the substance, too. At the federal level, Sen.

Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., hasproposed to add the chemi-cals MDPV and mephedroneto the list of federally con-trolled substances.

In December, the DEA is-sued a warning about the useof bath salts, explaining thatthe drugs are dangerous andeach use has unpredictableside effects.

“The problem with de-signer drugs is that a goodchemist can change onechemical compound and it’sno longer illegal,” Franklinsaid, adding that the processto ban the substance couldtake a while, so in the mean-time cases are going to con-tinue to be documented.

To date, no UK studenthas been documented usingbath salts, Franklin and otherlocal authorities said.

Spiller explained that asfar as the Kentucky RegionalPoison Center is concerned,they have chemists testingproducts to figure out how tohelp those exposed to the

chemicals. It has not been de-termined that additional fund-ing is necessary for testing.

“Our chemists are doingthis on their own time,” hesaid, adding that the drug is toonew to know much about it.

The first bath salt docu-mentation was mid-year2010.

Spiller said more researchneeds to be conducted beforethe drug is understood.

He said that nationally,two to three cases are beingreported each day. However,the hospitals are having diffi-culty tracking and recordingthese incidents.

“Right now it’s not any-thing we (record),” saidRhonda Ransford, the codingmanager at UK hospital.“Right now we capture the re-sults of the drug.”

Franklin said the impactthis drug is going to have isunknown, but officials arepredicting it to be substantial.

“This is a problem,”Spiller said. “And it’s achanging situation.”

SALTContinued from page 1

said Elizabeth Casey, directorof public relations for AKPsiand a marketing and mer-chandising sophomore.

Casey said each eventshows potential new memberswhat the fraternity representsand previews what it doesthroughout the year.

This week consisted ofmaking valentines for patientsat the Kentucky Children’sHospital, a fundraising dinnerat GattiTown, a guest speakeroffering interview etiquetteand an information night fol-lowed by bowling at South-land Lanes.

“This week has shownpotential pledges the differentaspects of AKPsi,” Caseysaid.

Executive members ofAKPsi will meet on Tuesdayto make personal phone callsto the potential new membersthey wish to offer bids,Ydoate said. She said the pin-ning ceremony for new mem-bers is Thursday, Feb. 10.

In addition to providingstudents with professional

skills, UK’s chapter, OmicronPsi, is nationally recognizedfor its student-generated pro-fessional event, Professiona-Palooza.

ProfessionaPalooza wascreated by former AKPsiPresident Jake Metz, a mar-keting and management sen-ior. It is a one day profes-sional development eventwith mock interviews, re-sumes critiques and fashion-shows, Metz said.

Metz said he got the ideafor ProfessionaPalooza from

attending regional AKPsiconventions.

“I was just looking forsomething that would help ourchapter stand out,” Metz said.

Since its creation, Profes-sionaPalooza is spreading tocolleges across the nation.Metz said that a couple of

Chicago universities and BallState University recently heldtheir own versions of the event.

He said that there areabout eight different chaptersin the United States nowplanning their own Profes-sionaPaloozas, as well as theManchester Business Schoolin England.

Metz said that Profession-aPalooza has provided himwith networking opportunitiesacross the country.

“It’s helped me meet a lotof people all across the coun-try,” Metz said. “I can prettymuch go anywhere in thelower 48 [states] and find aplace to stay.”

Metz said the fact that hisparticipation in AKPsi wasthe catalyst for his individualsuccess.

He said that he invitedstudents to rush this eveningas an opportunity to becomepart of something different.

“What sets us apart iswe’re kind of a hybrid organ-ization,” Metz said. “We’reGreek, but we’re not socialGreek. We have the brother-hood aspects, but we stillhave the freedom to do whatwe want…it’s the best of bothworlds.”

RUSHContinued from page 1

play in Lexington.“This is one of the biggest and best tour-

naments in the United States,” Bobel said.Last year’s Bluegrass Invitational Tour-

nament Championship Division champion(Shepherd Stealers, from Georgia) and Divi-sion III champion (Hill on Wheels, fromKentucky) will be returning to defend theirtitles this year.

“It’s a tough game. These men andwomen play to win,” Bobel said.

“It’s NASCAR meets the NBA,” Bobelsaid. “These games are very physical, butthere are as many rules as an NBA or NCAAbasketball game.”

Burk believes people need to experiencethese games first-hand.

