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O-line back in businessFormerly injured Cats return to play

PHOTO BY BRANDON GOODWIN | STAFFUK men’s basketball head coach John Calipari greets fans who set up tents around Memorial Coliseum. Fans began lining up at 7 a.m. on Wednesday.

In an effort to reduce water bottle us-age, new water dispensers have been imple-mented above water fountains in the Stu-dent Center.

Elkay EZH20 machines were a projectstarted by student managers of the StudentCenter with a goal to save 100,000 plasticwater bottles.

“We do manager projects every sum-mer and that summer, in 2010, we did envi-ronmental friendly projects,” said BrittanyBegley, an educational policy studies andevaluations graduate student.

These water dispensers count theamount of plastic water bottles saved witheach fill-up.

“Carrying your own water bottle obvi-ously has environmental benefits withwaste reduction, and also economic bene-fits because it’s filtered, cold and free,” saidShane Tedder, UK sustainability coordina-tor.

The Student Center staff was broughtthe idea and soon started promoting andmarketing tin water bottles for re-use.

“It’s a fantastic example that studentswith great ideas can improve the campus ofUK,” Tedder said. “They had a major im-pact in a short time and this project is agreat example of that.”

Their goal to save 100,000 plastic wa-ter bottles was achieved in less than twoyears.

The current number of water bottlessaved in the Student Center is more than128,000, Tedder said.

In addition to the Student Center,spouts were added to the Johnson Center.

Almost 350,000 plastic water bottleshave been saved, said Rob Theakston, as-

Fountains benefit

environment

By Justin Richter

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Nearly 350,000 bottleshave been saved

At a spot outside MemorialColiseum, beside the AdolphRupp sign and where the side-walk turns into the Coliseum en-trance, is a metal pole and a whiteline in the grass. That spot, a cov-eted spot, is the first spot in theline to get Big Blue Madness tick-ets. Wednesday morning, it was acontended spot, as three men eachclaimed to be the first one there.

Chris Couch did not get thefirst spot.

He camped out for the cam-pout, setting up his equipmentacross the street from Memorial at8 p.m. Tuesday. In the morningrush for real estate, Couch said hewas the first to the pole.

“I was the first one there andwas holding on to the pole,”Couch said. “When everyonestarted rushing in, I got pushedback. I even had a National Guardguy tell me he saw me therefirst.”

But then there’s Rob Beckett.He, too, did not get the first spot,although he thinks he did.

“I was the first one in line,”Beckett said. “Then this guy bum-rushed me, stood on the line andsaid his daughter was here thewhole time.”

Then there’s Dallas Hoskins.He did get the first spot, whichwas “fair,” he said, because hewas the first one to the spot.

“We know who was herefirst,” Hoskins said. “My daugh-ter ran here and stood on thewhite line, and I’m glad she did.You can’t just grab the pole.”

***Who really knows if Couch

was the first one there. A lot ofclaims, but not enough evidence.The UK staff and policemen incharge of getting things sortedout could do little more than tellthem to sort it out among them-selves – which, to Couch, is theproblem.

“What’s the point of them be-ing here if they can’t solve prob-lems,” Couch said.

However, Couch was defini-tively the first to give up his staketo the first spot. He ended upgrabbing a spot in row two, which

he estimated would leave about80 tickets in front of him.

“I’m not pleased with it,”Couch said. “I deserve a little bet-ter. I wasn’t like the others. I wasjust trying to explain myself. Theones throwing fits are the onesgetting their way. Like two-year-olds.”

That left Beckett and Hoskinsvying for the first spot. Hoskinshad his tent in place, straddlingthe white line that designated theallowed area for tents, saying hehad been pushed out of the first

spot a year earlier and wasn’t“moving for anything” this time.Beckett placed his tent on theground beside Hoskins’ in be-tween the two lines of tents. Thetwo bantered back and forth, call-ing over UK staffers to hear theircases. At one point, Beckettcursed at Hoskins for not trying towork with him to create space.

“That first hour, the adrena-line’s flying, nobody has slept,”

Memorial Madness

By Aaron Smith

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First hour of campout ‘chaotic’ as fans fight for best places in line

PHOTO BY COLLIN LINDSTROM | STAFFUK juniors Jacob Miles (left) and Daniel Slattery hang out in their tentoutside of Memorial Coliseum waiting for Big Blue Madness tickets.

