Lexington now has a newmayor running the city.

Jim Gray defeated in-cumbent mayor Jim Newber-ry in a clear- cut victory Tues-day night.

At 7 p.m. Newberry cameon the stage at his campaignheadquarters at the LexingtonCenter and spoke to the gath-ered crowd to concede themayoral race to Gray.

“The people voted andthe city lost big,” Newberrysaid.

He said his campaign didnot have the funding to com-pete with Gray’s.

With a full stage of staffmembers, family and friends,Gray’s treasurer LindaBreathitt introduced the nextmayor to the crowd at BustersBilliards and Backroom onManchester Road.

“It is a wonderful nightfor Lexington and the state,”Breathitt said.

As Gray began, heseemed to be shocked by the

turnout of the crowd cheeringhim on and the quickness ofthe returns. He let the citizensof Lexington know he willbegin in the morning.

“Wow,” Gray said. “Yourfresh start begins tomorrow.”

With the election over,Gray is looking forward to hisrole as the next mayor.

“Now that the election is

over we’ve all got to work to-gether to make Lexington abetter place,” Gray said. “Iwould like all of our citizensto roll up their sleeves andjoin me in making tomorrowbrighter.”

Gray went on to let citi-zens know he will hold true

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One of country’s promi-nent journalists will be at UKWednesday to discuss diversi-ty.

SoledadO’Brien, an-chor andcorrespon-dent forCNN/U.S.,will speakon behalf ofthe Student

Activities Board LeadershipSpeaker Series, JasmineWhitlow, SAB MulticulturalAffairs Committee directorsaid.

O’Brien has produced sev-eral documentaries for CNN,including “Black in America”and “Latino in America.”

According to CNN’swebsite, O’Brien also cov-ered the aftermath of disasterslike Hurricane Katrina andthe earthquake in Haiti. Thewebsite said she has received

numerous awards for her re-porting.

SAB President SarahAusmus said SAB wanted tobring O’Brien to UK becauseof her work in the media.

The media plays a hugepart in the way people viewthe world, Ausmus said, andO’Brien’s lecture will helpstudents become more in-formed about the processes ofthe media.

Ausmus said O’Briendemonstrates the necessary

skills of a journalist and howto have integrity as a journal-ist.

Rebecca Comage, SABMulticultural Affairs Commit-tee adviser, said the event is anopportunity for students tolearn.

In an e-mail to the Ker-nel, Comage said O’Brien isa trailblazer who “believeseducating people about thestate of America and currentevents is what it takes to cre-ate and sustain global citi-

zens.”The event is completely

SAB planned and has beenon the radar for a semesterand a half, Ausmus said.

Tickets can be picked upat the Singletary Center BoxOffice.

Whitlow said O’Brien hasshown strong work in the me-dia through her documen-taries, and said she is excitedto have O’Brien come tocampus.

“(O’Brien is) a good ex-

ample of leadership and ask-ing the hard questions thatsurround diversity in Ameri-ca,” Whitlow said.

By Taylor Moaktmoak@kykernel.com

CNN’s O’Brien to speak at UK on diversity

If you goWhat: O’Brien lectureWhen: Wednesday at 8 p.m.Where: Singletary Center forthe ArtsAdmission: Free for studentswith ID, $5 for faculty, staffand general public

O’Brien

PHOTO BY BRITNEY MCINTOSH | STAFFRand Paul raises his wife's hand, Kelly, after his victory over Jack Conway for the U.S. Senate race in Kentucky, at the Sloan ConventionCenter Bowling Green on Tues. Nov. 2, 2010.

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By Drew Teagueand Becca Clemonsnews@kykernel.com

Gray defeats Newberryin mayoral election

See GRAY on page 2

In what was perhaps Ken-tucky’s most tightly-contestedelection of the evening, Repub-lican Andy Barr lost Tuesdaynight to Democratic incumbentBen Chandler in the state’sSixth Congressional District

race. “According to the Secre-

tary of State’s website, we havewon this election,” Chandlersaid to a crowded room at theBarrel House in LexingtonTuesday evening.

The announcement prompt-ed high fives and handshakesfrom his supporters, whowatched the margin of votes be-

tween Chandler and Barr de-crease over the course of theevening. In the end, Chandlernarrowly held the lead with amargin of about 600 votes overBarr, according to the Associat-ed Press.

While the race remainedclose throughout most of theevening, Chandler’s supportbase maintained its optimism.

“I believe Chandler willprevail,” said Kentucky StateSenator Kathy W. Stein (D).“My hope now is that (Chan-dler) will speak out forcefullyas a Democrat in the House.”

Many other people gatheredat the Barrel House held highhopes for the future of Kentuckywith Chandler in the House.

“(Chandler) is good abouthelping out Kentucky families,”said UK senior HunterKendrick, technical coordinatorfor the Fayette County Demo-cratic Party. “Keeping (Chan-dler) in his seat will do a lot tohelp the national DemocraticParty.”

