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PHOTOS BY TESSA LIGHTY | STAFFRick Slone shoots off a bird cannon in the parking lot of Commonwealth Stadium Monday night.

“What the heck is that, dothey have left over fireworksfrom the Fourth of July?” askedPaulette Bryan, employee for UKPharmacy Services, while walk-ing near the library Thursday.

Some students have heard themysterious shrieks and pops thatring through campus at dusk dur-ing autumn, but there are a fewunsure of what they are.

“Personally, I was kind ofconcerned when I first heard it, Iwas wondering if it was gun-shots,” Joshua Heilmann, nursingsenior, said.

The sound is actually some-thing quite harmless to humans,according to Carl Nathe, UKpublic relations information offi-cer.

He said in an email to the

Kernel on Monday that thesounds are from noisemaking de-vices shot off to scare birds fromcertain areas.

Processes like this have been

used for around fifteen years,Nathe said.

He also said that the noise-

By Morgan Eads

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Bye bye birdies

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Bird cannons used to prevent birds from roosting

A flock of birds fly over Blanding Tower on South Campus on Monday night.

PHOTO BY SCOTT HANNIGAN | STAFFUK President Eli Capilouto is immunized by third year pharmarcy student BridgetteKanz at the UK Biopharm Complex on Thursday.

UK President Eli Capilouto re-ceived his flu shot from a third-year pharmacy student Thursday tosupport American PharmacistsMonth and to raise awarenessabout the flu season.

The idea of immunizing Capi-louto emerged form the College ofPharmacy and its students to em-phasize the importance of the vac-cination.

Jay Blanton, executive director

for public relations and marketing,said in an email to the Kernel thatthe initiative also highlights thequality of education UK providesto its students.

“One of the tremendous thingsabout UK is that learning is experi-enced in so many ways – both the-oretical and hands-on,” he said.

Blanton said by also bringingattention to American PharmacistsMonth, the UK College of Phar-macy can be recognized.

“We are blessed to have one ofthe Top 5 Colleges of Pharmacy in

the country,” he said, “Highlight-ing the work of these students andhealth-care professionals is impor-tant because it underscores the di-versity of careers involved in phar-macy, as well as the incredible ex-perience our students receive atUK.”

The student who immunizedCapilouto is pharmacy junior Brid-gette Kanz.

She said in an email to the Ker-nel that Capilouto was only the

By Jennifer Abreu

jabreu@kykernel.com

Capilouto vaccinated

See FLU on page 2

Students can follow suit at various locations around campus

Tuesday is the last day toregister to vote in the state ofKentucky.

Many students are gearedup and ready to vote them-selves.

Others will be visiting theKentucky State Board ofElections website(elect.ky.gov) to print out theirregistration forms so they canvote because they don’t wantto be left out of deciding withthe next leaders of their city,state and country will be.

Elliott Martin, a chemistrygraduate student, believes it’simportant for students to reg-ister to vote and leads by ex-ample.

“I voted for the first timein the 2008 election,” Martinsaid.

Registering to vote gavehim the opportunity to standfor what he thought was rightin our government.

“You have to voice youropinion somehow,” Martinsaid. “If it’s important enoughfor you to have an opinion on,then it’s important enough tovote.”

The state of the economyand the foreign matters thatare going on in the world areimportant topics that compelMartin to vote this year.

“I think the next fouryears are pivotal for our coun-try,” he said.

He sees registering as aresponsibility that is equiva-lent in importance to voting.

“It’s kind of an obligation.People complain about it, butit only takes ten minutes toregister and vote.”

Allie Kleinhenz, a nursingjunior, agrees with Martin,and she thinks anyone who iseligible to register and doesnot vote is making a mistake.

“If you’re not going tovote it better be for a reallygood reason,” Kleinhenz said.

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Tuesday is the last day toregister to vote in Kentucky. Visit, http://elect.ky.gov, for

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Local theateraims to make

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Downtown Lexington’s Kentucky Theatrecelebrates its 90th anniversary this month, and agroup of local residents are working toward giv-ing the historic landmark a big birthday present.

The Friends of the Kentucky Theatre is acharitable fund established with the BluegrassCommunity Foundation.

The group consists of local residents work-ing toward fundraising for renovations that willbring the theatre up-to-date with the latest tech-nology used by modern megaplexes.

The fundraising campaign will kick off witha community party Oct. 10 in celebration of thetheatre’s 90th birthday.

Isabel Yates, the chair of the Friends of theKentucky Theatre, is using this event as a start-ing point for the theatre’s one million dollar ren-ovation campaign.

