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Quarterback debateWho should start, Morgan Newton or Maxwell Smith?

The UK Gatton Collegeof Business and Economicsnamed a new dean whoshould be approved for theposition at the DecemberBoard of Trustees meeting.

David Blackwell, associ-ate dean for graduate pro-

grams at Texas A&M Univer-sity’s Mays Business School,will take over as the college’sdean next semester.

Trustees will vote on hisapproval Dec. 13.

“I am very excited andenergized about becomingdean at the Gatton College,”Blackwell said in a UK pressrelease. “Gatton is a strong

business school that is wellpositioned to raise its levelof accomplishment and pro-file.”

Blackwell has held lead-ership positions at TexasA&M for nine years. Duringthis period, the Mays Busi-ness School MBA programshave consistently receivedhigh rankings from the Wall

Street Journal and other pub-lications.

Blackwell has also writ-ten several research publica-tions and is the co-author oftwo books.

Blackwell, who graduatedfrom Fort Campbell HighSchool, said he is happy toreturn to Kentucky.

“Those three years gaveme an opportunity to see justhow important the Universityof Kentucky is to the people

of the state,”B l a c k w e l lsaid in the re-lease. “UK isa catalyst fornot only edu-cating the citi-zens of thec o m m o n -wealth, but for helping todrive and improve its eco-nomic vitality.”

Many UK communitymembers are hopeful that

with Blackwell’s expertise,Gatton College will reachnew heights.

Students, such as market-ing sophomore Bridget Ma-horney, are enthusiastic.

“I am really excited tosee what kind of develop-ments the new dean has,”she said, “and look forwardto being a part of the busi-ness school as we experienceits growth and improve-ment.”

By Amelia Orwick

aorwick@kykernel.com

College of Business names new deanWill take begin next semester if Board approves

PHOTO BY ADDISON MILLS | STAFFKenneth Schanzer, retired president of NBC Sports, speaks during the “Gidel/Lombardo Lecture in Sports Communication” Monday.

Taking time in between graduation andgraduate school may be a good option forstudents.

UK students learned about the positivebenefits of a gap year Monday, at the JamesW. Stuckert Career Center presentation ongap years.

A gap year refers to the period of time inbetween the completion of secondary educa-tion and higher education or professional de-velopment, said Theresa Mickelwait, the Ca-reer Center senior assistant director.

During the presentation, Mickelwait dis-cussed with students the various reasons onewould need a gap year. Attendees talkedabout many examples, which involved gain-ing versatile types of experience and clarify-ing life objectives.

Reasons that Mickelwait provided includ-ed: establishing residency in another state fortuition savings, becoming more fiscally se-cure, preparing for graduate school entranceexams, volunteering locally and internation-

Gap yearmay benefit

studentsBy Jarrod Thacker

jthacker@kykernel.com

See GAP YEAR on page 2

Kenneth Schanzer, retired president ofNBC Sports, said he has had two consum-ing passions in his life — politics andsports.

During the “Gidel/Lombardo Lecture in

Sports Communication” held Monday,Schanzer discussed the role of sports inAmerica.

“Sports continue to play an importantrole in the American mosaic,” he said.

Speaking on sports

Blackwell

The term “hooking up” is often used amongcollege students. But the phrase is used morethan the actual number of “hook ups,” accordingto a recent study.

“Hookups” is a term used when referring tointimate encounters outside of a dating relation-ship, according to a study by The University ofNebraska-Lincoln.

The study surveyed 300 University of Mon-tana students to find how social networks impactthe amount of hookups individuals have through-out a school year.

“The term ‘hooking up’ is very explicit andbroad,” said Amanda Holman, graduate student atUNL and lead author of the study. “More peoplethink college students participate in hookupsmore than they actually do because of the subcul-ture.”

The study showed a large percentage of thestudents claimed to have spoken about hookupsto peers regarding themselves and others in theirsocial networks.

Though the percentage of students talkingabout hookups was high, the actual number ofhookups was 54 percent of the students that par-ticipated in the study.

According to the study, 54 percent of partici-pating students said they had one hookup duringthe school year. Of that percentage, 63 percentwere male and 45 percent were female.

With that, 37 percent of the participating stu-dents said they had two or more hookups withone school year. The study also showed 90 per-cent of participating students estimated a “typi-cal” student would have two or more hookups

‘Hooking up’may be

exaggeratedBy Anne Marie Sanderson

news@kykernel.com

See HOOKING UP on page 2

Some can alterrace information

An email was sent out tofaculty, staff and some stu-dents Tuesday, letting themknow they have the opportu-nity to change their race andethnicity information.

This is a one-time oppor-tunity where people can up-date their information by hav-ing the option to select morethan one race. It will be openfor the next two weeks foremployees who began work-ing at UK before August 2008and students who started atUK before fall 2010.

These individuals were“not given the opportunity toselect more than once race ontheir application forms,” theemail said. UK is now offer-ing these individuals the

chance to change their infor-mation in UK's administrativesystem.

According to the email,the U.S. Department of Edu-cation required educationalinstitutions to adopt newguidelines for collecting andreporting race and ethnicityinformation.

The new guidelines re-quire the use of a two-ques-tion format, according to theemail.