Despite the results, Barr didnot give a concession speech at

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Chandler declaresvictory, Barr objects

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PHOTO BY LATARA APPLEBY| STAFFJim Gray was elected mayor on Tuesday, November 2, 2010. Headdressed his supporters at Busters in Lexington, Ky after his vic-tory was announced.

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LOS ANGELES — JonFavreau has seen Holly-wood's future — at least asfar as summer 2011 — and itlooks a lot like "Saving Pri-vate Ryan."

"It's Omaha Beach, it'sgoing to be a bloodbath," thefilmmaker said of next year'scrush of big special-effectsfilms, remakes and sequels."There's never been a sum-mer like this next summer.It's going to be bloody (forfilmmakers and the studios).As we were sticking thumbtacks in a calendar we real-ized that this is going to belooked back upon as OmahaBeach."

Favreau's track recordand the cast make "Cowboysand Aliens" a movie to payattention to, but Favreauknows he is going up against

some titans of the popcornsector. "Do you know thelist? It's pretty staggering,"Favreau said. It is a deep ros-ter: There's the huge finale ofthe "Harry Potter" franchise,Johnny Depp's return to hissignature role with a new "Pi-rates of the Caribbean" in-stallment from Disney and athird "Transformers" film,which is Michael Bay's fol-low-up to the 2009 mecha-movie that pulled in morethan $836 million worldwide.

Also arriving are provenanimation powerhouses, suchas Pixar's "Cars 2" and theDreamWorks sequel to "KungFu Panda," as well as a new"Winnie the Pooh" featurefilm that goes old-school bearwith hand-drawn animation.

Why don't studios spreadthe wealth? The simple rea-

son is that the summermonths mean big box-office;young people are out ofschool and willing to makerepeat visits to their favoritenew silver-screen adventure.More than that, Favreau said,there is a deep anxiety in Hol-lywood that home-video re-tail is headed for a cliff.

"People will download ona subscription basis, and theindustry model that allowedme to make independentfilms (such as 'Swingers' and'Made') and approach the lim-ited theatrical release as away to market the home-video products, that's goingaway as home-video dries uprapidly. Everything soon willbe about what you take in atthe box office."

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After being backed into acorner, the UK women’s soc-cer team came out clawing onsenior night against Vander-bilt. The team not only earnedits seniors one last victory athome but also clenched abirth to the Southeastern Con-ference tournament.

With the win on Friday,UK (10-7-2, 4-5-2 SEC) findsitself as the seventh seed and

will take on the South Caroli-na Gamecocks Wednesday at1 p.m.

The Cats faced SouthCarolina earlier this seasonon Sept. 26 and lost to theGamecocks 5-1 in Lexing-ton. Despite having lost toSouth Carolina earlier in theyear, UK head coach JonLipsitz likes his team’schance of advancing in thetournament.

The recent offensive fire-power is one reason the Cats

hold high hopes for the quar-terfinal match against SouthCarolina. In the past twomatches, UK has netted 11goals while allowing onlytwo to be scored. Conversely,South Carolina has only reg-istered one goal in the pasttwo matches while giving upone.

The winner of the UK-South Carolina match willface the winner of the LSU-Tennessee game on Friday at5 p.m.

By Brandon Thomassports@kykernel.com

Women’s soccer in SEC battleLexington’s Crowne Plaza Re-sort.

“This race is not over,” heproclaimed at 10:35 pm. “Thisrace is too close to call.”

Barr thanked his supporterswho donated time and money

to his campaign. “I want tothank the tens of thousands ofpeople who have supported oureffort to make Washingtonmore accountable,” he said.

Barr’s supporters expressedtheir regret at the immediate re-sults, but said the close call sig-naled positive things for boththeir candidate and the state ofKentucky.

Barr’s UK base showedequal resolve and dedication to-

wards his platform and values.“I’ve never really seen any-

one work as hard as AndyBarr,” said UK College Repub-lican Chairman Brian Rose.“At the same time, it’s hard togo up against the Democraticincumbent.”

Barr adamantly declared hewould keep fighting.

“We look forward to con-tinuing the campaign tomor-row,” he said.

CHANDLERContinued from page 1

to his campaign promises. “Now while I can’t wave

a magic wand, I promise youI will listen carefully and mycommitment is to work hardevery day to improve thiscity,” Gray said. “I am readyto work for you.”

Gray said that while hehas a plan for the city, he isletting his constituents knowthat his plan is flexible.

“Our plan for puttingLexington back in business is

like a roadmap,” Gray said.“Like any good plan, it’s notetched in stone.”

Gray said that the citywill be heading in a better di-rection under his guide.

“We are at a crossroads,”Gray said. “Yes, these timesare tough, but the human spir-it we know triumphs duringtimes of adversity.”

Gray also addressedovercoming adversity to bet-ter Lexington and lower theunemployment of the city.

“We can take advantageof this economic cycle, planbetter, more imaginatively,”Gray said. “We can get those

out of work back to work.”In Newberry’s concession

speech, he discussed the cre-ation of jobs and improve-ments to the communitybrought on by his administra-tion, including parks and ren-ovation of South Limestone.

“As a result of the workwe did together, Lexington ison the move,” Newberry said.