“The event Wednesday is called the ‘Cam-paign Kickoff.’ We will have refreshments, pro-grams, many different ways people can con-tribute and there will be plenty of popcorn,”Yates said.

Keeping up with ever-changing technologyis the first item on the list of improvements theKentucky Theatre needs. The upgrade to digitaltechnology will allow the theatre to competewith other modern cinemas Lexington has to of-fer.

“The immediate urgency is to raise$250,000 to purchase a digital projector. Every-thing is going to be digital and we don’t haveone,” Yates said.

She said by 2014, film studios will nolonger be sending film reels. Theatres across thenation will be forced to upgrade to the digitalprojector or close their doors.

The Kentucky Theatre is owned by the cityof Lexington and run by a management compa-ny, leaving a gap in who shoulders the financialburden of renovation.

The Friends of the Kentucky Theatre havetaken on the fundraising role to keep this Lex-ington landmark up-and-running.

“The city doesn’t have $250,000 to pay for adigital projector. We are trying to establish acommunity partnership to raise the money. Wewant everyone to contribute what they can,”Yates said.

William Fortune, a law professor at UK’sCollege of Law, has been a loyal patron of theKentucky Theatre and is serving as co-chair ofthe fundraising committee for the Friends of theKentucky Theatre.

“I’ve gone to the Kentucky Theatre all mylife. I’m very fond of the Kentucky Theatre. Ithink it’s a wonderful piece of Lexington, andwe definitely need to do the improvements thatare needed,” Fortune said.

The worn seats, gloomy lighting and datedlobby are the secondary concerns the fundrais-ing group hopes to resolve.

“The seats are 20 years old and they’ve hadhard use. Some of them are pretty bad. We’vegot to spruce up our marquee area. It would benice if we could spruce up our lobby as well,”Fortune said. “There are just a lot of things thatneed to be done and I want to help.”

The Kentucky Theatre offers a historicalcharm to downtown Lexington, and provides aunique environment and experience that modernmoviegoers cannot get elsewhere.

“It has served a purpose that no other venuehas served in Lexington. All kinds of things goon there. Not just movies,” Fortune said. “It’sextremely important to the downtown area andextremely important to the community.”

The Friends of the Kentucky Theatre arehopeful that their fundraising effort will ensurethe Kentucky Theatre has at least 90 more yearsof birthday celebrations.

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The film, which Universal Pictures willbring out Nov. 2, is “The Man With the IronFists,” and it tells a story of a Chinese feudalblacksmith who must defend his village fromencroaching barbarians. Wu-Tang Clan memberRZA directed from a script by Eli Roth. It wasshot in China, part of a wave of American enter-tainment heading to the Asian nation. Lucy Liuis in it too. So is Pam Grier.

But lest it sound like the world’s largestgenre/ ego stew, Roth says there was a methodto the mash-up madness.

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(The trailer offers a concrete example, to

wit: “When you forge a weapon, you need threethings: the right metal, temperatures over 1,400degrees, and someone who wants to kill. Herein Jungle Village, we got all three.”)

Directing offered a new challenge for theStaten Island, N.Y., Grammy winner RZA, whoas he began prepping the movie told the LosAngeles Times that this presented a differenthurdle than making music. “It’s 10 times the fo-cus, 10 times the pressure of putting out an al-bum,” he said. “Also 10 times the blame.”

At a point in the development process,Quentin Tarantino, whom Roth has workedwith, agreed to present the film —somethingthat wouldn’t have happened, Roth said, “if thewriting hadn’t been up to a certain level.”

The “Hostel” helmer said that in crafting the“Fists” script he paid particular attention to ele-ments of human behavior. The desire camefrom years of watching the genre’s classic titlesand finding them lacking in a certain regard.

“Kung-fu movies don’t care about charac-ter,” he said. “It drives me crazy. Why don’tthey add more of those layers?”

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makers are generally used infall around dusk because it iswhen the birds movingthrough tend to settle andnest.

It is the goal of the UKPhysical Plant Department toprevent the birds from roost-ing in trees around sidewalksand parking lots.

Bird droppings do notonly cause annoyance andproperty damage in thesehigh traffic areas, but they area potential health hazard,Nathe said.

The Centers for DiseaseControl and Prevention list anumber of diseases that canbe contracted from bird drop-pings on their website.

According to the websiteof Gempler’s, a company thatsells the noisemakers, they

are shot from a cap gun,known as a “Bird Banger.”

The cap guns are notloaded with live ammunitionand, therefore, pose no realthreat to humans.

The law enforcement inthe area has to be notified be-fore the noisemakers are usedbecause of the gunshot natureof some of the noises.