The first question asks ifthe person is Hispanic/Latino,and the second question asksif the person belongs to oneor more races from the fol-lowing list: American Indianor Alaska Native, Asian,Black or African American,Native Hawaiian or Other Pa-cific Islander, White.

By Rachel Aretakis

raretakis@kykernel.com

See RACE on page 2

Opportunity for some on campusto update race, ethinicity data

Worker-fair brandavailable at UK

Alta Gracia, a collegiate appar-el brand that pays its workers a liv-ing wage, can now be found at theUK bookstore.

Owned by Knights Apparel,the brand has made a commitmentto their workers that exceeds the le-gal limit.

Though no student group fromUK has requested the brand, stu-dents have come back in andasked for the line, said AndreaBailey, UK bookstore generalmanager.

Currently, the bookstore carriesmen’s and women’s T-shirts andsweatshirts labeled with the AltaGracia logo and brief informationabout the brand.

Alta Gracia is named after thetown in the Dominican Republicwhere the factory is run. Its workershave seen many changes in their

lives from better wages.After adding up expenses, like

food, shelter and health care, thecompany found out an actual livingwage was three-and-a-half timeswhat workers were making at mini-mum living wage, said RachelTaber, Alta Gracia organizer.

In addition to providing a livingwage, the brand is committed toother standards.

“The factory is union monitoredon a bi-weekly basis and holds topnotch health and safety standards,”Taber said.

And the brand is selling well atUK.

“We have doubled our commit-ment to future orders compared tolast year,” Bailey said.

She said from the start, cus-tomer reaction has been positive.

“People like the message andquality of the line,” Bailey said.

One of the Alta Gracia employ-

By Mary Chellis Austin

news@kykernel.com

See CLOTHING on page 2

Alta Gracia offers clothing line, growing in popularity at bookstore

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ally, and simply having fun.Ashlei Hardin, a nursing sen-

ior, reflected on the gap year con-cept before the presentation be-gan.

“I just want to work for ayear,” Hardin said. “I can use thattime to study for the GRE, takethe GRE and then apply. I feellike it’s really difficult to do allthat your senior year and stillworry about taking your owntests.”

Other students voiced theiropinions about taking a gap year.

“I just want to see the optionsthat are available,” Corinne Price,an international studies senior,said. “Because now all I’ve reallythought of is grad school, work-ing or teaching abroad … so I justwant to see if there is anythingelse I haven’t thought of.”

Business management seniorLee Hundley’s words resonatedthe same idea.

“I want to take some timeoff,” he said. “I want to exhaustall of my options before I makemy decision. I just want to makesure I’m doing the right thing.”

UK students also consideredthe Catch-22 paradox of goingstraight from the undergraduatelevel to the graduate or profes-sional level.

“What I’ve noticed aboutsome grad school applications isthat some of them want you tohave two to three years’ experi-ence, but the jobs that give youthe experience want you to havethe degree,” Price said. “It’s likebeing stuck in the middle.”

Callie Thomas, an accountingand Spanish junior, added to thatsaying she wants to learn abouther options because law schoolsprefer students with more than

just undergraduate experience.The group closed on the topic

of issues that would prevent stu-dents from doing a gap year andthe fears associated with it. Theyalso discussed ways to preparethat would avoid the problems.

Mickelwait suggested tech-niques that deal with summariz-ing goals into an action plan,where one could control the im-portant variables at work, likehousing, transportation and budg-et.

Above all else, studentsshould be deliberate in their ac-tions in regards to their academicor career plans, regardless of theirplans, said Lenroy Jones, the Ca-reer Center associate director foremployers/corporate relations.

UK Students interested in ca-reer consultations can visit theJames W. Stuckert Career Centeron Rose Street for assistance orgo to uky.edu/careercenter.

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NEW YORK — It’s always exciting whenHollywood finds a way to tap into a zeitgeist.Watching a movie that reflects our collectivemood can feel like a validation: Like the songsays, there’s something happening here.

What’s happening is a groundswell ofanger aimed at America’s rich and powerful.It’s a bipartisan anger, too, radiating from lib-erals, conservatives, tea partyers, occupiers.That means a potentially big audience for anymovie willing to address the issues.

One is “Margin Call,” which opened attheaters during the last couple of weeks. It’s adrama about the 2008 financial crisis, starringKevin Spacey, Jeremy Irons, Zachary Quintoand others. In this telling, an unnamed firm(Lehman? Goldman?) foolishly places toomany bad bets, then saves itself by dumpingits paper and dooming the economy. The cred-its roll before anyone starts mulling a bailout

— but we’ve already seen that ending.“In Time,” a sci-fi flick starring Justin

Timberlake, was released Friday. It takes placein a future where time is money and only therich can live forever. But isn’t that much likethe present, in which the poor really do dieyounger than the wealthy? Like most dystopi-an movies, “In Time” offers some glib system-bucking rhetoric, but it also gives new urgencyto the phrase “cost of living.”

Then there’s the release this Friday of“Tower Heist,” in which Ben Stiller and EddieMurphy attempt to steal back money from aMadoff-like con-man (Alan Alda). It’s a com-edy directed by Brett Ratner (“Rush Hour”),which doesn’t exactly suggest trenchant com-mentary. Nevertheless, a clear theme is devel-oping. Perhaps we really are living in interest-ing times.

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ees, Maritza Vargas, told CBS news shefeels blessed her son can now go to col-lege and she’s building a nicer home thatsupplies the family with water.

