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PHOTO BY TESSA LIGHTY | STAFFStudents walk near Whitehall Classroom Building Wednesday. A winter storm Tuesday night left much of campus covered in ice.

PHOTO BY ADAM PENNAVARIA | STAFFTemperatures plummeted and freezing rain soaked campus.

Of ice and men

Winter storm leavescampus frozen

Girl dies day afterHazard shooting

HAZARD, Ky. — A 12-year-old girl who was shotin a parking lot at HazardCommunity and TechnicalCollege died Wednesday, aday after her father andcousin were killed in thesame shooting.

Taylor Cornett, a sixth-grader at R.W. Combs Ele-mentary School in PerryCounty, died at Universityof Kentucky Chandler Hos-pital, according to hospitalspokeswoman Kristi Lopez.

Also killed were CaitlinCornett, 20, who was livingin Letcher County, and heruncle, Jackie “Doug” Cor-nett, 53, of the Perry Coun-ty community of Happy,Hazard Assistant PoliceChief Joe Engle said.

Hazard police chargedDalton Stidham, 21, CaitlinCornett's former boyfriend,with two counts of murder,one related to domestic vio-lence, and one count of at-tempted murder. Stidhamturned himself in to Ken-tucky State Police after theshooting.

A police citation saidStidham admitted that hehad shot three people.

Stidham told police “Isnapped; shot three people,I'm sure,” according to thecitation completed by De-tective Lt. Paul Campbell,who is leading the investi-

gation.A handgun was found at

the scene and matched thedescription of a gun Stid-ham said he bought earlierTuesday, according to thecitation.

Kenny Woods, a Baptistminister who owns H & KGun & Pawn Shop in PerryCounty, said in a telephoneinterview Wednesday thatStidham bought the gunlegally at his shop about 1p.m. Tuesday.

“He cleared a back-ground check without evena delay,” Woods said.“Everything was fine withhim.”

Woods said he wouldnot have sold the gun hadStidham been actingstrangely.

Caitlin Cornett had bro-ken up with Stidham a fewmonths before the shooting,said Brittany Cornett,Caitlin's sister. She saidCaitlin “was a loving moth-er, a loving sister anddaughter, and everythingyou could possibly want insomebody.”

Jackie Cornett was aformer coal miner who wasdisabled from a mining in-jury, Brittany Cornett said.He “was kind and caringand loved his family,” shesaid.

Stidham and CaitlinCornett had chosen theparking lot of the college'sFirst Federal Center build-

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12-year-old died at UK hospital;father, cousin killed Tuesday

Student inputwanted for provost

The committee chargedwith hiring the second-mostpowerful person on campushopes a series of forumswill help students and uni-versity employees under-stand the importance oftheir input.

The Provost SearchCommittee is urging peopleto speak up about whoshould be provost, the posi-tion that oversees all ofUK’s academics.

Charles Carlson, co-chair of the search commit-tee and a psychology pro-fessor, said it is importantfor students to show an in-terest in this search.

“The provost is thechief academic officer ofthe university and is respon-sible for all aspects of theacademic programs,” Carl-son said. “Students shouldbe concerned about this in-dividual because she or hewill have a significant lead-ership role in the day to dayaffairs of our institution.”

Brenna Stahl, a nursingfreshman, said she might at-tend one of the forums.

“This is our curriculumand our education, so ouropinion matters,” Stahlsaid.

One member of thecommittee said the forumswill help students and em-ployees feel that their voicecounts in this decision.

“These forums are in-tended to provide an oppor-tunity for students, staff and

faculty to convey informa-tion about what matters tothem about this importantleadership position andknow they will be heard,”said Mary Davis, committeemember and professor oflaw.

“We don’t have any pre-conceived notion aboutwhose opinion is the most

important. Everyone at thisuniversity has an importantrole to play in the process.”

Macy Purcell, a civil en-gineering sophomore, thinksthe hearings offer a perspec-tive students don’t typicallyexperience.

“It’s a good way for peo-ple to get out and see howthe university works ...Peo-ple want to know how thingsare run and have input.”

By Morgan Eads

meads@kykernel.com

Committee holds 3 campus forums

A UK program that en-courages area students in thefine arts is traveling withthem to Atlanta to hobnobwith the likes of Zac Efronand Skylar Astin.