“Prepare to be surprised,” Burk said.“You need to go and watch (these games). Ican try to explain what it’s like, but until yousee it, you don’t understand the level theseathletes play at.”

TOURNEYContinued from page 1

from the front

“It’s helped me meet alot of people all across

the country .”JAKE METZ

AKPsi

STAFF FILE PHOTOCChris Kommer, 24, of the Grand Rapids Pacers struggles against Waukesha Thunder defense to graba loose ball during last year's game at the Seaton Center .

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When “Dead Space”came out in 2008, many peo-ple wrote it off as a clone of“Resident Evil 4.” It turnedout to be the finest actionhorror title on current genera-tion consoles with fantasticpacing, great sound designand some of the most terrify-ing enemies to grace players’TVs.

Fast forward to 2011,with a prequel on the Wiiand two animated films un-der its belt, “Dead Space” isa franchise to be feared, formore than one reason.

“Dead Space 2” contin-ues the fine tradition of sci-fihorror that its predecessorstarted with more scares,more action and more atmos-phere than Ridley Scott everdelivered with “Alien.”

“Dead Space 2” picks upafter the events of the first“Dead Space” with IsaacClarke waking up on an op-erating table wearing a strait-jacket. The mutated humanaliens, or necromorphs, have

already taken over TheSprawl, a space station on Ti-tan, and Isaac is thrust rightinto the action. The player isgiven no introduction no mis-sion and, most importantly,no help.

It sets the perfect moodfor the beginning of the gameand the rest of it follows suit.Isaac does meet up with vari-ous side characters along theway to the conclusion butnone are ever in need of res-cuing or being escorted. It’sjust Isaac all by himself ‘tilthe end, and I would nothave it any other way.

The one major improve-ment that “Dead Space 2”has over its predecessor isthat Isaac Clarke has a voicethis time. The silent protago-nist worked for the first“Dead Space,” but “Dead

Space 2” has a story to tell.The story is on par with theother great classics of horrorvideo games such as “SilentHill 2” in that Isaac feels hu-man. The thrilling conclusioncements Isaac’s humanityand drives the story fromgreat sci-fi horror into some-thing more relatable. Thethemes of love, loss and theunwillingness to let go are allrepresented with tact andgrace.

Those who were hopingor expecting some dramaticshift in gameplay are goingto be disappointed. The coregameplay of dismemberingthe enemies to kill them isstill present. The developershave just given the playermore tools to dismember the

Dead Space 2 redefines genre

See SPACE on page 8

Necromorphs have taken over theSprawl on Titan

ZACHWALTONKernel

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“‘Dead Space 2’ continues the fine tradition of sci-fi horror that its predecessor started with more scares,more action and more atmosphere...

— Zach Walton

NEW YORK _ WithChester Bennington shriekinghis discontent to roaring gui-tars and Mike Shinoda's angryraps, Linkin Park opened thepast decade with an intensedebut album that fit right inon hard-rock radio. "HybridTheory" sold 10 millioncopies, but as the band hasgrown more experimental,working with super-producer

Rick Rubin in recent years, itssound has become less com-mercial.

Last year's "A ThousandSuns," with softer instrumen-tation and more soothingbackground vocals, sold only619,000. To Shinoda, whospoke by phone from a stop inChicago, creative fulfillmenttrumps sales.

Q. Is it fair to say "AThousand Suns" is a kinder,

By Steve KnopperMCT

A kinder, gentlerLinkin Park?

See PARK on page 8

MCTLinkin Park’s “A Thousand Suns” was released September 14, 2010.The album favored a softer, less mainstream sound and resulted inlower sales for the multi-platinum group.

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PHOTO BY SCOTT HANNIGAN | STAFFUK guard Brandon Knight lays the ball up against LSU at Rupp Arena on Saturday, Jan. 15, 2011.

Three things to watch for as UK (16-5, 4-3 SEC)travels to play Florida (17-5, 6-2 SEC) Saturday 9p.m. on ESPN:

1. The bounceback factor — UK went to Missis-sippi Tuesday to play a team that had won a singleconference game and lost by two points. The upper-classmen who head coach John Calipari has been urg-ing to take control of the team didn’t do so, failing toscore a single point between them in the second half.

“The schedule only gets tougher,” Terrence Jonessaid after the loss.

He’s right. Florida is up next, and it’s a nightgame during ESPN Gameday (first 500 students intothe arena get free breakfast, along with a free look atformer college basketball coach Bob Knight). Thenit’s Tennessee and Vanderbilt consecutively after that,as UK stares down a crucial three-game stretch.