UK’s Office of Emergency Manage-ment released the 2010 Annual CampusSafety and Security Report Tuesday, in-cluding a report on crime statistics and onfire safety.

The UK Annual Safety and SecurityReport included extensive statistics of vari-ous types of crimes that occur on campus,in residential facilities, off campus and onpublic property that were handled by theUK Police Department.

On-campus thefts and robberies haveincreased over the last few years. Four inci-dents were reported in 2008, six in 2009and eleven last year.

Joe Monroe, UK police chief, said fiveof the reported robberies last year occurredduring a one-week period.

Incidents of wanton endangermentwent down drastically from 2009 to 2010.

Thirty-one incidents of wanton endan-germent were reported on campus in 2009,while in 2010, the numbers fell to five inci-dents on campus.

According to the Title L. Kentucky Pe-nal Code, a person is guilty of wanton en-dangerment when their conduct “creates asubstantial danger of death or serious phys-ical injury to another person.”

Perry DiPiazza, a business managementsenior, said that students rarely recognizethat major crimes are committed at UK,with one exception.

“Everyone seems to be getting in trou-ble for alcohol these days,” DiPiazza said.“I don’t think there’s anyone on campusthat doesn’t know someone who has had analcohol-related arrest.”

UK releasesannual safety

reportBy Cami Stump

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See REPORT on page 2

More than 20 minority organ-izations will be present Thursdayat the Black Student Union’s an-nual Fall Fest, offering studentsan opportunity to connect withone another over food, fun andentertainment.

Fall Fest will feature perform-

ances by the National PanhellenicCouncil Greeks, or the “Divine9,” and UK’s Black VoicesGospel Choir, said TeresseHawkins, spokeswoman for BSU.

The Divine 9 is collectivelymade up of nine historically blackGreek organizations, all of whichbelong to NPHC. Typically, theDivine 9 step, a rhythmic patternof clapping, stomping and stroll

— which involves dancing in aline while walking and doinghand movements that representthemes in their specific organiza-tions — at Fall Fest every year,Hawkins said.

“Fall Fest is one of the mostanticipated events put on by theBlack Student Union,” Hawkinssaid.

Hawkins said her favorite part

of Fall Fest is the performancesby the Greeks and Black Voicesbecause “students show their pas-sion for their organizations aswell as their talent.”

BSU President Unique Youngsaid the umbrella organizationhosts Fall Fest every year to cre-ate awareness about the presenceof the minority groups on cam-

By Elyse Rectenwald

features@kykernel.com

See FALL FEST on page 2

Black Student Union hosts yearly Fall Fest

Turtle Tug

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Step by stepLearn the history of the troubling travel by Buell Armory

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Greek students gathered at Haggin FieldWednesday for Delta Zeta and Alpha TauOmega’s “Turtle Tug,” which raised moneyfor a local cause.

Twenty-seven teams of six gatheredaround a tarp covered in green Jell-O andplayed a game of tug-of-war. The $1,350raised will be donated to the LexingtonHearing and Speech Center.

PHOTO BY TESSA LIGHTY | STAFF

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The idea of a movie about someone withcancer suggests either a very depressing expe-rience about decline and death or a mawkishcinematic sympathy card about battlingagainst the odds.

Yet “50/50,” in which an outwardlyhealthy 27-year-old is unexpectedly diagnosedwith a rare form of spinal cancer, is neither ofthese.

Instead, it is a warm, funny and perceptivecomedic drama about what happens when ayoung man suddenly has to look death in theeyes.

No doubt that’s because writer Will Reiserbased the script on his personal experience. Hefound out he had cancer at 24 and it was hisclose friend and comic actor / producer SethRogen who helped him get through it. Now,they’ve turned their struggle into a work ofthinly veiled fiction and one of the year’s mostenjoyable films.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays Adam, a Seat-tle public radio producer leading a comfort-able life. He has an artist girlfriend (BryceDallas Howard) who has just moved in, a loudbut loyal best friend (Rogen), and a nosy butloving mom (Anjelica Huston). But his world

is knocked off its axis when a visit to a doctorfor back pain uncovers a malignant tumor.

What happens next _ the sense of isolation,awkward moments with co-workers,chemotherapy, depression _ may be expectedbut it’s handled with a deft, sweet touch. It’s allgiven more emotional heft by Rogen, who giveshis best performance as a boorish smart aleckwhose heart is quietly breaking for his friend,and Anna Kendrick (“Up In The Air”) asAdam’s young, inexperienced therapist whomay be wiser than even she knows.