Select talents, agedeight-to-18, from UK’sAcademy for Creative Ex-

cellence will participate inthe 2013 Junior Theater Fes-tival this weekend.

They will be treated toaspecial presentation of theTomy-award-winning Broad-way Musical “Newsies,” byit’s current Broadway castand crew.

In adition, the studentswill perform for and workwith Broadway and film

stars in acting and singingworkshops.

Sponsored by the DisneyTheatrical Group, the JuniorTheater Festival is theworld’s largest children’smusical theater showcase.

Four thousand studentsfrom 23 states will be in at-tendance.

The ACE’s group of 60student performers ranksamong the largest in Atlataaccording to Mary Joy Nel-son, the ACE’s program andartistic firector. The stu-

dents, who are in secondthrough 12th grades, werehonored in their adjudicatedperformance at last year’sfestival.

They are among fivegroups invited to perform aspecial piece at this year’sfestival, in addition to theirnormal adjudicated pieces.

Each of the five groupswill perform a piece in aDisney Theatrical Groupsponsored New WorksShowcase, the day before the

By Judah Taylor

jtaylor@kykernel.com

Will participate in festival featuringBroadway and Hollywood actors

Area students to learn from stars

PHOTO BY ADAM CHAFFINS | STAFFJunior forward Samarie Walker scores against Marist on Dec. 30.

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In the early 1980s, therewas no professionalwrestling promotion morepopular in Mississippi,Louisiana and Arkansas thanMid-South Wrestling. Theundisputed king of Mid-South was Sylvester Ritter,also known as JunkyardDog. Fans packed massivearenas, New Orleans’ Super-dome included, to see Junk-yard Dog take the ring.

One of those fans wenton to become the headwomen’s basketball coach atthe UK. In fact, MatthewMitchell remembers Junk-yard Dog so well that hegives the “Junkyard DogAward” to one of his playersafter each game.

“Junkyard Dog was agreat wrestler, but he namedhimself after a junkyarddog,” recalled Mitchell. “Ajunkyard dog, if you look itup in the dictionary, is justferocious and very aggres-

sive. So, just to give (theteam) a visual of who a junk-yard dog is, on the awardthere’s a picture of thewrestler.”

Mitchell said he givesthe award out to instill an ag-gressive attitude in his play-ers for SEC play. After UK’sgames last weekend, winsover No. 20 Texas A&M andMissouri, Mitchell presentedthe award to the entire teamfor toughness across all posi-tions.

This team is different de-fensively, though, from thepast several teams Mitchellhas fielded. The biggest dif-ferences this season, saysMitchell, are a more tradi-tional front court (made upof juniors Samarie Walkerand DeNesha Stallworth)and an improved offense.

Walker and Stallworthhave teamed up to average a22.7 points and 14.5 re-bounds per game, while theCats rank 12th nationally inscoring at 77 points per

‘Junkyard dogs’host BulldogsBy Boyd Hayes

bhayes@kykernel.com

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UK tennis begins season this weekend Inside 3

UK climbing footballrecruiting rankings page 3

Meetingtimes for faculty,

students andstaff:

• Thursday, Jan. 17:-Biological-PharmaceuticalBuiliding-Room 234-Noon- 1 p.m.• Thursday, Jan. 24-W.T. Young Library Auditori-um-Noon-1 p.m.• Wednesday, Jan. 30-Student Center-Worsham Theater-3:30-4:30p.m

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LOS ANGELES — The new CW drama“The Carrie Diaries” — a prequel to the HBOhit “Sex and the City” about a teenage CarrieBradshaw — goes out of its way to try to get1980s New York City right.

When Carrie hits the Big Apple, we see agraffiti-covered subway train and gritty neigh-borhoods. There are Checker cabs roaming thestreets. We are taken back to the vibrant post-punk era night life.

There’s only one thing we don’t see: TheWorld Trade Center.

Despite lots of skyline shots of the cityand a setting in downtown New York, wherethe law firm Carrie is interning at is located,the Twin Towers are nowhere to be found. Theomission becomes very apparent to any NewYorker (or ex-New Yorker) in one scene inwhich Carrie discovers Century 21, the fameddiscount clothing warehouse that was in theshadows of the World Trade Center.