“Now I can buy ketchup,” she said.“Before having ketchup was like reach-ing for the stars.”

So how much do the salaries of Var-gas and other workers cost the customer?

“It’s not a penny more and it’s quali-ty cotton,” Taber said.

Taber said the higher wages onlyadd a dollar more per shirt, but the con-sumer doesn’t pay. Alta Gracia coversthis cost.

The brand “nets a healthy profit be-cause students ask their bookstores tobring more Alta Gracia to campus be-cause of its powerful social impact,”Taber said.

Alta Gracia “gains in volume what iteats in increased labor costs per item,”Taber said.

Because this product actually fuelsthe local economy of Altagracia, “it’snot just another fair trade or philan-thropic product,” Taber said. “It adds awhole new layer of meaning to schoolpride.”

Though the brand was a reaction tothe United Students Against Sweatshops,Taber said others have shown support.

“There’s been a broad range ofgroups including faith-based groups, Do-minican groups and business groups,”she said.

She said people are saying “this ishow business should be done.”

Joe Bozich, the CEO of Knights Ap-parel said, their vision has finally be-come a reality.

“We believe doing good can trans-late into good business,” Bozich said.“You can change a life by buying a T-shirt.”

CLOTHINGContinued from page 1

per year.Holman said the definition of

“hooking up” varied among stu-dents. Yet, the most common defini-tion given was unplanned sex.

According to some studentsacross UK’s campus, the idea of astudent’s social status could provide

them with more hooking up oppor-tunities. Being involved in certaingroups exposes students to a higheramount of people rather than the av-erage student.

“There are more opportunitiesfor students that have an active so-cial life to participate in hookups,”said Katelyn Hawkins, an animalscience senior.

Kameron White, a UniversityHealth Service Sexpert and a UK

sophomore, said there is not ahookup rate for UK, but after look-ing at this study, she didn’t think thehookup rate would be drasticallyhigher or lower.

She said she didn’t think a stu-dent’s social status would necessari-ly influence hookups.

“Social behaviors and their per-sonal definition of having fun canaffect the number of hookups thayhave a year,” White said.

HOOKING UPContinued from page 1

Roger Sugarman, the direc-tor of Institutional Research,said UK wasn't required to resur-vey its faculty, staff and stu-dents.

“I think the Department ofEducation was interested inchanging their race/ethnicitycategories, along with much ofthe federal government, to re-spond to the growing tendencyon the part of individuals to re-port one or more race or ethnic-ities,” he said.

These individuals were pro-vided with a link to update theirinformation.

Sugarman said one personcontacted him about the cut offpoint for determining race. Heresponded saying the guidelinesare similar to what they werebefore because it is up to the in-dividual to decide for them-selves.

“So there is no cutoff point orguidelines that ask a person togive detailed information aboutmaking judgment,” he said.

Overall, Sugarman said hethinks a number of individualswill chose to update their infor-mation.

“I'm pleased that we cangive students and employees theopportunity to update theirrace/ethnicity information,” hesaid.

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wednesday 11.02.11 page 3kernelsportsethan levine | sports editor | elevine@kykernel.com

UK wide receiver MattRoark’s senior season wasnot going the way he hoped.With the departure of formerUK receivers Randall Cobband Chris Matthews, Roarkslid up the depth chart andlooked like a vital piece tothe Cats’ passing game in2011.

But Roark dropped aslew of passes in UK’s firsttwo games, including a cer-tain touchdown against Cen-tral Michigan in week two,and found himself benchedin his final game against in-state rival Louisville in weekthree.

In UK’s five games since,however, Roark has blos-somed into a dependable tar-get for the Cats’ quarterbacksjunior Morgan Newton andfreshman Maxwell Smith. Af-ter recording just two catchesin the team’s first threegames, Roark has 23 catchesfor 161 yards since, including13 catches for 116 yardsagainst Mississippi State.

“It says a lot about MattRoark,” UK head coach JokerPhillips said, “because whathe did, he did get yanked in acouple games, but you sawhow he responded. And youalways want to look how kids

are going to respond, becauseyou do things in this businessto see how they’re going torespond, too, sometimes.”

The 13 catches are a teamhigh in 2011 and tied for thesecond-most in a single gamein UK history, along withCobb’s 13 catches againstTennessee on Nov. 27, 2010.

His 116 receiving yardsare also a team high for theyear, and Roark’s 100-yardperformance was the firstsince junior wide receiverLa’Rod King did it in theCentral Michigan game.

“It was kind of a surprisefor me to go back in the wayI did, I think I started, but itwas a shock to me,” Roarksaid. “(I’m) glad they did itand glad I could prove tothem they were right by do-ing it.”

Roark’s road back was along one. It began as a mem-ber of UK’s special teamsunits, something the seniorhas taken pride in doing hisentire career. Roark stayedfocused and earned his timeon special teams, until even-tually his number was calledagain with the offense.

“Matt Roark went intospecial teams and he’s onevery special team,” Phillipssaid. “You very seldom see awide receiver that’s on everyspecial team, and he’s one of

those guys that went abouthis business the way he nor-mally does, with full-speedeffort. He prepared himselfdoing special teams. Then hegot the opportunity to goback in the game as a widereceiver and made a fewplays for us.”