Newberry’s supporterssaw the World EquestrianGames as a success during histerm, and Newberry said hewas confident the games werehosted in a way the commu-nity and the world will re-member.

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Memorial Coliseum hasbeen kind to the UK volley-ball team this year. The Catspost an 11-3 record at homeso far this season. The road,however, has been toughsledding for UK, which is 2-8 outside the state of Ken-tucky.

This weekend, the Catslook to improve their roadrecord and boost their resumefor an NCAA tournament bidwith road battles at Missis-sippi State and Alabama. UKdefeated both teams justthree weeks ago and nowlooks to put on a repeat per-formance on the road thisweekend.

“We did really well againstthem two weekends ago, butwe still want to improve,” jun-ior Becky Pavan said. “Wewant to go out there and showthem what we are made ofagain and show them that weare Kentucky.”

UK head coach CraigSkinner echoed Pavan’sthoughts.

“Each team is going to bea little bit more familiar witheach other going into thisweekend, so it’s important tobe efficient and executewell,” Skinner said. “Eventhough they might know whatyou’re doing to you still needto score points. Also, we canthrow in a couple new thingsthat maybe they haven’t seenbefore. We just have to keepgetting better.”

UK is coming off anothersuccessful weekend at homein which the team defeatedSoutheastern Conference ri-vals Georgia and Auburnwithout dropping a set. TheCats (13-11, 7-7 SEC) havesix games remaining in theirregular season, three of whichare on the road. If UK wantsto earn a spot in the postsea-son, it will need to go on a

run to finish its season, andthat includes winning on theroad.

“I think we have to do abetter job of focusing on whatwe are supposed to be doingright now,” Skinner said.“Too many times we getcaught up in thinking aboutwhat just happened or ‘if thishappens or if that happens,’but the only thing you cancontrol is what’s happening atthe present time. Staying inthe present needs to be a fac-tor for us.”

UK played solid defensein both of its victories overGeorgia and Auburn. AgainstGeorgia, UK racked up 15.5blocks in only three sets andfollowed that performancewith another 11.5 blocks inthree sets against Auburn. Towin on the road, UK will lookto continue its defensive suc-cess and control the net.

“Our team typically en-joys blocking a lot so I thinkthey get motivated when theydo start to block more,” Skin-ner said. “We do commit toworking on blocking everyday. Blocking is a very diffi-cult skill to master and if youdon’t work on it every daythen you just can’t do it at ahigh enough level to compete,so we have committed toworking on it and it paid offover the weekend.”

The Cats’ biggest assetwhen competing on the roadthis weekend may be theirspeed. UK has positive ener-gy, and to compete with topcompetition on the road in theSEC it will need to use itsspeed to its advantage.

“We have really been fo-cusing on playing fast,” Pa-van said. “We can play a lotfaster than most of our oppo-nents and we have reallystarted using that to our ad-vantage and working on it inpractice every day, so I thinkthe speed has really helped.”

By Ethan Levinesports@kykernel.com

UK attempts toforget road woes

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PHOTO BY TAYLOR MOAK | STAFF

CLOCKWISE TOP LEFT:Jack Conway gives his concession speech at Marriott Downtown in Loisville, onTuesday, Nov. 2, 2010.

Rand Paul high fives a supporter at the Sloan Convention Center Bowling Green onTues. Nov. 2, 2010.

Jack Conway embraces a supporter before giving his concession speech.

Andy Barr gives a speech proclaiming that he will continue to pursue the U.S Houseseat, won by Ben Chandler. His election party was located Crowne Plaza Hotel, Tues-day, Nov. 2, 2010..

Jim Gray was elected mayor on Tuesday, November 2, 2010. He addressed his sup-porters at Busters in Lexington, Ky after his victory was announced. He is seenreceiving a thumbs up from a supporter while being interviewed by the media.

Bowling Green, Ky--Rid-ing a wave of support from theconservative Tea Party move-ment, Republican Rand Paulwon Kentucky’s U.S. Senaterace by beating Jack ConwayTuesday by over 100,000votes.

Paul, a Bowling Green na-tive and son of 2008 presiden-tial contender Republican RonPaul, used his father’s namerecognition and fund-raising,criticism of President BarackObama and a message ofsmall government to out-duelConway, a Louisville nativeand the commonwealth’s cur-rent attorney general.

“We’ve come to take ourgovernment back,” Paul said.“Eleven percent of Americansapprove of what the govern-ment has done. Tonight theTea Party tidal wave is send-ing a message.”

The Tea Party is a pop-

ulist, conservative movementthat started in 2009 with a se-ries of organized protestsagainst large government.

Paul helped fuel the move-ment in May when he beat Re-publican favorite TreyGrayson in the primary. Hesaid Tuesday that America’sgovernment does not make thecountry great, but the peopledo.

“America is exceptional,but not inherently so,” he said.“It’s exceptional becauseAmericans embraced freedom,enshrined freedom into itsdocuments and lived for theprinciple. America will remaingreat if we remain proud.”