Whether the lack of at least one shot of the

towers was an oversight or a creative decision,it was a bad choice. Yes, seeing the towers inall their majesty could be jarring for many.But not showing them seems like a rewritingof history and an unnecessary removal of whatwas one of the city’s best known landmarks.

No one is suggesting that the Twin Towersneed to be in every episode. One shot in Mon-day’s premiere would have done the trick tonot only remind viewers that this show is setin 1984 but to give a nod to what now seemslike a more innocent time.

Perhaps in later episodes the producerswill recognize their oversight. If so, there isone other thing the show needs to correct aswell. In one scene of Monday’s show, Carrielooks out the window of her Checker cab andgazes hopefully at the present-day skyline ofdowntown New York. Maybe she’s a timetraveler too.

Commentary: Skyline not quite rightin CW’s ‘Carrie Diaries’

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festival begins. UK’s ACE group will

perform a piece from “Xan-du JR.” in the workshop, anda piece from “Beaty and theBeast JR” as their adjudicat-ed piece in the festical.

“The Junior Theater Fes-tival shines the spotlight onthe people all over Americawho are creating student-dri-ven musical theater in theircommunity,” said TimothyAllen McDonald, foundingchairman of iTheatrics, in aprepared statement.

Nelson agreed, saying

she expects the festival to bea good experience for stu-dents to express themselvesand to “get a glimpse of allkinds of careers in theater,not just those that are onstage.”

The festival is “not thenext star search ... it’s aboutteachers and students comingtogether” in a “wonderfulcelebration” of theater, saidAllison Van Etten, the festi-val’s publicist.

This hasn’t stopped pastperformers from using thefestival as a stepping-stoneto launch successful careerson Broadway and in Holly-wood.

Past festival performersinclude Efron, four-time

Tony-nominated composerJeanine Tesori (“ThoroughlyModern Millie,” “Shrek theMusical”), and Astin (“PitchPerfect”, “Spring Awaken-ing”) and Briga Heelan(“Cougar Town”).

The festival often bringsback past attendees whohave since made successfulcareers in acting to workwith students. Astin andHeelan will be part of thattradition this year.

Joining them at the festi-val will be stars such asTony award–winning light-ing designer Ken Billington(“Chicago”) and Tony-nomi-nated scenic designer TobinOst (“Newsies,” “Bonnieand Clyde”) among others.

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game. The greater post pres-ence and ability to score inhalf-court situations meanthat UK is less dependent onscoring off of turnovers, atrait that characterized pastteams.

Despite the differences,the Cats still lead the nationin turnover margin at +9.9and have forced opponentsto shoot only 36.7 percent

from the field this season.Even more indicative aretheir 11.9 steals and 5.2blocks per game.

Thursday the Cats willtake their junkyard dogmentality up against theBulldogs of MississippiState. Mitchell has coachedUK to a 6-1 record over hisalma mater since 2008, in-cluding five straight victo-ries.

The Bulldogs are led bysophomores Kendra Grantand Martha Alwal, whoMitchell says are playing at

an All-SEC level. Grantleads the team with 12.8points per game. Alwal av-erages 12.2 point per gameand leads the team in re-bounding at 9.8 per game.Alwal, at 6-foot-4, hashelped Mississippi State toan SEC-leading 5.4 blocksper game.

As defense faces offagainst defense, it might bethe team that plays most likea junkyard dog that pulls outthe victory Thursday.

Tipoff is set for 7 p.m.in Memorial Coliseum.

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PHOTO BY KIRSTEN HOLLIDAY | STAFFUK ROTC showcased a custom built National Guard Bike made by the Orange County Choppers at theBuell Armory Wednesday.

ing to exchange their 2-year-old son, Jaydein, forvisitation, Brittany Cornettsaid.

Police said Tuesday thatthe boy was not injured andwas in the custody of socialservices workers. BrittanyCornett said relatives weremeeting with social workersWednesday to discuss Jay-dein.

The shooting occurredjust before 6 p.m., policesaid.

Hazard Police Chief Mi-nor Allen said Tuesday thatshots were fired into the vic-tims' vehicle; one personwas found dead inside andthe other was lying in theparking lot. He said theshooting could be “a domes-tic type situation” unrelatedto the school.