While Roark was ex-celling on kick coverage forthe Cats, he was workingwith UK wide receiverscoach and passing game co-ordinator Tee Martin to getback on the field. When ques-tions surrounding Roark’splay arose after he wasbenched for the Louisvillegame, Martin stood by thesenior and said we would seehim perform again this sea-son.

Martin called Roark’s is-sue of holding onto the foot-ball a mental problem, ex-plaining that as he got morereps and got his confidenceup, people would see thesame player that impressesthe coaches in practice eachweek. One month later, andMartin was proven true.

“It says a lot about Matt,”Phillips said. “It also says alot about Coach (Tee) Martinand his belief in Matt Roarkand (special teams) Coach(Greg) Nord that all theseguys that said we’re going toneed Matt Roark before the

season is over.”“(Tee) was just getting

on me and never stopping,”Roark said. “Some coacheswill just be like, ‘This guy isdone, we’re just going to fo-cus on the younger guys anddevelop them. He’ll be gonenext year so forget abouthim,’ but he just kept push-ing me and pushing me andgetting on me and makingme push myself more andhold myself more account-able.”

Roark also creditsPhillips’ secret punishmentfor dropping balls in practiceas a reason for his improvedplay.

“The punishment fordropped balls, it helps a lot,”Roark said. “But sometimes,whatever the punishment is,we’ll do that ourselves with-out it being a punishment. Sojust doing all that extra catch-ing, a couple hundred balls aday, that always helps.”

The senior later revealedthat catching a couple hun-dred balls after practice wasindeed Phillips’ punishmentfor drops in practice.

Roark reached the pinna-cle of his climb back into thepassing game Saturday whenSmith replaced Newton atquarterback after Newton suf-fered a right ankle and rightshoulder injury in the firstquarter. Phillips said Smithmade Roark the first read inhis progression more than

anyone else on the Cats’ of-fense, leading to Roark’s bigday.

“He kept going to the guythat was his first read, andRoark was his first read,”Phillips said of Smith.

Phillips is now holding anopen competition at quarter-back for UK’s next gameagainst Ole Miss. ShouldSmith get more chances un-der center, Roark could be-come a cornerstone of thepassing game for the Cats’ asthe team reaches for its re-maining goals for the season:to beat Tennessee and reach

the program’s sixth straightbowl game.

Roark has never beatenTennessee, and has nevermissed a bowl game in hiscareer. Now back in form, hewill look to help end the firststreak and continue the sec-ond for the Cats.

“I just try and make it apoint not to get down onmyself,” Roark said.“There’s not a benefit frombeing down on yourself nomatter what it is, so I just tryand stay up and peoplearound me try and help mestay up.”

By Ethan Levine

elevine@kykernel.com

Roark returns to relevance in offenseAfter slow start, wants to build on career game

PHOTO BY BRANDON GOODWIN | STAFFUK wide receiver Matt Roark misses a catch during the second halfof UK’s season opener against Western Kentucky.

Head coach MatthewMitchell's UK Hoops teamwas ranked No. 18 nationallyin the Associated Press polland No. 15 in the USA To-day/ESPN coaches’ poll.

This is the first time inprogram history that the teamhas been ranked in the presea-son polls in consecutive sea-sons. Mitchell was not im-pressed.

“You couldn’t find a lessinterested coach in our pre-season ranking,“ saidMitchell at UK Hoops MediaDay Tuesday.

“It means nothing. It hasno bearing on this group nowor what they can become.”

Mitchell did soften hisstance later.

“We would rather bewell-thought-of than not,”Mitchell said. “We want to beconsidered one of the topteams in the country year-inand year-out.”

The Cats face six teams

in the AP Top 25, includingtwo of the top three. UK willplay road games against No.2 Notre Dame, No. 13 Geor-gia and No. 21 LSU. Memo-rial Coliseum will serve ashost for a matchup againstNo. 9 Louisville.

The team will also hostNo. 7 Duke on Dec. 8, withthat game taking place atRupp Arena.

The Cats will play perenni-al SEC favorite and No. 2 Ten-nessee twice, once in Knoxvilleand once in Lexington.

“We have some verygood teams on our schedule,“Mitchell said. “That moti-vates us as players and coach-es to get prepared.“

Although fans may belooking at the marqueematchups later in the season,the team seems focused onthe immediate schedule.

“We are taking this onegame at a time,” freshmanBria Goss said. “Our main fo-cus right now is Coker.”

The Cats will host their

only exhibition at MemorialColiseum on Sunday againstCoker College. Admission tothat game is free. After open-ing the regular season on theroad against Morehead State,the Cats begin the regular-season home slate on Tues-day, Nov. 15 against Jack-sonville State at 11 a.m.

The Cats will feature adeep and talented roster, re-turning four starters from last

year as well as another top-10recruiting class. Point guardAmber Smith, who missed allof last season because of in-jury, will also return for theCats.

“This is an exciting timeof year,“ said Mitchell. “Wehave assembled a talentedgroup of players.

“Now the challenge is tosee if we can form thoseplayers into a team.”

By Les Johns

ljohns@kykernel.com

UK Hoops ranked nationally in preseason

PHOTO BY BRANDON GOODWIN | STAFFUK Hoops head coach Matthew Mitchell gets frustrated in the sec-ond half of UK Hoops’ game against Hampton on March 19.