Director Jonathan Levine, known for suchrespected but little-seen indie films “The Wack-ness” and “All the Girls Love Mandy Lane,”keeps things moving briskly so there’s no timeto worry about some details, such as whetherAdam has to fight with his insurance company.While that might strike some observers as unre-alistic, 50/50 in general possesses a sense oftruth that makes it more substantial than manyheavier films dealing with similar life-or-deathissues.

Sometimes it’s better to laugh, especiallywhen you’re on the verge of tears.

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Arrests on campus for al-cohol violations have becomean increasing concern for theUK Police, with 423 viola-tions reported on campus lastyear. This number jumpedfrom 221 the pervious year.

“An officer can refer astudent to Student Affairs forthe infraction to have correc-tive action taken,” Monroesaid. “This is used for minorviolations that the officer hasthe discretion to either cite,arrest or send a discipline re-ferral to student affairs.”

In 2008, UK Police issued159 disciplinary referrals and

209 arrests for alcohol viola-tions.

In 2010, UK Police issuedno disciplinary referrals, butissued 423 arrests.

Along with the annualcrime reports, the universityalso released the KentuckyAnnual Fire Safety report.

Eight fires were reportedfor the calendar year of 2010,according to the report.

Greg Williamson, UK firemarshal, said the number offires last year was more thannormal, but this year fires thatmay have gone unreported inprevious years were in the re-port.

“We usually have hadabout four or five fires report-ed in past years,” Williamsonsaid. “But it’s the law, we

have to report the fire inci-dents.”

Williamson also said thatthe fire department is lookingto work with students to re-duce the risks of fires.

“Some of the precautionsmay seem very minor tosome people,” Williamsonsaid. “But they are a hugedeal.”

One of the overlookedprecautions is making surethat doors close completelyand latch, Williamson said.This can prevent fire fromblowing doors open andquickly moving into rooms.

The fire department isalso working to better educatestudents by holding fire simu-lations, like the one held atBaldwin Hall Tuesday night.

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pus. “We want everyone to be

aware of the many opportuni-ties that are offered to themon campus,” Young said. “Wedo this because there are somany organizations out there

that no one knows about, orhas even heard of.”

Lexington deejay DJWarren Peace will providemusic for the event. Foodand refreshments will beserved.

Students interested inlearning more about BlackStudent Union events andthe minority organizations

that fall under its umbrellacan find in the Center forStudent Involvement or theMartin Luther King CulturalCenter, both in the StudentCenter.

Students interested in be-coming a member can contactUnique Young atunique.young@uky.edu tolearn more.

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Compared to the rest ofcollege football, UK’s of-fense is still just a work inprogress. Among the 120 di-vision I-A collegiate footballteams across the country, theCats rank 90th in rushingwith 123 yards per game,107th in passing with justunder 158 per game and107th in points at 17 a game.

One reason for the of-fense’s struggles are theguys up front. Throughouttraining camp, UK’s veteranoffensive line was supposedto be a strong-suit of thisyear’s team. Featuring threeseniors and two juniors, theveterans on the line was go-ing to hold the offense to-gether as head coach JokerPhillips and offensive coor-dinator Randy Sanders foundtalent to surround them withat the skill positions.

So far this season, theline has suffered injury prob-lems and inconsistent play,and the offense as a wholehas suffered. Senior leftguard Stuart Hines nursed asprained knee for much oftraining camp and didn't startin the team’s first gameagainst Western Kentucky.Junior center Matt Smithmissed action in UK's firstthree games with a sprainedankle, and senior right tackleBilly Joe Murphy missedtime with a knee injury ofhis own.

But in the second quarterof UK's matchup with Flori-

da, Murphy checked into thegame for his replacement,freshman offensive linemanDarrian Miller. It was thefirst time all year that theCats’ original five startinglineman played together in agame.

“It’s been good getting toplay with them again,” jun-ior guard Larry Warfordsaid. “It feels more natural.Where I’ve had more experi-ence playing with Billy Joeand Matt, it’s all just comingback together.”