The good news: Teams coached by John Caliparihaven’t dropped back-to-back games since 2004-05.

Standing in the way of that streak, however, isFlorida. The Gators were picked to win the SEC inthe preseason because they were returning all fivestarters from last year. Losses to Central Florida andJacksonville cast doubt on that prediction, but Flori-da is on top of the East. A UK loss would drasticallyalter its chances of climbing back to the top of theconference standings.

2. The Depth Difference — UK is running whatis essentially a six-man rotation, with a dash of EloyVargas thrown in from time to time as needed. Fa-tigue has been mentioned as a possible source of UKfading late in games, although Calipari and the play-ers say it isn’t an issue. Still, Calipari talked beforethe Ole Miss game about cutting Darius Miller’sminutes to ensure he’s at full force at all times whenon the court. Regardless, those six players are alwayscounted on to play the vast majority of the minutes.

Florida, on the other hand, has a deep rotation.The Gators have eight players averaging at least 13minutes a game, and two more play seven minutes agame. Additionally, Florida is very balanced; it hasseven players who use between 19 and 25 percent ofthe team’s overall possessions. UK has three.

“We're playing six, seven guys,” Calipari said af-ter the Ole Miss game. “If a couple guys don't showor play poorly, we'll struggle.”

3. The End Game — Darius Miller passed on athree-pointer in the closing seconds of the loss to OleMiss, a decision that has been examined enough.And DeAndre Liggins looked unaware of the dwin-dling shot clock. Calipari wants more fight out of histeam and better execution at the end of games.

Florida has the experience at the end of games tomake a difference if this game comes down to the fi-nal minutes. The Gators have played in four overtimegames, and won three — beating Tennessee, Georgiaand Vanderbilt in extra periods while losing to Jack-sonville in OT earlier in the year. Florida is 6-3 ingame decided in either extra periods or when decidedby five points or less, while UK is 0-3.

By Aaron Smithasmith@kykernel.com

UK-UF: Whatto watch for

Unlike the college football season,where winning every game is almostessential to win a national champi-

onship, college bas-ketball affords quite abit more margin forerror in the losses col-umn of the standingsthroughout the regularseason.

That being said,you can’t help butfeel that the UKmen’s basketballteam is facing amust-win situationwhen it travels to

Gainesville, Fla., which will be the siteof ESPN’s College GameDay, to takeon the Gators if ever a must-win gamecould exist in early February.

Saturday’s game between the Catsand the Gators was already beingpegged as a crucial game in determin-ing the Southeastern Conference Eastdivision standings more than a weekago. Heck, some reporters started ask-ing questions about Florida in the UKlocker room after the win over Georgia.

It’s as if these journalists complete-ly overlooked Ole Miss and, as itturned out, so did UK.

The same night the Cats foundthemselves in deep trouble in the DeepSouth for the third time during confer-ence play (all of which resulted inlosses), the Gators squeezed out anovertime victory over Vanderbilt.

The Gators are 6-2 in the SEC; theCats, 4-3.

ESPN.com columnist Pat Fordewrote this week that UK could snag aNo. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournamentshould it be able to string a few victo-ries together this month. Frankly, UKmight not even earn the No. 1 seed inthe SEC Tournament if it loses toFlorida and falls 2.5 games behind firstplace with half of its conference sea-son completed.

In addition to the implications inthe standings, this game might havegreater implications on the Cats’ psy-che going forward through what is ar-guably the toughest stretch of gamesthey will face this season.

After the Gators come other SECelite, in the form of Tennessee and aroad game at Vanderbilt, plus a gameagainst enigmatic Mississippi State,which could be changing its fortunes atany time now that Dee Bost and Re-nardo Sidney are back and trying toget into the swing of things.

Lose to Florida and the pressurefor all of the upcoming games increas-es. The GameDay crew will pick apartwhat UK did wrong. Erin Andrewswill have to interview a frustrated JohnCalipari. Questions from the fans andthe rest of the media concerning thisteam’s ability to win on the road — orperhaps close out games — will con-tinue to float.

Winning a game on Feb. 5 won’tearn the Cats a championship banner,but it will put them back on course toplay the kind of games they want toplay in March. You know, the must-win games.

Nick is a journalism senior. E-mailncraddock@kykernel.com or followhim on Twitter @KernelCraddock.