The race, which was for aseat former Sen. Jim Bunningleft vacant when he decidednot to run for reelection, wasmarked by hard-hitting adsthat attacked the platforms andpersonal lives of both candi-dates

“I think a little distanceand time will make us forget

that,” Paul said after receivinga call from Conway.

During their campaigns,both candidates garnered sup-port from nationally knownpoliticians.

Former President BillClinton campaigned for Con-way at UK Oct. 11 and at theUniversity of Louisville Mon-day. Paul received supportfrom former Alaska Gov.Sarah Palin and formerArkansas Gov. Mike Huck-abee.

Paul faced a statistical up-hill battle, with registeredKentucky democrats outnum-bering registered republi-cans1,618,011-1,044,872, ac-cording to the state electionboard’s primary election statis-tics.

Pre-election Gallup pollsonly showed an advantage forPaul, however. Paul led Con-way by nine percentage pointsin a Courier-Journal poll pub-lished Oct. 28, four days be-fore the election.

By Patrick Sullivanpsullivan@kykernel.com

Paul handily takes Senate seat

A teary-eyed AttorneyGeneral Jack Conwaythanked his supporters and acrowd gathered in LouisvilleTuesday after losing the racefor Kentucky U.S. Senator.

News agencies like CNNcalled the race in favor ofConway’s opponent RandPaul, Republican eye sur-geon from Bowling Green,shortly after polls closed inWestern Kentucky.

Conway said he calledPaul to congratulate him.

“(Paul) is our senator andI think we all ought to wishhim well…as he tries to doright by our state,” Conwaysaid.

Conway said he told Paulthat he is willing to work to-gether to better Kentucky.

“I just told him on thephone that if he finds issueswhere we together can movethe Commonwealth forward

and better the lives of thepeople who are hurting rightnow, then this Democrat is athis disposal,” Conway said.

Allison Haley, Conway’spress secretary, said Con-way’s loss will not keep himfrom continuing to serveKentucky.

“ It’s been a long, funride,” Haley said, “and Idon’t think we’ve seen thelast of Jack Conway.”

Conway supporters werediscouraged by his loss.

Kate Bringardner ofLouisville said the loss was“disappointing but not sur-prising considering the na-tional trend.”

Conway said he wantedthose in attendance and thosewatching on camera to knowhis campaign’s platform.

“I want you to know thatwe were fighting for whatwe believed in,” Conwaysaid.

“We were fighting forsenior citizens. We were

fighting for students. Wewere fighting for veterans.We were fighting for a moreinclusive society, and wewere fighting for the womenof the Commonwealth ofKentucky. We were fightingto move ourselves forward.”

Conway said that thoughhe and his supporters cam-paigned heavily, it was notenough to secure the Senateseat.

“We fought hard, andthough we came up shorttonight, one of the reasons…is we were outspent by out-side money five to one,”Conway said.

Conway said he wouldcontinue to fight for issuesaffecting Kentucky as longas he has the opportunity.

“If you’re fighting forthose issues, if you’re fight-ing for those groups that Ijust outlined… put me in thecavalry with you, and I’llfight with you every time,”Conway said.

By Kelsey Caudilland Taylor Moak

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Conway at Paul’s disposalPHOTO BY RYAN BUCKLER | STAFF

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Students don’t have toleave campus to learn a fewdance moves and improvetheir health.

“Salsa Your Way to BetterHealth” will take placeWednesday from 6 to 8 p.m.at the Student Center GrandBallroom.

The program is a collabo-ration between event sponsorStudent Wellness Ambassa-dors, UK Dance Ensembleand the Martin Luther KingJr. Cultural Center SalsaClub.

Jermey Taylor, a StudentWellness ambassador andmember of UK Dance En-semble, said he planned theevent to showcase Salsa Clubmembers’ dancing skills andto encourage healthy activityon campus.

“As a wellness ambassa-dor, I decided to use dance asa means of promoting physi-cal and mental wellness,”Taylor said.

The Student WellnessAmbassadors program beganthis fall. Previously called“The CAUSE” (College Al-cohol Use Student Educa-tors), the group decided to ex-pand its focus beyond alco-hol.

Nicole Hayes, a broadcastjournalism junior and presi-dent of Student Wellness Am-bassadors, said ambassadorsnow act as peer educators andfocus on broader subjects rel-ative to student health andwellness. She said “SalsaYour Way to Better Health”will help students “gain help-ful information and an aware-ness of Student Wellness Am-bassadors.”

“It will be a fun event,”Hayes said. “Students canlearn how to dance or im-prove skills. We will also beplaying popular music and wewill hold a dance off. Best ofall, there will be free food andgiveaways.”

In addition to learningsalsa moves, Taylor said at-tendees can expect to see pre-sentations from on-campusand area dance groups.

“We have invited UKDance Ensemble, the MLKCultural Center dance group,as well as The Dance Place toprovide guest performances,”Taylor said. “The dance rou-tines will vary from salsa, toAfro-Latin, to belly dancing.”

The Dance Place co-di-rector Reena Tobo said Taylorcontacted her about havingparticipants from The DancePlace at “Salsa Your Way toBetter Health” after he sawsome of the studio’s perform-ers at this year’s downtownFestival Latino.