As the Cats’ offensiveline rediscovers its chem-istry, the rest of the offensestands to improve as well.In its two losses againstLouisville and Florida, UKaveraged just 1.1 and 3.7yards per carry respectively,allowing defenses to guardthe pass without fearing therun. Cats’ opponents havealso taken advantage ofUK's banged-up offensiveline by putting more pres-sure on junior quarterbackMorgan Newton, making itmore difficult for him tofind rhythm with his inex-perienced receiving corps.

“I think these guys areexcited to be back, and nowwe just need some time to-gether to kind of get backwhat we lost in fall camp,”UK offensive line coachMike Summers said.

Saturday UK travels toBaton Rouge, La. to face theNo. 1 team in the nation inthe LSU Tigers. The Tigers’defense thrives on speed andathleticism, and LSU plans

on taking that speed and ath-leticism and attacking UK’soffensive line with it. LSUwill likely crowd the line ofscrimmage, swallowing uprunning plays and chasingdown Newton when hedrops back to pass.

For UK’s offense to havea chance, the line will haveto be up to the test that theTigers’ aggressive defensewill provide.

“They are a really stoutdefense,” Warford said.“They get off the ball well,their defensive backs are re-ally fast so it's easy for themto disguise a lot of blitzes.That’s going to be a realchallenge for us. If we canpick them all up and giveour quarterback time to pickthem apart, then we’ll befine.”

The biggest challenge forthe line will be dealing withthe noise of LSU’s homefans in Death Valley. Thisweek in practice, Phillipshas played simulated crowdnoise in order for them tobecome used to playing ef-fectively despite the commo-tion. For the line, communi-cating blocking assignmentsand signaling different pro-tections will be more impor-tant than ever against a Tigerdefense that has helped LSUdefeat three ranked teams onthe road already this season.

“It forces us to commu-nicate as best as we can,”Warford said. “We have tohave our checks out there toknow who we’re blockingand who's got who. It’s just

really forcing us to commu-nicate and make our checksand know what we're sup-posed to be doing.”

For Summers, the noiseis an inconvenience, butnothing he doesn’t alreadyexpect out of an SEC roadgame.

“(In) every stadium weplay on the road in this con-ference that’s an issue andso we always prepare forit,” Summers said.

But against a team ofthe caliber of LSU, Sum-mers said the only thing

that matters is that his unitplays a perfect game andkeeps the Cats’ offensemoving for all four quar-ters.

“Our preparationdoesn’t change each week,”Summers said. “We preparefor all the circumstances inthe game, all the situations

that come up. Certainlywhen a team has as manyquality players as theyhave, we have to preparefor the little things becausethey can expose you whenyou're not exactly perfect.We spent a lot of time fo-cusing on the details of ourpreparation.”

O-line reunites, prepares to take on TigersBy Ethan Levine

elevine@kykernel.com

PHOTO BY RYAN BUCKLER | STAFFUK senior guard Larry Warford jokes with freshman offensive lineman Zach West during Media day atCommonwealth Stadium in Lexington, Ky. on Aug. 5, 2011.

Coming off two signifi-cant wins against Ohio Uni-versity last weekend, the UKhockey players feel ready fortheir next opponent, the Uni-versity of Akron Zips.

“The Ohio game was def-initely a big confidencebooster coming out of theweekend, and we will havemomentum going into thisweekend,” said senior for-ward Michael Getz.

The games against Ohioalso helped the new players tobecome accustomed to thespeed and physicality of col-

legiate hockey. “Ohio was aphysical team, and was agood experience for the newguys to get used to the caliberof teams they will be play-ing,” said Getz.

Preparing for this week-end was nothing out of theordinary. The Cool Catswent through a solid week ofpractice, working primarilyon the power play and penal-ty kill.

“The power play got betterin the second game againstOhio, but still needs work,”senior captain Billy Glass said.

Besides working on thepower play, the team alsopracticed defensive zone

breakouts and transitioningon offense. Getz said thebreakout is slightly new andhelps to clear the defensivezone quicker, as well as cre-ate faster outs and odd manrushes.

Akron is another chal-lenge along the road to na-tionals, but Glass and histeammates are confident.“We’re not going to do any-thing different againstAkron,” he said. “We’re justgoing to go out and play ourgame.”

UK will host the Zips atthe Lexington Ice Center Fri-day, Sept. 30 and Saturday,Oct. 1 at midnight.