After three weeks of playing each other,UK finally gets a chance to play someone else.

It’s been non-stop blue vs. white, but nowit’s time for some new faces.

“We finally get to jump on someone else,”freshman Marquis Teague said. “I’ve beenwaiting to do this since high school, playinghere.”

That would be an historic exhibition gameagainst Transylvania, whose players willmarch to Rupp Arena — a route that, accord-ing to Google Maps, will take nine minutes totraverse the 0.4 miles — for the first meetingbetween the two Lexington teams in 100years.

“And if they beat us,” UK head coachJohn Calipari said, “it will be another 100 be-fore we play again.”

It isn’t likely. While the Division III Pio-neers were picked to win its conference, it hasonly one player taller than 6-foot-6, and thatplayer is 6-foot-8.

While Calipari understands the importanceof the meeting, he said he would prefer toscrimmage them behind closed doors. Thatwould allow him to stop the game when he sawsomething he didn’t like from his team and co-ordinate with the other coach to go over differ-ent situations. While these “secret” scrimmagesaren’t rare for teams — Jeff Goodman of CBS

reported more than 100 private scrimmageswere happening this week around the NCAA —they are impractical for UK.

Not when Rupp Arena fills up for the pre-season, cross-town matchup. Not when UKmakes about $700,000, according to Calipari,from the game.

So they will play. Calipari said the teamstill has the same issues exhibited in the Blue-White scrimmage last week. He specificallycited pick-and-roll defense, low-post defenseand defensive rebounding as areas he wouldbe keeping an eye on in the first exhibition ofthe season.

“He just pretty much told us, pick it up orhe’s going to make us run,” Teague said.

The exhibition games will also provide in-sight into who will be the starting lineup oncethe regular season rolls around. Calipari haslong held UK has seven starters. He said hehasn’t figured out who the five will be, but thenext two games will help determine that.

“I think what will happen is we’ll play acouple exhibition games and everybody willknow,” Calipari said. “It will be obvious.”

For some, coming off the bench — bothagainst Transylvania and later in the year —will be an adjustment.

“We’ve all been the stars of our highschool teams, but we're all just looking for-ward to the opportunity to play,” Kyle Wiltjersaid. “Whatever our roles are, we all want toplay them so we can win.”

UK begins exhibitionsagainst Transylvania

By Aaron Smith

asmith@kykernel.com

Coming off yet anotherloss last week, this time toMississippi State, the Catsactually improved in someareas that had been recentlyplaguing them.

The passing game man-aged to complete passes toeight different receivers. Sen-ior wide receiver Matt Roarkalone had 13 catches for 116yards, a career high.

After junior quarterbackMorgan Newton was hurtearly in the game, freshmanquarterback Maxwell Smithstepped up to the challengeand was efficient in leadingthe Cats down the field onmultiple drives. He hadstruggled earlier this seasonin game against South Car-olina and Lousiana State, butlooked like a completely dif-ferent player, as he went 26for 33 and 174 yards.

His ability to find his re-ceivers and make a couple of

tough throws while beingpressured were qualities thatstood out.

For the offense, it wasthe second-best performanceof the season, behind thegame against JacksonvilleState.

Still, some areas stillneed improving.

1. Offensive Play Calling

With the blackout hav-ing the fans and players asexcited as they may havebeen all season, UK headcoach Joker Phillips decidedto take a chance on a fourth-down punt in the first quar-ter. The ball was snappedand Ryan Tydlacka sprintedtoward the right side of thefield and up the sideline,picking up the first down inthe process. It seemed thatweeks of frustration by thefan base was going tochange with that play. It wasone of the first big risks thatPhillips has taken during theseason. But the ensuingdrive failed to deliver atouchdown and was a ener-gy killer. Two other deci-sions, when he elected not

to go for a first down on afourth-and-six in the thirdquarter and when he passedup going for a two-pointconversion in the fourthquarter, would also prove tobe head scratchers. Thesetype of choices are some ofthe main reasons UK hasfailed to take advantage ofsituations during games thatcould have improved theirrecord. When your record islacking wins, taking somerisks is what can at least getthe fans back on your side,win or lose.

2. Defensive Pass Coverage

Following practice onMonday, junior linebackerRidge Wilson said the de-fense was un-prepared forthe passing game that wasthrown at them by the Bull-dogs. This happened be-cause Rick Minter’s defensefocused on the successfulMississippi State runninggame led by Vick Ballard,who still managed 18 carriesfor 90 yards on Saturday.The combination of Missis-sippi State’s Tyler Russelland Chris Relf completed 15

of 21 passes for 264 yardsand two touchdowns. Thosetotals amount to 75 moreyards on 14 fewer comple-tions than that of the Cats.The fact is, it wasn’t justSaturday night that the pass-ing coverage has struggled.Fortunately for the Cats,they could get a breakagainst upcoming opponentOle Miss. The Rebels havestruggled to find consistencyin their passing game overthe past week weeks, mak-ing it potentially their bestopportunity before season’send to solve their problemsin pass coverage.