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A few keys to Saturday’sgame against the Gators

PHOTO BY BRANDON GOODWIN | STAFFJohn Calipari shakes his fist as UK scores a three-point shot during the first half of UK's home gameagainst Georgia on Jan. 29, 2011.

Jumbo signing class forJimbo:

Jimbo Fisher won an At-lantic Division title and aChick-fil-A Bowl in his firstseason as Florida State'scoach. He can add the na-tion's top recruiting class tohis list of accomplishments.The Seminoles got a signing-day bonus when Lake City,Fla., four-star recruit DT TimJernigan signed. But theirclass was near the top wellbefore Wednesday, thanks totalent such as the nation's topsafety, Karlos Williams (6-foot-2, 220 pounds), out ofDavenport, Fla.

Auburn wins again: The national champi-

onship is already paying hugedividends for Gene Chizikand Co. The Tigers, wholured Christian Westerman,the nation's No. 2 offensive

tackle fromC h a n d l e r ,Ariz., awayfrom Texas,received acommitmentfrom the No.1 OT onWednesday.C y r u sKouandjio,

of Hyattsville, Md., an-nounced his decision on ESP-NU but never signed his letterof intent. He's thought to stillbe considering Alabama,where his brother plays.

Clarification at the top:Rock Hill, S.C., DE Ja-

d a v e o nC l o w n e y ,the nation'stop prospect,will wait un-til Valen-tine's Day,his 18thbirthday, tod e c i d e

where he'll play his collegeball.

Texas-area shake-ups:Euless Trinity tight end

Nila Kneubuhl, who projectsas an offensive lineman,

switched hiscommitmentfrom Baylorto Oklahomaon Wednes-day. HurstL.D. Bell TEChris Bar-n e t tswitched hiscommitment

from Arkansas to Michigan. Itwas the second area switch

pulled off by new Wolverinescoach Brady Hoke, who alsogot Arlington Martin QB Rus-sell Bellomy from Purdue.Barnett's decision created anopening for Arkansas, whichquickly filled its need withSeagoville's Andrew Peterson.Colleyville Heritage QB JeffCalvert will walk on at Tulsa.Former Euless Trinity DERudolf Fifita, who spent thepast two seasons winning na-tional titles with Mount SanAntonio College in Walnut,Calif., signed with OregonState.

Winners:1. Florida State: Jimbo

Fisher's ability to keep newFlorida coach WillMuschamp's hands off state'stop prospects shows whoowns Florida's fertile recruit-ing ground.... for now.

2. Auburn: We knowGene Chizik can coach themup. A big signing day switchand securing pledges from

some of the best defensiveplayers in the South proved heis a master recruiter as well.

3. Georgia: The Bulldogskept most of the top talent inthe Peach State and signedtwo five-star prospects in thelast week.

4. Tennessee: Vols closedstrong in last 48 hours bysigning top two in-state tal-ents: Memphis TE CameronClear and Nashville OT Anto-nio Richardson.

5. USC: Lane Kiffin's re-cruiting tactics weathered thesanction storm as Trojansinked teammates GeorgeFarmer and Marquise Lee ofGardena, Calif., two of thenation's top receivers, as wellas two top-tier quarterbacks.

Losers:1. UCLA: Going from

signing a top-five class lastyear to a measly 13 prospectsthis year won't help RickNeuheisel keep his job.

2. Texas A&M: Aggies

only signed two four-star orabove prospects and onlythree skill-position players.

3. Mia-mi: Canesfinished withonly 16players andlost severalelite in-staterecruits, in-c l u d i n gh o m e t o w nQB Teddy

Bridgewater and Fort Laud-erdale, Fla., CB MarcusRoberson.

4. Penn State: JoePa re-ceived pledges from onlyfour four-star recruits _ a farcry from what the legendarycoach is accustomed to.

5. Mississippi State: Los-ing JUCO DE Leon Mackeyto Texas Tech and Green-wood, Miss., CB JermaineWhitehead to Auburn put abig damper on Dan Mullen'ssecond class.

By William WilkersonMCT

FSU, Auburn among big winners on National Signing DayUCLA, Texas A&M among

bottom of recruiting ranks

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Bridgewater

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WHAT THE STATS SAY:

What Florida does well: Offensive rebound (grabbing 39.4 per-

cent of available offensive rebounds, tenthin the nation)

Avoid fouling on defense (opponentsaverage 26.2 free throw attempts per 100field goal attempts, sixth-lowest rate inthe nation)

What Florida does not do well:Create turnovers (they force a turnover

about one in every five possessions, slight-ly below the Division-1 average)

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The opinions page provides a forum for the exchange of ideas.Unlike news stories, the Kernel’s unsigned editorials representthe views of a majority of the editorial board. Letters to the editor,columns, cartoons and other features on the opinions page re-flect the views of their authors and not necessarily those of theKernel.