Hockey prepares forAkron University

By Patrick Thompson

sports@kykernel.com

Cool Cats hope to continue win streak

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sistant director of marketingand programming for the Stu-

dent Center.“The manufacturing and

transportation of these waterbottles have also been cutdown, the ability to save somany resources by just using awater bottle is such a goodidea,” Tedder said.

The water dispensers raiseawareness about the amountof water that is being used,Begley said.

“Our main goal is to en-courage students to be envi-ronmentally friendly,” Begleysaid.

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09.29.11■ Come to Haggin Field forAlpha Gamma Delta’s BandJam. See two live bandsand a lip-sync contest. $5admission, includes food.

09.30.11■ Women’s tennis - UKInvitational. All day event atthe Hilary J. Boone VarsityTennis Courts.

■ Come get a free Cajunlunch with Party on thePatio, located on theStudent Center patio. 11a.m. to 1 p.m.

■ Get spooked atScreampark, Kentucky’slargest haunted event.Located 903Manchester St.From 7 p.m.to 1 a.m.

10.01.11■ Turn your TV set to theSEC Network and see theWildcats take on the LSUTigers. 12:21 p.m. in BatonRouge.

■ UK Softball playsGeorgetown, Ky. At 1 p.m.at the UK Softball Complex.Free admission for students.

■ Join with Habitat forHumanity and help frame anew home atCommonwealth Stadium. 8a.m. to 4 p.m.

■ Paint up with Dayglow,the World’s Largest

Paint Party. At theLexington

ConventionCenter, 8

p.m.

10.02.11■ Listen to bands from

all over Kentuckyat the Kentucky

New Music

Festival. Going on throughOct. 8. Events start at 7:30p.m. at the SingletaryCenter.

10.04.11■ Have a Conversation withJohn Legend. The iconicsinger will discuss his jour-ney to igniting social changeand play a few songs. 7:30p.m. at the SingletaryCenter.

10.05.11■ Mens soccer vs. Marshall.7 p.m. at the UK SoccerComplex. Free admission

for students.

■ Loosen up with afree Massage onthe Go. The five-minutemassages will be at WilliamT. Young Library HUB from5 p.m. to 8 p.m.

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The crisp fall air mightseem a tad disheartening sinceit seems like only a short timeago your skin was gettingtoasted by the warm rays ofthe sun, while your ears weregetting serenaded by thesweet sound of summertimefestivals. Feet were stained

from the countless hours ofcareless dancing in thepacked lawns and pocketswere emptied from the vari-ous concert shirts and homebrewed beverages purchased.

Luckily, that nostalgicfeeling of bliss and endlessentertainment doesn’t have tobe a distant memory. BandJam, sponsored by AlphaGamma Delta, hopes to enter-tain with enjoyable localtunes, raise money for a greatcharity and provide finger-licking good food.

“Band Jam is an inexpen-

sive way to have a blast, meetnew Greek and non-Greekfiends and enjoy music, allfor a good cause,” said Kate-lyn Brown, Alpha GammaDelta sophomore.

Band Jam’s stage will fea-ture local progressive rockband Intersecting Horizons.Their sound is tough but notoverwhelming and stays re-freshing with a constant punkdrum beat. Their song, “Un-masked Dreams” adequatelycaptures the band’s sound andstylish edge without bombard-ing the unacquainted progres-

sive listener’s ear. Guitaristand lead vocalist MichaelTyree’s voice keeps relativelylight, which works well incomplementing the overallgrittiness of the band’s sound.

Back End of Tomorrow, aLouisville band, will alsomake an appearance Thusrdayevening. Female lead vocalistHolly Abbott’s voice has aslight robust quality that bringsa new sound to covers that theband usually opts to perform.The band plays covers rangingfrom Creedence ClearwaterRevival to The Veronicas.

The $5 event price in-cludes admission, RaisingCanes chicken and a ratheramusing lip-syncing competi-tion between Greek organiza-tions during the act breaks.

“Every cent raised will goto the Alpha Gamma DeltaFoundation, which raisesmoney for juvenile diabetesresearch and education,” saidMegan Dodge, Alpha GammaDelta Philanthropy coordina-tor. “People should come outto enjoy great music, greatfood and fun with friends”

Sure, Band Jam isn’t ex-

actly on the same scale asthose summer festivals thatyou requested off work for,saying that it was yourcousins wedding. However,just sitting back on a cozyblanket, basking in new mu-sic with old friends, someflannel on your body and aCanes chicken finger in yourgrip doesn’t sound too shab-by either.