Brittany Cornett saidStidham and her sister hadlived together for aboutthree years and had separat-ed in October.

Caitlin Cornett had beenliving at Brittany Cornett'shome in Letcher Countysince the separation, Brit-tany said. Caitlin went tocourt in Perry County onMonday to determine a visi-tation schedule for the child.

She said Caitlin told herthat she had recently signedup for classes at the commu-nity college. Kristi Middle-ton, a spokeswoman for theKentucky Community andTechnical College System,confirmed that Caitlin hadrecently enrolled for acourse that is to begin in

February. Middleton saidCaitlin also was a studentduring the 2010-2011 schoolyear, pursuing an associate'sdegree in science.

“We send our condo-lences to her family andfriends, as well as theHCTC faculty, staff and stu-dents who may have comein contact with this younglady,” HCTC PresidentStephen Greiner said in astatement Wednesday. “Ourthoughts continue to be withall of the victims' familiesand lovedones.”

Greinersaid collegeofficials areeva lua t ingcampus se-curity proce-dures andthat thec a m p u swould re-open Thurs-day on an o r m a lschedule.

“This in-cident hascertainly shaken our com-munity and has caused us toevaluate the safety and secu-rity procedures we alreadyhave in place,” he said.

Caitlin Cornett had goneto court in Perry County inNovember in an attempt toget an emergency domesticviolence order against Stid-ham, but she was unsuccess-ful, her sister said.

Caitlin Cornett's father,Dwayne Cornett, saidWednesday that he worriedabout his daughter being inStidham's presence whenthey exchanged their son forvisitation.

“I begged my daughterto stay away from him ...”Dwayne Cornett said. “Mydaughter was just startingher life, and my brother wasa good person.”

At least 25 women weremurdered by male intimatepartners in Kentucky fromOct. 1, 2011 to Sept. 30,2012, according to an annu-al report from the KentuckyDomestic Violence Associa-tion. The report, called“Speak My Name,” includesonly women with whom the

group wasaware ofthrough do-mestic-vio-lence pro-grams andnews reports.

L o i sValentine, di-rector for aregional do-mestic vio-lence pro-gram basedin PerryCounty, saidshe was not

familiar withCaitlin Cornett's situation.But as a result of Tuesday'sshooting, Valentine said, sheheld a meeting with womenstaying at the shelterWednesday morning to em-phasize the importance offollowing safety rules.

“I tried ... to point out tothem ... how much dangerthey could be in and howmuch danger they could putothers in by not taking pre-cautions,” Valentine said.

“It just reiterates howserious domestic violenceis,” she said, “and how weneed to be more aware as acommunity.”

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It justreiterates how

serious domestic violence is.”

LOIS VALENTINEDirector of a regoinal

domesitc violence programbased in Perry County.

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Auburn University offi-cials were on the hook for$11 million in buyouts whenthey released football head

coach GeneChizik andhis assis-tants.

Universi-ty of Ten-nessee ad-ministratorsowed somuch mon-ey in foot-ball buyoutsthat theyhad to "real-locate"

funds originally designatedfor academic scholarshipsback into the athletics pro-gram.

Then there is Big BlueNation United.

UK athletic directorMitch Barnhart is charting apath of enhanced commit-ment to the football program,and partnering with the uni-versity like never beforewhile maintaining fiscal re-sponsibility.

And somehow he has UKfans excited about football inthe middle of January.

Barnhart beat the foot-ball-search crowd and madea fan base-uniting hire ofnew head football coachMark Stoops ahead of 28other schools in a tumultuousyear of coaching turnover.

The early decision to dis-miss Joker Phillips led toBarnhart getting ahead of thecurve and avoided a poten-tially embarrassing search, aswas the case at some pro-grams.

Prior to eventually hiringformer Cincinnati head coachButch Jones, Tennessee wasreportedly turned down byboth Oklahoma State's MikeGundy and U of L's CharlieStrong. Twitter ridicule en-sued, leading to “#turned-downUT” being a top-trend-ing topic.