They emit a 100-decibelsound meant to deter the ani-mals without harming them.

No lasting effects are feltby the birds said Steve Ricefrom the Audubon Society ofKentucky.

Though the heart rate ofthe bird may be temporarilyelevated by the scare, it hasno long term damage to theindividual birds or the popu-lation overall.

“They are always scaredof things, that’s part of abird’s life, they are used tostress,” Rice said.

Also, no change to themigration, roosting or eatingpatterns is felt by the birds.They will just continue onand nest somewhere else,Rice said.

He also said the onlyproblems, if any, of thisprocess are felt by the peoplewho live around the outskirtsof campus where the dis-placed birds will often land.

Students said they werenot annoyed by the noise ofthe bird repellants.

“Honestly, it doesn’tbother me, I definitely noticeit, but I feel like it doesn’t gooff enough to be annoying,”Ally Halpin, an undeclaredfreshman, said.

Some even had a senti-mental view of the screechesand pops.

“I always smile when Ihear it, it signifies fall forme,” Tyler Green, a computerengineering senior, said.

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She voted for the firsttime in 2008 to set precedentfor herself as a voter.

“I registered freshmanyear because I wanted tovote in my first possiblepresidential election,” Klein-henz said.

UK also played a signifi-

cant role in Kleinhenz beingeligible to vote on ElectionDay.

“I registered on campusin front of White Hall,” shesaid.

Kleinhenz pointed out itwas a lot easier to registerthan she originally anticipat-ed.

“I’m registered to vote inLexington, but I’m fromLouisville,” Kleinhenz said.

Kleinhenz encouragesand challenges other studentsto vote and to be aware ofthe political topics at theforefront of the election dis-cussion.

“I think you should reg-ister to vote. Don’t be igno-rant about what’s going onaround you,” she said.“We’re still young, but weneed to start shaping our po-litical beliefs now.”

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third person she had vacci-nated.

“I was nervous,” shesaid, “but once I met Dr.Capilouto it really felt likeany other patient encounter,and I felt very confident inmy skills and training.”

Kanz, who is also apharmacy intern at UKChandler Hospital, saidhands-on experience iswhat’s most important.

“The difference with atop 5 school is our level ofinvolvement in the commu-nity,” she said. “We are al-ready reaching out to makea difference in healthcarebefore we’ve even graduat-ed.”

Kanz encourages all stu-dents to get a flu shot andreminds that prevention iskey.

“The most importantreason to get a flu shot isprevention. Not only to pre-vent yourself

from getting sick, but to

prevent your boyfriend,your best friend, your room-mate or your cute littleniece that you visit on theweekend,” she said.

Students and staff canalso get their flu shots. Flusessions are being heldaround campus throughoutthe week.

UK Health Services isvaccinating Tuesday outsideBig Blue Deli from 10 a.m.to 2 p.m. and on Wednes-day, at the Johnson Recre-ational Center, from 4 to 7p.m.

The first 50 individualsto come to this clinic willreceive a University HealthServices thermometer. Thelast session on campus isOct. 25 outside the BigBlue Deli from 10 a.m. to 2p.m.

The influenza vaccina-tion began Oct. 1 at W.T.Young Library and FadyiaLowe, the UHS health edu-cation and marketing coor-dinator, said the number ofshots given have been in-creasing each day.

At every clinic, 80 to

100 vaccinations are pro-vided, she said.

The idea of having theclinics at different locationson campus is mainly forstudent’s convenience,Lowe said.

“We know that some-times students don’t get tomake it to the medical sideof campus, and they mayforget it’s time for flu shotsand that they need it,” shesaid.

Lowe said overall theUK Health Services has re-ceived a “great response”from the campus communi-ty, and that she expectsmore people will show upto get vaccinated.

“Everyone is all aboutprotecting themselves,” shesaid.

The shot costs $10 forstudents with a student IDand free with a valid UKAHP Student Insurancecard.

For staff with ID it costs$20.

Students will be able toutilize their Plus accounts,Lowe said.

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Last week was a greatweek for the University ofKentucky basketball pro-gram and I. UK was pickedover Maryland and SMU forthe Harrison twins collegechoice. If you don't knowwho the Harrison twins are,they are the highest rankedguards in the nation for the2013 class, and in my opin-ion will go on to play in the

NBA whenever they want.They were a great pickup,and I'm sure other recruitswill soon follow after BigBlue Madness. The recruitsexperiencing BBM, will feelclose to a how a rockstarfeels when performing aconcert; there is truly noth-ing like it.