3. Running Game

The Cats running gamehasn’t been bad. They haveused an assortment of waysto move the ball on theground and it has been theirmost viable option on of-fense. However, I don’tknow why we aren’t seeingjunior running back CoShikWilliams become the featureback considering his recentsuccess. He has shown thathe should be the main threaton offense. Against a difficultMississippi State defense,Williams was well on hisway to rushing for the centu-

ry mark when, all of a sud-den, Jonathan George begangetting the hand-offs for theremainder of the game.Where Williams went, Ihaven’t a clue, but if theychoose to mix it up with adifferent back, that would befine.

I expect that once New-ton returns, his duties willprimarily be to run out of theshotgun formation. Thatcould made the defense sus-ceptible to the pass, which isthe likely solution to the of-fensive problems, in additionto the newfound potentialfound in Smith.

Breaking Bad: 3 areas to improve in week 10Showed flashes of solid play last week

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features

Education is an everydayreality for UK students, butmany may not realize thefrail state that the public ed-ucation system currentlyfaces.

UK students can learnabout the state of America’spublic education system withthe showing of the criticallyacclaimed documentary“Waiting for Superman”Wednesday night in Wor-sham Theater.

The Student ActivitiesBoard is hosting the event inresponse to a recent all-stu-dent survey.

“I hope that students getenlightened on where Ameri-

ca is with our education sys-tem and where we can go,”SAB President ChrisGoodale said.

The documentary fol-lows five children — Emily,Anthony, Francisco, Daisyand Bianca — on their jour-ney as they compete for theopportunity to attend charterschools.

The journey of these fivechildren explores the issuespresent within the public ed-ucation system. It also givesinsight into the obstacles thatsome individuals facethroughout their lives in re-gards to receiving an educa-tion.

One issue the documen-tary exposes is the scarceopportunities available to

underprivileged children inareas like the Bronx, EastLos Angeles and SiliconValley.

“Considering my role onthe board, I’m excited togive students the opportunityto learn about a topic of in-terest and relevance,” saidChristen Nation, SAB’s di-rector of Market Research.

Students attending theevent will learn about topicsin education they can thenexpand upon Thursday dur-ing Diversity Dialogues withSteve Perry, Nation said.

“Waiting for Superman”will be screened at 7 p.m.Wednesday in WorshamTheater. The event is freeand open to all students andthe public.

SAB to screen ‘Waiting for Superman’

By Danielle Kaye

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Documentary focuses on public education in US

He’s there inside your mind, dear readers.Monday, coincidentally Halloween, all six

chandeliers in Memorial Hall purportedly fellto the ground during a PSY 100 lecture.Screams erupted, but fortunately no one was

killed and only a scarceamount of eyewitnesses thinkthey saw a shadowy figure inthe rafters of the cathedral-like room.

This is only the latest in-cident in a handful of “acci-dents” to occur in MemorialHall.

A slide show for a sociol-ogy class would not load,forcing students to endure anunbearable hour of verballecture.

WiFi went amuck, forc-ing hundreds of students to stare blankly attheir notes, while the more desperate ones hadto resort to minesweeper.

A Powerpoint lecture froze, while switch-ing to the next slide, playing Rebecca Blackon repeat.

All incidents have been blamed on the am-biguous “Phantom of Memorial Hall,” a mys-tery that has never fully been explained.

Legend has it that a senior, mere weeksfrom graduation, cracked under pressureduring an Econ final and used the exam togive himself severe paper cuts, horribly dis-figuring his complexion. Ashamed and mon-strous, he fled to the catacombs amd hid

from the world.Repulsed by all learners who enter the

hall, starry-eyed and ready to learn, the Phan-tom has sworn vengeance upon all those whowish to graduate.

These incidents would be tolerable, if theenigmatic Phantom did not constantly singopera.

“It’s really annoying,” said one freshmangirl. “You’re trying to take notes on the corpuscollosum with an insufferable tenor belting outDon Giovanni.”

One student, convinced she could seethrough to his good side, stood up in the mid-dle of a psychology class and sang to thePhantom in a lovely soprano melody, beforebeing promptly shut up by a psychology text-book to the face.

No, dear readers, students are content tolive and let live. The Phantom will purportedlycalm his actions once basketball season starts(once a UK student, always a UK student).

Professors also are forced to live in sym-biosis with the Phantom, and all hope hewill one day return from the shadows tograduate.

The Phantom purportedly does not wish todo so, as the current job environment for out-going college students is particularly grim.

And that, dear readers, is the LukewarmTruth. Not quite hot, but definitely not cold.

The editors of the Kentucky Kernel neitherconfirm nor endorse the ideas expressed inthis column, because, really, who in his or herright mind would?

The Lukewarm Truth:Phantom of MemorialFormer student lingers, interferes with classes

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After readingan article on KimKardashian’s di-vorce, I found my-self incredibly an-gry. Here is awoman who in herquest for fame,fortune and over-all attention, en-tered into a mar-riage based appar-ently on nothingbut the likelihood

it would earn higher ratings for hertelevision show.

To those of you who argueagainst gay marriage, behold thepeople who represent what youstand for.

Every day, gay Americans aretold that their unions are an abomi-nation and that, should they be al-lowed to ever enter into marriage, itwould ruin the sanctity and ideologyof it. And yet, it seems to hold littlevalue for so many.

Here we sit, with one heterosex-

ual couple after another divorcing atincredibly and impossibly shortrates. In a nation where even themost minuscule human rights aredefended with fervor unknown toany other country, we still are un-able to accept that one particularlifestyle is not the precedence forevery other.