Like many others, including Mark Mayat ESPN, I think what has been done toEnes Kanter is a tragedy.

Last month we honored Dr. MartinLuther King Jr. for his dedication to justicein civil rights, and I am sending a copy ofthis letter to Sen. Rand Paul asking for jus-tice in collegiate sports. I am asking himto form an independent committee to in-vestigate decisions and penalties handeddown by the NCAA.

It is my hope that students at the Uni-versity of Kentucky also send letters toSen. Paul. The more letters he receives themore likely he is to form the committee.

I’ll share some personal information,hoping to add a personal touch to my lovefor Kentucky.

I was born on April 15, 1940 in

Drakesboro, Ky. When I was 5, my fa-ther’s brother got him a job in the coalmines in Grant Town, W.Va.

After moving to Grant Town, mymother, father and I listened to every UKbasketball game on WHAS Louisville.That was before television came on thescene. If the radio reception was bad, myfather would put me in the car and driveatop Buttermilk Hill to get better recep-tion.

During the 1971-72 basketball season,I was teaching at Washington State Univer-sity in Pullman, Wash. I called the televi-sion network in New York and asked forthe nearest city to Pullman that would bebringing the Kentucky NCAA tournamentgame. She gave me the name of a city inOregon.

I got up early Saturday morning anddrove seven hours to Oregon to watch thegame. I went into a furniture store and ask

a sales lady if I could watch a basketballgame on her television. She said, “Sure, sitin that easy chair and watch the game.”

When the game came on it was notKentucky. The lady in New York had giv-en me the wrong information. I will not re-peat the words I said to myself on the longseven-hour drive back to Pullman, Wash.

I am also friends with Donnie Prick-ett. He lives in Barrackville, W. Va.,which is about five miles from GrantTown. Donnie’s son, Jared, started for theUK basketball team in the early 1990s.Donnie used to give me calendars thathad a picture of the UK basketball teamon it. My mother hung one on her bed-room wall, as did I.

It is my hope that many UK studentsmight consider my letter to Sen. Paul. FreeEnes.

Charles ParkerRetired college professor

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friday 02.04.11 page 6kernelsuperbowl

This Sunday, millions ofAmericans will gather aroundtheir televisions to enjoy the45th outing of the SuperBowl, America’s most popu-lar sporting event.

Whether you’re a Packersfan, Steelers fan or neither,chances are you will bewatching the game and al-most everyone you know willbe, too.

Perhaps just as importantas the Super Bowl is whereyou watch it. Planning and at-tending Super Bowl partiesare ingrained into the tradi-tion of the game almost asmuch as the game itself, andone student group at UK islooking to open its doors tofootball fans across campus.

Ignite UK, a Baptist stu-dent group, will be hosting itsown Super Bowl party at theBaptist Campus Ministry.

“We did a Super Bowlparty last year, so a couplemonths ago we had the ideato go ahead and do it so stu-dents could go out and have agood time and watch thegame,” Colby Adams, one ofthe event organizers said.

Ignite UK is looking tocapitalize on the success of itsprevious Super Bowl party bymaking a greater effort toraise awareness of the event.

“Last year was the firsttime,” Adams said. “It was adecent turn out and a good at-

mosphere. We’re hoping for abetter turn out this year bytrying to get the word out alittle bit more. We’ve made agreater focus to reach out tothe broader campus area.”

Adams stressed thateveryone is welcome. Theparty aims to promote a re-laxed, inviting atmosphere sothat anyone who wants tocome will feel comfortable,even if they are unfamiliarwith the group.

“It’ s just going to be abunch of students hanging outto watch the game,” Adamssaid. “So expect to relax andhave a good time.”

This Super Bowl party canalso serve as a great place towatch the game to anyonewho might be fairly new orunfamiliar with UK’s campus.

“It can provide a place fornewer students to gather andwatch the game,” history sen-ior Whit Chafin said. “It’s themost watched event in Amer-ica, so this gives students adefinitive place to watch itwith others if they aren’ t surewhere they should watch thegame.”