Pardon the Interlude is aweekly music column bybroadcast journalism seniorAlex Sardam. Email fea-tures@kykernel.com.

Pardon the Interlude: Band Jam provides summer feel

A trickle of events for the next week.

ontapLex Philharmoniccelebrates 50 years

The Lexington Philhar-monic Orchestra will cele-brate their opening nightwith internationally knownviolinist Midori on Friday at7:30 p.m. in the SingletaryCenter for the Arts.

UK HealthCare is pre-senting Friday’s openingnight celebration in an ongo-ing partnership with the Lex-ington Philharmonic.

“We received a grantfrom Dr. Ronald Saykalyand his wife Teresa Garbu-linska, an international pi-anist in her own right,” saidJackie Hamilton, director ofarts and healthcare at UKHealthCare. “Dr. Saykalywanted to create an annualconcert event, so that is howthe partnership with the Lex-ington Philharmonic cameabout.”

The partnership betweenthe philharmonic and UKHealthCare “has been devel-oping over the last severalyears,” said Kelly Whelan,Lexington Philharmonicgeneral manager.

“When the opportunityfor a concert series came upwe were thrilled that theywanted to partner with us inthis way,” she said.

This also marks the Lex-

ington Philharmonic’s 50thAnniversary as central Ken-tucky’s leading music major.

In addition to havingspecial guest Midori play onopening night, the philhar-monic will be celebratingwith a Tiffany & Co. mys-tery “Blue Box” event thatgives participants a chanceto win a piece of Tiffany &Co. jewelry during intermis-sion with the purchase of amystery blue box.

Opening night will beheld at the Singletary Center,which has become a homebase venue for the philhar-monic.

“We have held most con-certs there for a while now,and wanted to continue ourpartnership with them,” saidPaige Smith, marketing andcommunications co-coordi-nator for the Lexington Phil-harmonic. “The SingletaryCenter is a good location andin close proximity to differ-ent opportunities throughoutthe community.”

Season subscriptionpasses as well as singletickets are still available foropening night and can bepurchased on the LexingtonPhilharmonic Orchestra’swebsite. A mystery “BlueBox” can also be purchasedthrough the Lexington Phil-harmonic Orchestra.

By Lauren Conrad

features@kykernel.com

ALEXSARDAM

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Everyday students jog downLimestone or run on the elliptical atthe Johnson Center. It’s safe to sayUK has some of the best andstrongest athletes around.

But even the most athletic and in-shape students complain about thenature of one of campus’ oldest tradi-tions … the steps beside Buell Ar-mory.

Those steps have many nameswith students: “those long steps,”“those awkward steps,” “thoseweird steps.”

Sit under the trees parallel to thesteps, and it won’t take long to heara ton of complaining. Some peoplehave even adopted a pattern to bet-ter navigate them.

“My friends and I notice that ittakes three normal sized steps (perstep),” UK sophomore Brandon

Magner said. “It’s really weird.”Students say that filing up the

stairs can be a daunting task, and aworkout within itself. Many avoidthe steps all together like UK juniorMaddie Kincaid.

“It doesn’t feel right (whenyou’re walking),” she said. “I wonderwhy they made them like that in thefirst place.”

The history of the steps is some-what a mystery to most, includingUK architect Warren Denny. Dennysaid the steps could have been madewhen the Buell Armory was con-structed, and would have been apathway to get to Barker Hall onthe corner of Administration Driveand Patterson Drive.

Barker Hall was completed in1901 with the adjoining Buell Ar-mory, and was expanded in 1937. If

the steps were made when thesebuildings were first built, the stepsthemselves would be more than 100years old.

The historical likeness of thesteps may be a reason UK has notdone anything to change the incon-venient treads.

“Over time, there have beensome discussion over doing some-thing aggressive,” Denny said. “Butthere has been no real seriousconsideration to building (newsteps). There has been no oppor-tunity.”

Denny said UK architecture hadnever heard of any “functional prob-lems” toward the stairwell.

“I don’t recall them saying any-thing to me dealing with safety,” hesaid.

Even former students from

decades ago remember the steps asan unpleasant affliction.

Student Center director JohnHerbst said previous students calledthe steps the “Sam Bowie” stairs,named after Samuel Bowie whoplayed basketball at UK from 1979to 1984.