Barnhart made the re-placement and has committeda substantial increase in as-sistants’ pay for the staff,without backing away frompledges made to the universi-

ty as a whole. “The stupidest people on

a college campus are collegepresidents. They are the guysthat are hiring these athleticdirectors, who turn aroundand dish out millions of dol-lars to these coaches,” saidOscar Combs, founder ofThe Cats’ Pause and memberof the Kentucky JournalismHall of Fame. “They are go-ing to turn around and fire acouple years later becausethey couldn't evaluate them.Just look at the situations atTennessee and Auburn.”

Upgrades to Common-wealth Stadium are now onthe horizon, with the an-nouncement last week thatthe Kentucky General As-sembly plans to approve thebonding necessary to financethe work.

The bonding UK athleticswill receive will pay for lux-ury boxes, a recruiting roomand … a science building?

Some may argue that UKathletics had to step up andcontribute some to the cam-pus at large in order to getapproval for what it wantedto accomplish, and there very

well may be some truth tothat.

The fact of the matter is,however, UK athletics is oneof the few programs in thecountry that is self-sustain-ing and virtually withoutdebt.

When the Wall StreetJournal ranked the worth ofFBS college football pro-grams, the Cats were No. 26,at a value of $202.7 million,despite little recent successon the field.

UK athletics earned theapproval for these plans be-

cause of its responsibility.According to WDRB.com'sEric Crawford, the yearlydebt payment for these en-hancements will run UK ath-letics between $3 million and$5 million, an amount it canbe trusted to pay.

Just a few months ago,the Kernel ran a series aboutthe UK football programchronicling investment short-falls on facilities, coachingand recruiting.

Commonwealth Stadiumupgrades will be completedby 2015, coaches’ salaries

have increased by more than$700,000 annually, accordingto numbers published by TheCourier-Journal's Kyle Tuck-er, and the Cats are on trackto have their best recruitingclass ever.

All that while also in-creasing the athletic depart-ment's commitment to thecampus as a whole — a BigBlue Nation United. Con-grats to Barnhart and UKPresident Eli Capilouto foraccomplishing in Januarywhat looked impossible lastSeptember.

UK athletics made key moves fast

Stoops has football fansexcited — in January

PHOTO BY GENEVIEVE ADAMS | STAFFUK Athletic Director Mitch Barnhart (left) and President Eli Capilouto (right) look on as football coachMark Stoops (center) fields questions at his introductory press conference in December.

LES JOHNS

Kernelcolumnist

Stoops fieldingslew of recruits

A busy recruiting week-end for head coach MarkStoops and his coaching staffresulted in some success,namely from the state northof the Ohio River.

UK received commit-ments from two-way three-star lineman Lovell Peterson(6-3, 280, Huber Heights,Ohio, Wayne HS) and three-star offensive tackle KyleMeadows (6-5, 270, WestChester, Ohio, Lakota WestHS). Those two, added withcornerback commitmentJaleel Hytchye from Cincin-nati, means the first threehigh school commitments inStoops’ tenure all hail fromOhio.

Stoops reiterated hisstaff’s emphasis on theOhio’s talent Saturday after-noon amid the most impor-tant weekend of his shortreign.

“I think it’s very impor-tant for us to get into Ohio,as you know, obviouslysouthern Ohio being very,very close. We consider thatlocal,” Stoops said. “And,again, with my ties to north-eastern Ohio, and really allthrough Ohio, it’s going to bevery important to us. There’stremendous football beingplayed in Ohio and so wewant to treat that as homebase. So, yes, we’re going towork Ohio hard along withKentucky and really anythingwithin a close proximity toUK.”

Peterson is the 27th besthigh school player in Ohio,according to Rivals, andMeadows is ranked 30th inthose same rankings. Mead-ows is also the 45th rankedoffensive tackle in the classof 2013 according to Ri-vals.

“He’s a big athlete tohave play on the offensiveline, and the sky’s the limit

for him,” Meadows’ highschool coach Larry Cox toldSteve Jones of the LouisvilleCourier-Journal. “He’s also agreat kid, and you’re not go-ing to have to worry aboutcharacter issues with him …He’s about 25 pounds away,and he’ll be the guy.”

UK also received com-mitments from three-star jun-ior college cornerback NateWillis (6-0, 180, Yuma, Ariz.,Arizona Western CC), two-star defensive lineman RegieMeant (6-5, 271, Cape Coral,Fla., Baker HS), three-starjunior college wide receiverJavess Blue (6-1, 195, LakeWales, Fla., Butler County(Kan.) CC ) and three-starcornerback Blake McClain(5-11, 181, Winter Park Fla.,Winter Park HS).