Tobo said The DancePlace focuses on teaching cul-turally diverse dances, someof which will be showcased atthe campus event.

“Six people will be doinga short salsa and chacha,”Tobo said. “It’s by CeliaCruz, so really familiar musicto a lot of people.”

Tobo said she hopes theUK community will appreci-ate the benefits of variousdances.

“I hope that they will takeaway culture,” Tobo said.“It’s good for health, bodyand mind. With dance, it ig-nites all of those things.”

Students and the rest ofthe Lexington community arewelcome to attend the interac-tive event to enhance dancing

skills and to learn about thehealthy opportunities that theUK campus offers, Taylorsaid.

“The audience will be ac-tively participating through-out the program,” Taylor said.“A salsa dance lesson will begiven at the beginning of theprogram…Throughout theprogram, different campus or-ganizations pertaining tohealth and wellness willbriefly present on what theirorganization is about and theresources they offer. Theywill also have booths set upin the back to hand out infor-mation or to answer questionsstudents may have.”

Attendees don’t need tohave any salsa experience.Taylor recommended partici-pants bring dancing shoes,though, as they will be danc-ing for the majority of theevent.

Taylor said he hopes stu-dents will develop interestand appreciation for thehealthy initiatives availableon campus.

“I hope students will notonly have fun at this event,but understand that stayingphysically and mentallyhealthy is important for suc-cess in college and in their fu-ture careers,” Taylor said.

By Shannon Frazerfeatures@kykernel.com

Salsa spices up campusfeatures

If you goWhat: Salsa Your Way toBetter HealthWhen: Wednesday, 6-8p.m.Where: Student CenterGrand BallroomAdmission: Free and opento the public

Before the end of electionseason, commercial breakswere beginning to become atad much for my liking.

In the span of one minute,I learned that Jack Conwayand Rand Paul were bothright and wrong for the stateof Kentucky, that candidate Xwas socialist scum, whilecandidate Y seemed like agood American becausehe/she shook a lot of old peo-ple’s hands and made a babysmile in a family-ownedhardware store.

These political commer-cials usually focus on an op-ponent’s perceived personalflaws and sound bytes ratherthan actual issues. After all,who needs to focus on issueswhen candidate X is actinglike such a socialist? Just actlike less of a socialist thancandidate X and people willvote for you.

I question the effective-ness of these mudslinging andseemingly irrelevant commer-cials during campaign season,especially considering thetwo-party system that is em-ployed in America.

It’s like going to BaskinRobbins only to arrive andfind two flavors to choosefrom instead of 31. Still,you’ve decided to put pantson this day, you’ve waited inline and so you’re most like-ly going to get ice cream.Likewise, if you’re keen onvoting, you’ll most likelyvote for either the Republicanor Democratic candidate,whether you really like themor not, because options arelimited.

Needless to say, I preferthe parliamentary systemfound in Canada, among oth-er countries, because of thebroader range of political par-ties to choose from (four ma-jor parties in Canada) andalso because the individual isless valued during campaigns.

The Canadian parliamentconsists of two houses, justlike you, Congress! TheCanadian Senate is appointedby the Queen of England’srepresentative, the governorgeneral, because I don’t thinkwe want to cause a fuss withEngland, which was niceenough to grant Canada inde-pendence after my people pa-tiently waited for it (unlike acertain neighbor to thesouth…).

However, the CanadianHouse of Commons is electedby the populace, which votesfor parties rather than individ-

uals. So during a federal elec-tion, the leader of the politicalparty that wins the most seatsin the House of Commons be-comes prime minister (akapresident).

In a parliamentary sys-tem, campaigns are also muchshorter partly because elec-tions can be called quiteabruptly, whereas every twoyears in the U.S. it’s going tobe a big election day on thenational level.

With election dates set sofar in advance, it seems thehardest part about being amember of Congress is nothelping run the country, butcreating attention-grabbingcommercials that will helpyou retain your job.

Bipartisanship becomesdifficult also, following politi-cal slugfests when you’veslammed your opponent andthe ideologies he or sheshares with his or her politicalparty.

In short, American politi-cal campaigns are all a tadmuch for my liking. I’m gladI can’t vote.

A Canuck’s take on electionsNICK

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Backyard cooking usuallyinvokes a cloud of smokehovering over both barbequeand cooker, hardly presentingan image of eco-friendly earthpractices. But The Guardianreports barbecues can in facthelp flight climate changewith just a few simple steps.Recently, climate change ex-pert Durwood Zaelke pointedout that barbecues can berigged to generate rather thanconsume energy, all throughthe use of biochar.

Biochar is an extremelystable type of charcoal that ismade from heating cropwastes, wood or other bio-masses. It creates energy in-stead of consuming it, as it re-leases more combustible gas-es than needed to produceheat. In some parts of theworld, a special stove createsbiochar, turning it into a char-coal that can be mixed into

soils to boost crops. Thisprocess allows the capturedcarbon in the biochar to “se-quester” for thousands ofyears in the soil. In the mean-time, it boosts crop productiv-ity. Biochar contains micro-scopic pores great for housinghelpful bacteria and fungi forsoil nutrients.