Expect Big Blue Mad-ness to be crazy this yearand be sure to welcome thenew recruits. Be expectingJulius Randle, Marcus Lee,James Young, the Harrisonsand some 2014 recruits. Iam very confident that the2013 class will be one to re-member and why UK is theplace to be if you want tofurther yourself in the gameof basketball.

This year will be myfirst year going to BBM andI have no doubt that it will

be a good one. The fans willbe witnessing another greatteam who I think will makeit back to the tournamentand bring UK and the loyalfans back another champi-onship.

As far as getting readyfor my high school season,this year we have been con-ditioning since the summer,and we think it’s funny thatsome teams have just start-ed. Trey (our point guard)and I have been out for awhile due to our injuriesand we are trying to gethealthy. This week is HellWeek, and basically it is justa hard week of conditioningbefore the official practicingstarts. Trey and I want to beback for conditioning, butwe have just been taking iteasy and are looking for-ward to another great year.

Willis discusses Harrisontwins, BBM

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You can't register to voteonline in Kentucky.

A few days ago, Ihelped register voters at avoter registration drive withKentuckians for the Com-monwealth, CATalyst andthe UK NAACP here oncampus. We registered over300 voters in just one dayand over 800 on campusthis semester. That's great,but we heard a few trou-bling responses at this lastvoter registration drive.

On at least a dozen oc-casions throughout the day,people told us that they hadalready registered to voteonline. The problem is thatit's not possible to register tovote online in Kentucky. Atbest, it's possible to go on-line and print out a voterregistration card and mail itin—or some websites willmail you the completedform for you to just signand mail in by the deadline.

But no, students wetalked to seemed quiteclear—they had already reg-istered to vote in Kentuckyonline. I worry that those

students are going to bevery disappointed when theycan't vote on Election Day.

With the voter registra-tion deadline on Tuesday,Oct. 9, I think it's importantto get the word out aboutthat.

If you think you're reg-istered to vote, you mightvisit a website likehttps://KentuckyElection.org and check the "Where doI vote?" section to the rightto make sure you're reallyset to vote.

And to reiterate a pointmade by Jared Flanery in aneditorial just a few days ago,students are allowed to reg-ister to vote using their localcampus address instead oftheir address in their home-town if they want. Thatmeans that you'll be able tojust walk down the street tovote, which is much easierthan traveling back home onElection Day or goingthrough the process of vot-ing absentee.

Taylor Howlett is a UKstudent. Emailopinions@kykernel.com

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Truth: The FDA does nothave to approve dietary sup-plements. They are considereda “food” and therefore do nothave to conform to the samestandards as medications.

Myth: If a supplement isbeing sold, it is effective.

Truth: Just because a sup-plement is sold on the shelfdoes not mean that it isworks (even if it is USP ver-ified). There is no requiredtesting of a dietary supple-ment to establish that it iseffective. Herbal productscould make any number offalse claims.

As you can see, there is ahuge gap between the mythsof the dietary supplement in-dustry and the truths. It is alsoquite a task to determine bothsupplement need and quality.As such, the process of choos-ing a supplement for your per-sonal use can be very difficulton your own. By talking toyour pharmacist, you can sortthe facts for yourself andmake an informed decisionfor your health.

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What do you get whenyou have three sophomorequarterbacks? A problem.

And that could be exactlythe case for UK’s alreadyproblematic football programnext season.

The untimely injury tocurrentsophomoreMaxwellSmithagainstSouth Car-olina re-quired sur-gery to re-pair a tornligament inhis left anklelast week.Due to theinjury, the

Cats were left with their un-wanted option of removingthe redshirt from freshmanPatrick Towles.

Towles’ name had previ-ously been in the headlineswith comments from his fa-ther to the Courier-Journalthat made his allegiance to theCats seem to be wavering.

His playing time was fi-nally received Saturday whenhe took to the field to leadthe Cats on a scoring drivethat saw the freshman com-

plete all five of his attemptedpasses for 71 yards and UK’slongest passing score of theseason.

As seems to be UK’s for-tune, Towles was injured witha high-ankle sprain on the en-suing drive, resulting in fresh-man Jalen Whitlow returningto assume the duties he hashad since the end of UK’sgame against Florida.

Thus, the future depthchart transforms into a ques-tion mark.

Riding a four-game skid,the plaguing injuries result-ing in the Cats’ youth move-ment on the gridiron couldplay into who is coaching theteam next season.

For whoever that is, theywill have to determine whois the best quarterback tolead the Cats out of medioc-rity.