With National SigningDay less than three weeksaway, Stoops and his staffwill welcome another slew ofrecruits to campus this week-end for official visits. Themost prized recruit visitingthis weekend is three-starwide receiver Ryan Timmons(5-10, 186, Frankfort, Ky.,Franklin County HS), thefifth-ranked player in thestate of Kentucky and the58th best wide receiver in theclass of 2013.

Others taking an officialvisit to Lexington this week-end include three-star widereceiver Jeff Badet (5-11,160, Orlando, Fla., FreedomHS), three-star running backStafon McCray (5-11, 196,Kissimmee, Fla., OsceolaHS), three-star center DavidMaka (6-3, 315, Tustin,Calif., Tustin HS) andHytchye. Maka claims UK ishis favorite.

Should any recruits com-mit, they would add to the20-player recruiting class,which has UK ranked 37th inRivals’ recruiting rankings asof Wednesday afternoon, af-ter being outside the top 50at this point last week.

By Nick Grayngray@kykernel.com

UK’s 2013 class ranked 37th

The UK men’s andwomen’s tennis teamswill serve up their springseason openers thisweekend.

After the men’s ten-nis team won its firstSEC title last year since1992, the Cats are look-ing to continue that suc-cess under new headcoach Cedric Kauffmann,who takes over for long-time head coach DennisEmery. Emery retired af-ter 30 seasons as headcoach.

According to the In-tercollegiate Tennis As-sociation, the top-rankedplayer for UK to start theseason is junior TomJomby, who is rankedNo. 15 to start the year.Jomby recorded multiplewins over highly rankedopponents in 2012, lead-ing him to a career-highranking.

Also joining Jomby inthe rankings is senior cap-tain Anthony Rossi, rankedNo. 94 to start the year.Rossi, an All-American lastyear, helped drive the Catsto some key victories in lastyear’s title run.

Freshman Juan PabloMurra, ranked No. 97 in thenation, gives UK three play-ers in the top 100.

Jomby and freshmanKevin Lai come in at No.35 in doubles following astrong showing in the ITAregional National IndoorChampionships, defeatingsome of the top-rankedteams in the country ontheir way to the finals.

The Cats come in to theseason ranked No. 9 in thecountry, joining four otherSEC teams in the top 13:Georgia (6), MississippiState (11), Florida (12) andOle Miss (13). A total of 12SEC schools made the rank-ings, making the SEC oneof the tougher conferencesin the country.

UK will begin the 2013season with two matches atthe Hilary J. Boone VarsityTennis Center in Lexingtonon Jan. 20, as UK will hostNorthern Kentucky at 11a.m., followed by a nightmatch at 5 with in-state foeMorehead State.

The women’s team,coming off a season full of

youth and excitement,looks to compete for aSEC title this seasonas it returns much ofits team from 2012.

Many of theyoung Cats receivedSEC accolades fortheir performanceslast season, includingfreshman GraceTrimble, who was se-lected to the SECCommunity ServiceTeam for her workon and off the court.Freshman teammatesEdmee Morin-Kougoucheff andStephanie Fox wereselected to the SECAll-Freshman teamafter immediatelycontributing to theteam. Senior JessicaStiles looks to im-prove on her 12-9record last year asshe returns as theNo. 1 player for thewomen.

During the fall2012 season, the Catshad a strong showingat the Tennessee FallInvite with Stiles andJunior Khristina Bla-jkevitch both going 3-0 at the event. Fresh-man Kirsten Lewisalso recorded a 3-0 recordin doubles matches, win-ning two with fellow fresh-man Nadia Ravita and win-

ning the final match withFox.

The Cats will open upthe 2013 season SaturdayJan. 15, facing in-state rival

Morehead State at 10 a.m.and Belmont at 6 p.m. Bothmatches are at the Hillary J.Boone Varsity Tennis Cen-ter.

By Tyler Spanyertspanyer@kykernel.com

Men’s team highlighted by three players ranked in top 100

UK tennis teams begin theirspring season this weekend

STAFF FILE PHOTOSenior Anthony Rossi reaches for a ball against Tulsa last season at the Hilary J. Boone Tennis Center.