Zaelke, who is presidentof the Institute for Gover-nance and Sustainable Devel-opment, believes that theseoutdoor ovens could be ap-plied on a large scalethroughout the westernizedworld. As he told theGuardian, “Done on a widescale, this could help peopleof all political persuasions topainlessly do their bit to tack-le climate change, at the sametime as adding to the produc-tivity of their gardens.”

Zaelke focuses his effortson reducing the quick-warm-ing chemicals that go into ourair. Black carbon, methanetropospheric ozone and hy-

drofluorcarbons all warm theplanet much as carbon diox-ide does. But unlike carbondioxide, which is warmingthe planet over a thousandyears, they do so in shortbursts and then cool down. AsZaelke points out, cuttingthem out from the atmospheremay promote cooler tempera-tures more quickly.

Further, using a biocharbarbeque would in fact helpsuck CO2 out of the air andreturn it to the soil, where itcould enhance crops. While itwould be on a smaller scale,experts believe that if suffi-cient amounts of biocharwere produced, the planetcould reduce CO2 in the at-mosphere. In the meantime,crops would be enhanced tothe point of increased foodproduction. And as Zaelkepoints out to the Guardianwith a wink, “It would helpmake sure my environmentalfriends don't criticize mewhen I'm grilling my steak.”

By Katherine ButlerMCT

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This piece is part of a weekly international series. In Egypt, there is a saying that the Sphinx is more like-

ly to move from its position than President Hosni Mubarakfrom his.

It certainly seemed that way on Oct.21, when a top National Democratic Partyofficial unambiguously stated thatMubarak would be the ruling party’s presi-dential nominee for an unprecedentedsixth term in 2011. However, social, eco-nomic and political forces are at play thatcall this perceived stagnation into questionand hint at possible changes in the not-too-distant future.

I am currently studying abroad inCairo at Cairo University, one of the old-est and most respected universities in the

Arab world that has educated generations of Egyptianleaders for years. Over the course of my studies at UK, Ifell in love with the Middle East — its people, culture,languages, cuisine, sights, sounds and experiences — andits political, economic and social importance to the UnitedStates and the international community fascinated and in-trigued me.

On Nov. 28, I will witness an Egyptian parliamentaryelection for the members of the lower house. This electionwill serve as a key test to anticipate next year’s highly dis-cussed presidential election. I will also witness the begin-ning of the presidential campaign and the initial attempts tofield a viable candidate against Mubarak, who has gov-erned Egypt for nearly 30 years.

Egyptians have lived under the permanent applicationof emergency law since Sadat’s assassination, and constantperceived “threats to the state” have allowed Mubarak togovern Egypt as a democracy in name only. The U.S. hassupported this regime’s stability and subsidized Mubarak’spolice state, at the cost of nearly $2 billion per year ofAmerican taxpayer money, in return for generally favorablepolicies in the region and continued peace with Israel.

A grassroots online movement appears to be happening,especially among the youth in Egypt, to recruit MohamedElBaradei, the former inspector general of the InternationalAtomic Energy Association, to run for the presidency amidaccusations that Mubarak is readying his son, GamalMubarak, to inherit the presidency. ElBaradei has created asense of excitement in a usually rather apathetic politicalatmosphere (for instance, my political system of Egypt pro-fessor has never voted in his life) by challengingMubarak’s legitimacy. ElBaradei’s wave of youth support iscoming from those who had previously shunned politics asa hopeless enterprise because the prospect for change hasseemed non-existent, since Mubarak has been president lit-erally their entire lives. Most of the Egyptians I encounter,from my fellow students and my professors to regular citi-zens I have met, express an intense sense of cynicism about

political life in Egypt.ElBaradei’s run for the presidency is improbable, how-

ever, for many reasons. Chief among them is that the cur-rent government is unlikely to recognize his newly organ-ized political movement, the National Association forChange, as an official party. He would therefore be ineligi-ble to stand as a candidate for president. Unless his party isrecognized, ElBaradei is calling for a boycott of the up-coming election, calling it the most effective way to dele-gitimize the Mubarak government. One especially interest-ing variable is the position the Muslim Brotherhood willtake; the organization remains illegal in Egypt, but its can-didates, running as independents, made large gains in the2005 parliamentary election.

Amid these circumstances, on Oct. 24, the SupremeConstitutional Court of Egypt handed down a ruling ban-ning state police forces from Egypt’s universities, most no-tably the university I attend, Cairo University. Mubarak’sreaction to and enforcement of this will be critical to judgewhether he and the Egyptian government will be willing tomake advances in democracy and human rights over thecoming months and years.

All the Egyptians I have met are kind, generous, grace-ful, religious people who love their children, who want tolive an honest and fulfilling life, and who want what mostpeople want everywhere in the world: peace, stability, free-dom, governmental accountability, reliable infrastructureand good lives for themselves and their families. From myexperiences in Egypt so far, from the conversations I havehad and from my understanding of the dynamics of the po-litical reality here, the government is exactly the opposite:a repressive force, stifling dialogue and progress.