I clearly do not know Kardashi-an. She very well could have had le-gitimate reasons for the disillusionof her marriage, but I cannot passup an opportunity to use her as anexample.

Marriage is a basic human right:the right to spend your life withwhom you love and partake in thesense of security and union thatcomes with it. To deny this right tosuch a large number of successful,contributing citizens because whomthey love is not accepted by a few,is not only a travesty, but a basicmoral injustice.

America is undeniably the coun-try of opportunity and advancement.No one should be denied the rightto live with and take part in a unionwith those they love. Gay marriagedoes not represent the end of theidea of marriage; it represents its re-birth.

So the next time you read of afamous starlet divorcing her hus-band after a month, remember this:in a day when marriage seems atrivial concept to so many, the fewwho have been denied it for so longmay just be the ones who can final-ly re-introduce us to its importance.

Annie Hughes is a political sci-ence senior. Email opinions@kyker-nel.com.

In days of divorce,gay marriage onsidelines no more

This letter is a response to anOct. 26 article titled “Energy al-ternates make Middle East irrel-evant.”

In an Oct. 31 column, severalarguments were made as to howinvesting in alternative energyand extracting more oil from theU.S. would make the MiddleEast irrelevant.

The author of the said articlefundamentally misunderstandsthe nature of energy markets, in-ternational politics and world in-stability. It is nearly impossibleto sum up the many fallacies ofthis piece in 500 words, but Iwill focus on the most significantoffenses.

First, the author fails to un-derstand the nature of energymarkets. He suggests that wesimply need to “stop buying oil.”Oil operates on a world marketwhere prices are set by manipu-lated supply in the Organizationof the Petroleum ExportingCountries.

Simply increasing U.S. oildrilling, which would only allayabout 3 percent of our foreignenergy needs, would do almostnothing to world oil demand andprice.

The moment we cut off oilimports, our Strategic PetroleumReserve would last about 60days. Beyond that, including off-shore oil, there are at least 23billion barrels of oil under U.S.territory (that we know of).

Even if the U.S. could some-

how get its hands on all of thatoil in one fell swoop (which isimpossible) and add to the 700million barrels in the reserve, wecould only sustain our currentrate of consumption for aboutthree years before running dry.

Additionally, to believe thatalternative energy research willproduce a meaningful alternativeto oil within the next 50 years tosuch an extent that the U.S. nolonger imports oil is a laughablestatement.

At best, analysts simply hopeto produce enough alternative en-ergy to last the impending “ener-gy slump” where traditional fos-sil fuels run out and new tech-nology must be developed to ex-tract heavy and shale oil.

Second, the author seems tosuggest, by eliminating U.S. de-pendence on foreign oil, we will

somehow prevent transnationalterrorist organizations from re-ceiving funding and causingharm abroad. What he fails tounderstand is that the biggest dif-ficulty of developing such an or-ganization is not finding funds(Qassam rockets, improvised ex-plosive devices and AK rifles arecheap and readily available), butrather finding recruits.

Deliberately destroying aneconomy would create the typeof instability that allows despoticorganizations like Al-Shabbab totake control. A more appropriateresponse to transnational terror-ism is a combination of coun-terinsurgency policy, economicdiversification and empoweringof civil society.

The author only seems toleave us with two policy options.

We either make a gradualtransition over the course of thenext century, or more off foreignoil to alternative energy andshale oil, with Middle Easteconomies responding with vari-ous pricing strategies and aneventual transition to a newsource of revenue.

Or we attempt to forciblyend our imports of oil, destroy-ing the U.S. and world economyand killing millions in the ensu-ing economic crisis.

Neither will eliminate terror-ist organizations — and neitherwill make the Middle East irrele-vant.

Matthew Longacre is a Pat-terson School of Diplomacygraduate student. Email opin-ions@kykernel.com.

Alternate energy will notmake Middle East irrelevant

A soon-to-be-released report by theUnited Nations Intergovernmental Pan-el on Climate Change has found thatfreakish weather disasters are strikingmore often as a result of global warm-ing.

According to The Associated Press,the new IPCC report says scientists are“virtually certain” that the world willhave more extreme spells of heat andfewer of cold. Heat waves could peakas much as five degrees hotter by mid-century and even nine degrees hotter bythe end of the century.

In other climate news, a prominentskeptic of global warming has admitted

that climate change is real and nowsays the rising levels of greenhousegases could have a disastrous impact onthe world.

Richard Muller, who works at theUniversity of California, Berkeley, andLawrence Berkeley National Lab, saidhe spent the last two years studying theclimate data. He found that the land is1.6 degrees warmer than in the 1950s.

Muller’s change of heart has madeheadlines in part because of who fundshis research. One-quarter of the$600,000 research funding he receivescame from the right-wing Charles G.Koch Foundation.

All of this information was com-piled by the daily news program,“Democracy Now!.”

Tyler Hess is a sustainable agricul-tural junior. Email opinions@kyker-nel.com.

Global warming will cause‘freakish’ weather, heat waves

By Tyler Hess

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To believe that alternative energyresearch will producea meaningful alternative to oilwithin the next 50years to such anextent that the U.S. nolonger imports oil is a laughable statement.

America is undeniably thecountry of opportunityand advancement. No oneshould be denied the rightto live with and take partin a union with those theylove.