This was because he was theonly person who could “navigate thesteps,” Herbst said. The basketballcenter was 7’1”.

Some sprucing up might be theonly idea on UK’s agenda for thestairwell.

“Maybe a new handrail, or somenew lights,” Denny said.

Even if the only people that cancomfortably scale them are over 7feet tall, UK does not seem like itwill change “those darn steps” any-time soon.

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letter to the editor

This letter is a response to a Sept. 28 col-umn titled “UC Berkeley bake sale highlightsreverse discrimination.”

As a white male who attended the NorthCarolina equivalent of Kentucky’s Governor'sScholars Program, I can assure Brian Hancockthat “reverse discrimination” is a far less omi-nous force than he envisions.

Judging by the sea of faces along the side-walks of UK, reverse discrimination has yet toaffect our institution, as our school certainly isnot lacking in white student representation.

Moreover, when you move to Graduatelevel classes — particularly in the humanities— you will find they are largely dominated bywhite women and men (yes, including myself,who has been the recipient of numerous de-partment and school-wide awards).

As an assistant editor of a prize-winningstudent newspaper at Kentucky’s flagship uni-versity, Hancock seems to have overcome theforces of reverse discrimination. Rather thantaking an entitlement attitude toward the Gov-ernor’s Scholars Program (indeed, by his

retelling of the story, he deserved acceptanceto the elite program), Hancock should begrateful for the privileges he has here at theUK.

If reverse discrimination were the power-ful social force that he describes, he (nor I),would not be at this university today. ThoughI am certainly grateful for all the privilegesand opportunities UK has bestowed on me, itwould be a travesty if those opportunities con-tinued to be given to people who look just likeme.

Josh Farrington is a Ph.D. candidate inAmerican history. Emailopinions@kykernel.com.

Reverse discrimination is not an issue at UK

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Beckett said. “All the emo-tions are pouring out.”

Beckett was eventuallytold his tent was not in a per-missible area and was askedto move. He told Hoskins“what goes around comesaround” – to which Hoskinsreplied, “Is that a threat?” –and moved back across thestreet.

“There’s too many tentsin this small area,” saidRoger Long, who had thethird tent in line. “People aregoing to fight. It’s stupid.You’re still getting tickets.People don’t use their com-mon sense.”

Beckett’s departure leftHoskins as the first man inline – by design. He said eversince he sat in the nosebleedsat Madness four years ago, hetries to get a better spot eachyear. Three years ago, he wasabout seven rows up. Lastyear, he was in the secondrow. This year, he drovearound Memorial Coliseumin the weeks before the cam-

pout, scouting out where UKstaffers were painting thelines for the areas.

“It happened 99 percenthow I said it would,” Hoskinssaid.

That gave him the firstspot in line for ticket pickupon Saturday morning. He’llbe row AA. First pick.

“I’ve achieved my goal,”Hoskins said.

***About two hours after the

initial rush, Hoskins andBeckett had worked out theirdifferences and worked out adeal. Beckett would be ableto get in line with Haskinswhen the vouchers for ticketposition are passed out Fri-day. Hoskins said it was donein recognition that Beckettwas “one of the first” peoplein line.

“We’re grown men,”Hoskins told Beckett, stand-ing feet away from the startof the line. “We were justkids for a while.”

The campout is 72 hourslong. But there’s somethingabout that first hour, and thatfirst spot, that creates chaos.

“The people trying for

that first spot are way toogreedy,” said UK studentBrandon Thomas, who wentthe conservative route andlanded a spot in lane 3. “Andlast year, the cops walkedeveryone across the street.This year, everyone took off.I saw a kid faceplant trying torun over.”

Hoskins said he knew thesource of the chaos.

“We know where themadness came from,”Hoskins said. “Go ahead andadd chaos on there, too. A lotof people – you just lose yourmind.”

Hoskins said the first spotis like a title, something that“everyone wants to be.” Itcan symbolize being the mostdedicated fan in a crowd,with the added benefit of get-ting the best seats in RuppArena for the season’s kick-off. Combined with little tono sleep and a mad rush inthe Lexington darkness, thecontroversies flourish beforeeveryone settles into a rou-tine.

“Everybody hates eachother the first hour,” Beckettsaid. “But it’s a nice atmos-phere the rest of the time.”

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