Perhaps ElBaradei, acting as “an agent of change andan advocate for democracy,” as he recently described hisrole in Egypt, is exactly what this country needs. A self-generated movement for democracy, not imposed from theoutside, harnessing the power of new communication tech-nologies and Egypt’s large youth population to protest thegovernment will eventually effect change. Then, perhaps,Egypt’s political Sphinx may find the sands shifting be-neath him.

James Chapman is an international studies and politi-cal science senior. E-mail opinions@kykernel.com.

JAMESCHAPMAN

Guest columnist This election will serve as a key test to

anticipate next year’s highly discussedpresidential campaign and the initialattempts to field a viable candidate

against Mubarak, who has governed Egyptfor nearly 30 years.

ElBaradei shakes up election in Egypt While it is nice to see that the lowercase “c” “cats” arenot looking past Saturday’s game, it’s a shame that theKernel apparently looked past Tuesday’s election.

As a former Kernelite, I was shocked and disappointedthat the only Election Day material was a short Kernel edi-torial with a cartoon on page 3, and that instead articles onUK sustainability and Miss Kentucky ran on the frontpage. I recognize that eliminating an article about UK bas-ketball would cause complete anarchy. Why would one as-sume that the changing of the Kentucky political guardwould be more important than a Kentucky basketballguard? That’s just silly.

I appreciate the coverage in Monday’s Kernel, but, ofcourse, that was Monday. Tuesday is the big day, guys.

Perhaps the lack of coverage was because the paperwas only four pages — it happens — but no space limita-tions are on the Internet.

I even asked a few of my classmates what they thoughtof the Kernel today, and several replied with “Did the Ker-nel forget it was Election Day?” To mimic a familiar cam-paign slogan: Yes, it did.

Forgetting the embarrassing mistakes (thank you, jour-nalism professor Buck Ryan, for the terminology) in thefront page headlines, the Kernel’s biggest error on Tuesdaywas not running Election Day coverage on Election Day.Hopefully tomorrow will have election results coverage,but then again, I’m sure we need a front-page article onUK basketball or football practice. I’ll check the Herald-Leader.

Whitney WatersSecond year law student

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

To those of you who have walked by the Student Cen-ter recently (even if you have not, you have likely encoun-tered them before), I would like to apologize for the cam-pus preachers in the free speech area. As a Christian (i.e.,a person who follows Jesus Christ), I can honestly say thedisplay embarrassed me and I hate the negative impactthese preachers bring to campus.

So let’s clear some things up: These “preachers” areNOT Christians. To be a Christian (by definition, “littleChrist” or “like Christ”), one must follow the teachingsand sayings of Jesus Christ. Jesus taught in his famous“Sermon on the Mount,” “Do not judge, or you too will bejudged...Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in yourbrother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in yourown eye?” (Matthew 7) Standing in the middle of campusand telling college students they are going to hell is notfollowing Jesus, and it’s certainly not Christian. Please donot be deceived.

Unfortunately, campus preachers are not the only onesclaiming to follow Jesus but falling so short. Although weall “fall short,” there is something to be said for blatantlyliving outside of Jesus’ teachings in life.

Sadly, many American Christians fall into the samedisease of forming Jesus into whatever they desire. I amnot here to try and sell you on any version of Jesus. I onlyask that, before dismissing Christianity as judgmental (andI agree — it often comes off this way), you will take thetime to see what Jesus Christ (not a local church or cam-pus preacher) himself taught and believed in: ideas such ashelping the poor, justice for all and loving everyone, re-gardless of who they are or what they have done. That in-cludes loving homosexuals, people of a different race,criminals and...that’s right, Jesus even loves campuspreachers.

Derek KingPolitical science and history junior

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When the UK footballschedule was released, mostfans likely glossed over thisweekend’s game againstCharleston Southern andchecked it off as a win beforeexamining the last two gamesof the season against Vander-bilt and Tennessee.

Charleston Southern’s re-sume as an FCS (formerlyDivision I-AA) opponentdoes little to dispel the notionthat it was scheduled as any-thing other than a probablewin to boost the Cats’ bowlchances. The Buccaneers (2-6, 0-4 Big South) are on afive-game losing streak. Theironly wins this season havecome against NorthGreenville University (inTigerville, S.C.) and MarsHill College (enrollment1,237).

But as valuable as a winwould be, the real value inthe game might be a breakfor the team. The Cats (4-5,1-5 Southeastern Confer-ence) have played nine

straight games, including sixstraight in the SEC. Theironly bye week comes justbefore the final game of theseason. Several players arenursing nagging aches andpains.

“Everybody’s whipped alittle bit,” UK head coachJoker Phillips said. “We’vebeen through a grueling six-game stretch but you couldn’ttell it by the effort they gaveus (in practice) today.”

Last season, with its byeweek after the first game, UKscheduled Eastern Kentuckylate in the season to break upthe SEC schedule and givethe Cats some key time to re-cover before their last threegames. Derrick Locke andRandall Cobb both sat the 37-12 win out with injuries be-fore returning to finish outthe season.