By Matthew Longacre

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Heat waves could peak asmuch as five degrees hotterby mid-century and evennine degrees hotter by theend of the century.

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It’s decision time.Freshman Maxwell Smith and junior Morgan Newton will

split practice reps this week, and a final decision won’t bereached until Friday at the earliest, UK head coach JokerPhillips said.

With four games remaining, the question is who is goingto help reinvigorate the program?

Newton vs. Smith: let the battle begin

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Coming into this season, the offense wasthought to have only one clear leader: juniorquarterback Morgan Newton.

As the season has progressed, he has hadhis ups and downs, many that can be con-tributed to receiving little help.

It seems Newton’s confidence has official-ly been lost.

Smith’s amount of completions during thegame Saturday exceeded by three Newton’scombined amount going back to UK’s gameagainst LSU, so it seems that it wasn’t justthe receivers that had become the problem.

While we will never know if he couldhave made the same reads as Smith on Satur-day from his unfortunate shoulder and ankleinjuries, it seemed early on that Newton waspreferring to move the ball on the ground.

His decision to do so led to each of his in-juries and early game fumble.

The circumstances are eerily similar tohow Newton received the starting job duringhis freshman campaign, but the followingyear Mike Hartline regained control of the of-fense and played to a level that far exceededexpectations.

For now, though, it seems with the seasonnearly a wash that Newton needs to heal fromhis injuries and try to do what his predecessordid by finding himself as a team leader andleague-leading quarterback.

He may not want to hear it, but there isalways next year. He will have the receivers.It’s just a matter of him getting them the ballas opposed to risking harm in being devouredby a massive SEC defensive line.

I’m confident in saying that a clear an-swer will probably not show through, at leastfor these next four weeks. Once Newton isfully healed, I suspect Phillips will use themboth according to their strengths; Smith withhis passing and Newton with his ground andpound rushing attack.

But Newton’s time may be up for thisseason.

As freshman quarterback Maxwell Smithsat down for his interview session on Satur-day following the game, he already seemedto be more confident than Newton hasshown through both his play and actions fol-lowing games all season long.

It was confidence that he should haveshown following his 26 for 33 game in whichhe threw for 174 yards against a top 30 defense.

“I thought I played pretty well,” Smithsaid.

Smith had seen spot action in two games.“I feel a lot better, a lot more relaxed,”

Smith said. “Having that experience in thosefirst two games where I didn’t play well atall, it was huge.”

Head coach Joker Phillips praised Smith’sability to compose himself following someearly game struggles.

“He took some big hits, picked himselfoff the ground, came back in, stood in thereand made some other big throws,” Phillipssaid.

One of the biggest influences of Smith’splay was his ability to get senior wide receiv-er Matt Roark involved in the offense.

Roark, who has struggled to make a playmuch of this season, had 13 catches Saturday,more than he had in the 2010 season.

If Smith can consistently get Roark to beanother threat on offense to compliment jun-ior wide receiver La’Rod King and the run-ning game, that alone will help shift the of-fense into that next gear they have failed tofind this season.

With that said, I do believe that Smith willbe the starter on Saturday against Ole Miss,and deservedly so. Even with the recent loss,there seemed to be a sense of relief from someof those in the program, which can be attrib-uted to Smith making some tough passeswhile moving the ball.

If a win is going to happen before season’send, it will be from the spark of confidenceSmith has provided for this team.

PHOTO BY BRANDON GOODWIN | STAFFJunior quarterback Morgan Newton throws a passduring UK’s game against Louisville.

PHOTO BY BRANDON GOODWIN | STAFFSophomore quarterback Maxwell Smith passesduring UK’s game against Mississippi State.

Morgan Newton Maxwell Smith

Stacey Poole Jr. could potentially transferfrom UK, according to multiple outlets.

In an interview with The LouisvilleCourier-Journal, Stacey Poole Sr. said he wasthe one who is initiating the process ofweighing his son’s options. Poole Sr. said hisson likes Kentucky and is “not thinkingabout leaving,” but Poole Sr. said he is un-happy for his son about his lack of playingtime.

Poole Sr. told the Courier-Journal that “atthe end of the day, I’m going to make thecall. He’s 20, but he’s still a kid.”

Poole Sr. also said he’s been talking tohis son about potentially transferring forweeks and will fly up from Florida thisweekend to discuss the issue with his son.

Poole Sr., who was a standout player atFlorida, told CBS he “can’t confirm the ru-mor at this time.”

Poole Jr. averaged 2.8 minutes per gamelast season, second-lowest on the team. Hisplaying time is unlikely to increase this sea-son with three returning high-impact playersand four heralded freshmen.

At the beginning of the season, Poole Jr.was upfront in acknowledging his disap-pointing freshman season.

“I didn’t play last year,” Poole Jr. told the

Kernel in mid-October. “It’s something Ithink about, and it motivates me every day tocome in here and do what I have to do. ... It’stough. But you just have to keep your headup. Keep working and keep pushing to beone of those guys who can contribute. Makesure I’m one of those guys to stay on thecourt.”

Poole could possibly transferBy Aaron Smith

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STAFFStacey PooleJr. couldpotentiallytransfer,according tohis father.Poole aver-aged 2.8minutes pergame lastseason andscored justfour totalpoints.