PHOTO BY TESSA LIGHTY | STAFFSophomore Marni Venter celebrates a point during a doubles matchagainst Alabama at the Boone Tennis Complex on March 25, 2012.

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The lovely Grace Potterand her jubilant Nocturnalsflaunted their musicalprowess at the Taft Theatre in

Cincinnati,Ohio thispast Friday.

T h e i rsheer enthu-siasm forrock and rollshook up thesurprisinglyolder audi-ence thatgathered forthe show.

From theopening act

of the Lumi-neers-ish sounding band,Langhorne Slim, to the sec-ond encore of "Medicine" bythe headliners, the entireevening was bursting withanimated applause and stand-ing ovations.

First up, Langhorne Slim

took the stage with a standingbass, banjo and quite thefeisty attitude.

Lead singer, Sean Scol-nick made sure to take histime with exaggerated paus-es, clearing his throat duringhis songs, generating whistlesand chants that only fueledthe musician's desire to enter-tain. The Edward Sharpesounding vocals were accom-panied by gritty, bluesy jamsand a fun drum beat.

If you're into a sauceddown version of The BlackKeys and enjoy bands likeLucero, check these guys out.They're certainly a good time.

Shortly after, the Noctur-nals took the stage. Immedi-ately, drummer Matt Burrdropped that familiar beatthat debuts the band's latestalbum, The Lion, the Beastand the Beat.

Without much hesitation,Potter waltzed onto the stage

with an almost immediateroar of applause followingbehind like her slinky shad-ow.

As she leaned over herHammond B3 organ, her lipspressed against the mic as shesang the opening vocals thatsent an electric chill down thespines of every concert-goer.

The whispered intro cameas a deliciously, decadentprecedent to this psychedelic,straight up, in-your-face jamcomplete with a flying v gui-tar.

The show just took offfrom there, hitting on a fewsongs from the new albumand stretching all the wayback to lesser played classicslike, "Apologies" and "Sug-ar."

The songs were softer butthe energy wasn't lackingwhile Potter took to her pianoand belted out the ballad,"Stars."

"I wrote it about a dearfriend who passed away whowas chemically not bal-anced," she explained. "Sad-ly, everyone knew this wasgoing to happen. They foundher in a river, which was anaffirmation of our deepestfears. But at the same time,people who are so imbal-anced that way have thischarisma that is stirring.Somebody like this persondraws you in and loves thefact that they take things a lit-tle too far," Potter said.

The emotional vibes illu-minated throughout the the-atre with the glowing lightsthat shone over Potter and theNocturnals as the song transi-tioned into, “Down By theRiver", a Neil Young cover.

The sultry, reminiscentmelody of the cover grewfaintly familiar then obvious-ly exploding into a sloweddown, heavy bass and organdistorted version of the song.It was intense and commemo-rated the solidarity of the per-

formance that had been gra-ciously unfolding in the the-atre that evening.

The main set came to aclose with a Tom Petty-vibesounding version of, "StopThis Bus."

Potter's vocals were spoton. Her husky vocals wel-comed a sexy attitude thatdrew from hints of JanisJoplin, Stevie Knicks andJoan Jett.

She was in her own worldof leather and hair flips as shesauntered across the stage,channeling her inner MickJagger.

Potter came back out toperform a fan tweeted fa-vorite, "Apologies."

With the lights off and aspotlight on only the centerstage, Potter took her flying vand a slide out for a grittyversion of "Nothing but theWater I" into "Nothing butthe Water II."

It was perfectly set up.Just Potter, her guitar, a spot-light and those raspy vocals.

Just when everyonethought it was over, Pottercame back out for a secondencore singing "Paris" andending on a funky, spitfireversion of "Medicine."

It seems Potter and theband have really come intotheir own over the past fewyears.

With this new album out,it's evident they are finallyfiguring out their look as aglam rock band and theirsound as performers.

Potter exhibits this time-less maturity in her vocalsand the the way she carriesherself that is mesmerizingand lacking in many musi-cians today.

Grace Potter & the Noc-turnals are true performers,guaranteeing a psychedelicexperience show that is a lit-tle trippy and a lot rock.