Locke has missed the lastthree games, but returned topractice Tuesday, wearing ared “no contact” jersey.Locke was unavailable tospeak to the media, and isstill considered day-to-day.Senior quarterback Mike

Hartline said Locke willprobably be able to play Sat-urday, but could still sit out tomake sure he’s entirelyhealthy for the rest of the sea-son.

“No disrespect to theteam we’re playing, but obvi-ously we’re looking forwardto finishing out the rest of theconference schedule,” Hart-line said.

Senior defensive tackleRicky Lumpkin said everyprogram in the country hasplayers with nagging achesand pains by this time of year,but the Cats have fewer play-ers missing time with seriousinjuries than before becauseof strength coach Rock Oliv-er, who joined the programafter Phillips took over in Jan-uary.

“Guys are beat up,”Lumpkin said. “It’s just men-tal. If you can push throughit, you have to push through itand fight through it.”

Having an oddly-timedbye week can make for achallenging stretch of the sea-son, and scheduling an oppo-nent like Charleston Southern

can relieve some of the pres-sure. In a perfect situation,Hartline said, he’d like to seesome schedule tweaks, but hethinks the Cats will be able tofind motivation without anyissues.

“Maybe I’d like to see abye week earlier in the sea-son, but this is good,” Hart-line said. “You have one ofthese games like this, it reallytests your true colors andhow your team finishes a sea-

son with adversity. Therehave been a lot of upsets thisyear with college footballwith smaller teams beatingbigger teams. It’s not neces-sarily an easy road.”

Late bye gives Cats more than headaches

UK head coach JohnCalipari saw too many re-bounds go ungrabbed, toomany drives conceded andnot enough fight in the exhi-bition against Pikeville Col-lege.

So Calipari intends toamp up the practices.

“I've said I've got to makethese practices rougher,”Calipari said. “We have to getmore physical—physicalwithout fouling—but we gotto get more physical. Guysgot to accept it.”

DeAndre Liggins sound-ed like he expected it afterthe performance againstPikeville, a game which UKwon 99-66 but looked exactlylike it should: a talented, butyoung, team.

“I think there is going tobe more fight in practice to-morrow,” Liggins said. “Let’stry to be more scrappy, tough.We need more fight.”

Calipari continued cir-cling back to toughness,physicality and conditioningas problems evident in boththe Pikeville game and the

team in general.“The biggest thing is, are

we in shape? I'm not sure weare. Are we physicalenough? I know we're not.We're not tough enough. Wedon't play vicious enough.Do we find each other on thecourt? We don't,” Caliparisaid, before coming back toperhaps the redeeming factorthat plays into all this. “Arewe skilled enough? Yeah,this is one of my more skilledteams, no question about it.They should be playing to-gether better.”

The coach’s calling out ofthe energy levels was a wel-come criticism to freshmanDoron Lamb, who apparentlyhas not been mentored byAllen Iverson.

“I listen to that and justwant to get better,” DoronLamb said. “We will justwork on it tomorrow. I seewhy he was upset because wejust didn’t play hard and playto the best of our ability.”

Despite the fact UK wasgetting its first chance to playagainst an outside opponent,in front of Rupp Arena, UKcame out flat. Calipari used atimeout with the score tied 4-

4 after two defensive break-downs, and UK trailed 13-11with about five minuteselapsed in the game.

“Our intensity wasn’twhere it should be today andwe didn’t play as hard as wethought we should have,”Darius Miller said. “We haveto work on that and make it ahabit by going at it every-day.”

The lack of intensity atthe start of the game under-mined the small lineup Cali-pari used to start the game.Terrence Jones, DariusMiller, Liggins, Lamb andBrandon Knight were thestarting five at tip-off, withthe 6-foot-8 Jones playingcenter.

“Small lineup wasn't par-ticularly good today,” Cali-pari said. “I mean, if there'sno energy, you can't playsmall guys. Doesn't work.”

With freshman Enes Kan-ter still unable to play, theidea of using a smaller lineuphas been considered. But forthe majority of the Pikevillegame, UK used either JoshHarrellson or Eloy Vargas asa center.

“We were better with oneof those big guys in therewith the smaller guys, andone of them has to come offthe bench,” Calipari said.“That's just how it is. Unless

they really want to go in thereand fight and go crazy, youcan play that (small) lineupthen.”

It’s early. Calipari said hestressed to the team that aslong as they didn’t make ex-

cuses and acknowledge theirshortcomings, things wouldwork out.

“What you have to haveis a player understanding thatit's one of two things: Heoutworks me or I outwork

him,” Calipari said. “This is-n't about cool. This isn'tabout style points. Either heoutworks me or I outworkhim. So now we got to go topractice and make it thatway.”

By Aaron Smithasmith@kykernel.com

Pikeville performance will leadto changes in team’s routine

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PHOTO BY SCOTT HANNIGAN | STAFFUK guard Doron Lamb shoots the ball against Pikeville College at Rupp Arena on Monday night.

UK intensifying practice

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