Whitlow, like RandallCobb, probably doesn’t havea career after college as aquarterback. He, more sothan anyone else, is an as-sured move to another posi-tion, despite being headcoach Joker Phillips’ best op-tion under center at the mo-ment.

That leads to the debateof Smith or Towles.

If unable to return thisseason, Smith is able to use amedical redshirt to continuehis sophomore status.

Although questions sur-rounded him entering theseason, the California nativewas among the nations pass-ing leaders following theirupset at the hands of WesternKentucky.

Prior to his early depar-ture from the South Carolinagame, Smith had completed102 of his 149 attemptedpasses for 966 yards.

Those were numbers un-paralleled at UK since MikeHartline was with the team.

However, Smith didn’tget the chance to show howhe would stack up against theSECs elite. That opportunitycould have been a setbackthat left Smith as just anotherhopeful in UK’s quarterbacklineage.

Towles, on the other hand,is the born and raised Ken-tucky player that many fanssaw torch high school oppo-nents with his arms and legs.It’s not unheard of to hearfans acknowledge him as be-ing the best in-state quarter-back since Tim Couch.

UK is where Towleswanted to be, and his entry

Saturday was what fans longawaited.

Having his “live up tothe hype” type of perform-ance on that single drive willonly make the whispers be-hind whoever is coaching theCats next season resonatelouder and louder.

Being a Phillips guy,

Smith may not even bearound to see what yet anoth-er quarterback competitionwill reveal.

Each give the offense anarm, but the thought of animpending Tim Couch repli-ca is one that no coach maybe able to pass on.

As ludicrous as it may be

to oblige to the notion of aquarterback battle halfwaythrough the 2012 season, theCats are heading toward animpasse.

But for now, the future ofthe current coaching staff isin the hands UK’s likely nexttalented wide receiver.

Sound familiar?

Battered QBs could battle for future job

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PHOTO BY BECCA CLEMONS | STAFFQuarterback Patrick Towles drops back to pass in thefirst half of Saturday’s game against Mississippi St.

PHOTO BY TESSA LIGHTY | STAFFQuarterback Maxwell Smith scrambles during thefirst half of Sept. 2 UK-Louisville football game.

Aaron and Andrew Har-rison are two extraordinary

talents onthe basket-ball court,but how dothey meas-ure upagainst thelikes ofJohn Walland Antho-ny Davis?Cats fanshave be-come ac-customedto reeling

in the best of the best of

each high school seniorclass.

1. John WallJohn Wall steals the top

spot on this list. The No. 1player in the 2009 classstepped on campus and im-mediately took college bas-ketball by storm. Wallbrought something to UK’sprogram that will never bematched by any other recruitin the Calipari era. Hebrought a confidence andswagger back to UK basket-ball that had been missingfor nearly a decade. Wall’son-the-court skill and ath-leticism combined with his

beaming confidence set thestandard for years to comefor John Calipari’s program.

2. Anthony DavisAnthony Davis comes in

close second behind Wall.The No. 1 player in the 2011class came as a surprise tomany as he was unknown formuch of his high school ca-reer. After an incrediblegrowth spurt during his finaltwo years in high school,Davis accomplished one ofthe most prestigious years inthe history of basketball. The6-foot-10 big man receivedjust about every possibleaward on the college level

and hung UK’s eighth Na-tional Championship in therafters of Rupp Arena. Hethen went on to become theNo. 1 pick in the NBA draftand win a gold medal withTeam USA in the SummerOlympic Games.

3. Michael Kidd-GilchristThe third player on this

list is Anthony Davis’ team-mate, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist. The New Jerseynative came into CoachCalipari’s program and im-mediately took on a champi-onship mentality. Calipariconsistently described Kidd-Gilchrist as the hardest

working member of the2011-12 team. He imple-mented what the team calledthe “Breakfast Club,” whichhas carried over to the 2012-13 team. He was the emo-tional leader and the heartand soul of a championshipteam.

4. Andrew Harrison and 5.Aaron Harrison

The newest players tocommit to UK, Andrew andAaron Harrison, are twins.Together they round out thetop five recruits during theCalipari era. Individuallythey are the top-rated play-ers at their respective posi-

tions. Each standing at 6-foot-5 and 205 pounds, An-drew and Aaron have NBAready bodies at just 17 yearsold. There may be other in-dividuals that warrant thechance to have their namesplaced in the top five re-cruits in the Calipari era,but there is no denying thattogether the Harrison twinsprovide a uniqueness thatwill be unmatched for yearsto come. The duo is ar-guably the most prolificpackage deal in the historyof college basketball andthey have yet to set foot onUK’s campus.

The top 5 recruits of the Calipari era

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