Check out my Grace Pot-ter & the Nocturnals andLanghorne Slim playlist onmy Facebook page, Pardon-theInterlude Kernel

Grace Potter impressive in Cincinnati ‘Raspy vocals’ blend well with the Nocturnals

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Middle school educationand media arts sophomoreKelly Moore, with help fromother students, founded herown TV show.

The show, called “TheElite List,” airs on WildcatStudent TV and consists of ahip-hop oriented discussionpanel focusing on today’smusic, sports, culture and

fashion. “The Elite List” also

covers local and UK-relatedevents featuring hip-hop cul-ture, such as step shows.

“I wanted something thatpeople watched and relatedto,” Moore said. “My wholethought for the show was for itto be discussion-based so thatpeople had the freedom to puttheir own opinions out there.”

Pre-journalism sopho-more Rashad Bigham said

when he first saw “The EliteList” at a UK event he knewit was something he wantedto be a part of.

“It was always some-thing I wish UK had. It wassomething different,”Bigham said.

“You learn somethingnew every day,” said Rae’E-sha Shabazz, an early ele-mentary education sopho-more. “I’m glad to be a partof something different and

branch out of my comfortzone.”

A fellow member of“The Elite List” has a posi-tive outlook on her experi-ence with the show, whichairs weekly.

“Whether I’m doing asolo project or a group proj-ect, I get excited when I seemy idea come to life,” kine-siology sophomore TyneshaMarshall said.

Created by students forstudents, the show featuresstudents as guests on the dis-

cussion panel.Members on “The Elite

List” agree that the toughestpart of the show is findingpeople willing to be on cam-era.

“One episode I got sooverwhelmed that I cried af-ter we got done filming,”Moore said. “I have a goodteam. They keep me level-headed.”

Giving her friends thechance to pursue new anddifferent things is among themost beneficial part of start-

ing up her own TV show,Moore said.

“We’re all trying to do alittle bit of everything andbecome more diverse,”Bigham said. “ ‘The EliteList’ helps me in pursuingmy future career.”

To find out more about“The Elite List,” tune intoWSTV or follow @_TheEl-iteList on Twitter.

“We want to be a stationfor all people, not just onedemographic,” Marshallsaid.

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Time for a civil debate, not a civil warWhen I was in highschool I used to getdrawn into what start-ed as friendly debateson Facebook overnational issues such

as marriage equalityor the War on Terror.They all usuallyended the sameway: we acted like acouple of wild mid-dle schoolers from

“Lord of the Flies” going for thekill and screaming about anythingbut what was relevant. Instead ofaddressing the others’ points,participants often corrected theirpunctuation — as if that provedtheir point. We never tried to killeach other, but we never solved

anything or even came to anysort of understanding I grew outof that, and while I still foster alively fire for healthy debate in mybelly, I do so respectfully in myold age. I’d rather discuss thetopic on hand than correct some-one’s online grammar. I’d ratherlearn than punch a keyboard.I bring this up because America iscaught in a major debate rightnow over gun control. OnTuesday night, Piers Morganinvited several respected expertsfrom all related fields and mem-bers of families closely affectedby mass shootings onto his CNNshow. It started out OK, but as itprogressed I was constantlyreminded of those adolescentarguments I used to have where

no one was right because no onecould “write.” There’s a problem in America.January isn’t even halfwaythrough and there have beenfour school shootings. Twooccurred on Tuesday. Whetherguns are bad or good makes nodifference; there is a problem.Acting like an unsupervised mid-dle schooler posting on Redditdoesn’t help anyone solve theproblem and just wastes time andresources. To solve these issues,and prevent more tragedies, peo-ple on both sides of the issuesare going to have to discuss thefacts openly and be willing tocompromise. Or if shootings areallowed to happen as often asthey have this year, we’re in for

more than 90 school shootingsbefore Christmas.Regardless of what your opinionis on the Second Amendment,whether you think it’s OK to haverocket-propelled grenades in yourpantry or whether you think thatcivilian-owned guns should havea limited fire rate and magazinecapacity, it’s time for an openminded discussion about allaspects of the issue. Partisanship and unwillingness tocompromise will only lead to thePiers Morgan’s and middleschoolers of the world gettingfired up, and children getting firedat.Judah Taylor is the Kernelʼsassistant opinions editor. Emailjtaylor@kykernel.com.

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