“It lets students get to-gether and share a common,popular interest,” art educa-tion junior Brent Teichman,said. “Whether it’s a favoriteNFL team or just love forfootball in general, eventslike this are where everyonecan find some commonground.”

This isn’t the first time Ig-

nite UK has made its pres-ence felt around campus.

Over the last year, IgniteUK has made an effort to in-crease its visibility amongstudents.

Students who frequentsouth campus or the White-hall classroom building willrecognize Ignite UK as thegroup that handed out freeStarbucks and doughnuts onone of the first cold days ofthe semester last year.

“Our focus as an organiza-tion is on serving the campusand opening it up to the stu-dent body through events likethis and relationships on cam-pus and telling students aboutthe gospel,” Adams said.

The Super Bowl party,however, is meant to be aplace for UK students to gath-er and enjoy the game.

“We’ll have the game onthe big screen, food and acouple of activities, like aprize for the best dressedfan,” Adams said.

“We’re really just tryingto use this for students tocome out and have a goodtime.”

Ignite’s UK Super Bowlparty will begin on Sunday at6 p.m. at the UK BaptistCampus Ministry building.

By Kendall Smithfeatures@kykernel.com

Ignite UK hosts 2ndSuper Bowl party

MCTMVP Santonio Holmes takes the trophy from Ben Roethlisberger on the presentation stand as the Pitts-burgh Steelers beat the Arizona Cardinals 27-23 in Super Bowl XLIII at Raymond James Stadium inTampa, Florida, Sunday, February 1, 2009.

Baptist student group provides aplace to enjoy the game

MCTGreen Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers laughs while fielding questions during media day at Cowboys Sta-dium, Tuesday, February 1, 2011 in Arlington, Texas. The Packers will face the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl.

If you goWhat: Ignite UK Super BowlpartyWhen: Sunday at 6 p.m.Where: UK Baptist CampusMinistry buildingAdmission: free and open tothe public

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enemy with. Unfortunately,just like in the first game,there isn’t much need to useanything beyond the basicplasma cutter. The other gunsare fun to use, but the plasmacutter still trumps every othergun for its versatility andstrength.

The greatest improve-ment over the first game arethe zero gravity momentswhere the player is allowedto float in large rooms with

floating enemies and objectsall around them. Players wererelegated with just jumpingfrom surface to surface in thefirst game’s zero-g rooms.This time the player is giventhrusters to freely maneuverthrough these areas. Theserooms provide some greatgravity puzzles that break upthe action horror that per-vades the rest of the title.

“Dead Space 2” featuresa multiplayer component thatpits humans versus necro-morphs in a team deathmatch setting that feels simi-lar to “Left 4 Dead” versusmode. It’s a nice diversion

but the game is firmly ce-mented in the single playerexperience.

With a great single playercampaign, passable yet en-joyable multiplayer, and onehell of an experience, “DeadSpace 2” is hard to ignore.It’s the best horror game I’veexperienced since “ResidentEvil 4.”

Horror video games are adying breed, but “DeadSpace 2” proves that not alllife is gone from survivalhorror if developers take thetime to craft a truly excep-tional experience. I can’t rec-ommend it enough.

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gentler Linkin Park record? I'm thinking ofthe repeated gospel-type chorus on "TheCatalyst" that goes, "God bless us every-one."

A. I don't know ... "we're a broken peopleliving under loaded gun"? Conceptually, it is-n't more or less heavy than anything elsewe've done. I have read a couple things thatcall the record "gentler" or "lighter" _ the onlything that I can assume that those people arereferring to is there aren't as many heavy gui-tars.

Q. Sure, the lyrical content is still intense,but it seems like Chester isn't doing his sort ofsignature scream as much as he once did _you can only hear that on one song, really.

A. To some degree there are definitelyfewer super-heavy moments on this record. ...The first two records we were establishingkind of a signature style. We wanted to getpeople's attention and make our mark with acertain sound. Then we really stepped awayfrom that with "Minutes to Midnight," our lastrecord, and experimented with some newsounds.

Q. I've read your approach was totally dif-ferent this time.

A. With "A Thousand Suns," the firstdemos were more jam-oriented structurallythan anything we had done before. If youknow how our band records, you know thatwe don't jam in the studio together. At thebeginning, we made all these demos underkind of my watch, and the band loved them.They knew it was a fresh sound for us. It wasreally interesting and exciting and challeng-ing.

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MCTThe follow up to last year’s sci-fi/horror hit, “Dead Space 2” has revolutionized the genre.