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PHOTO BY GENEVIEVE ADAMS | STAFFFreshman Willie Cauley-Stein missed two and a half weeks ofplay after having a minor knee procedure. He scored 13 points.

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UK freshman forward Willie Cauley-Steinhadn’t seen more than 15 minutes of action in agame since the Cats’ home win against Ten-

nessee on Jan. 15. He missed two and a half

weeks of action after a having aminor procedure on his leftknee.

Despite averaging 7.5points and seven rebounds pergame in the six games prior tothe procedure, his absence mayhave gone slightly overlooked.

The first game out of thelineup, the Cats promptly trav-eled to Auburn and deliveredtheir first knockout blow in theconference season, defeating

Cauley-Stein’sreturn madedifference

Almost on top

Five players scored in doublefigures as strong defense andsharp shooting led the Cats to a77-55 win over South Carolina atRupp Arena on Tuesday night.

Coupled with Florida’s lossto Arkansas, the win puts theCats one game out of first placein the SEC.

“We’re coming togetherslowly but surely,” said graduatestudent guard Julius Mays. “Ithink we’re maybe a step or twofrom being where we want tobe.”

South Carolina (12-10, 2-7SEC) struggled to penetrate UK’sperimeter defense, relying ondeep twos and the three-ball tostay in the game early.

Five UK turnovers in six pos-sessions allowed the Gamecocksto take an 18-17 lead midwaythrough the opening stanza.

UK head coach John Calipariresponded by sending freshmanforward Willie Cauley-Stein intothe game while leaving freshmancenter Nerlens Noel on the floor.

Cauley-Stein displayed no illeffects from his recent knee sur-gery, energetically running downthe court, playing with authoritydown low and even diving to thefloor to reach a loose ball.

Calipari’s move to have his“twin towers” on the floorsparked a 16-2 run as South Car-olina’s offense were repeatedlythwarted by the Cats’ defense.

“Willie Cauley was unbeliev-able,” Calipari said.

See JOHNS on page 4

Cats one game from 1st place in SECwith 77-55 win over South Carolina

House bill filed that would allow UK to start building projects

Franklin Co.’sTimmons commits

With his family aroundhim and his high school class-mates watching from thestands, Franklin County (Ky.)wide receiver Ryan Timmonsput on a UK hat and commit-ted to the Cats on Tuesday.

Timmons, a 5-foot-10,186-pound receiver whoplayed multiple positions dur-ing his high school career, isranked as the fifth best playerin Kentucky according to Ri-vals and the 68th best widereceiver in the class of 2013.ESPN rates Timmons as the249th best player overall.

Timmons chose the Catsover Ohio State, Florida andIllinois.

At his press conferenceTuesday, Timmons cited of-fensive coordinator NealBrown’s offense as a chieffactor in his recruitment.

“I have been running thatoffense since seventh grade,”Timmons said. “I am com-fortable in it and we wentover plays on my visit and Ialready knew them. CoachBrown and I get along well.He has a great offense and wehad a great connection. Weuse the same plays.”

By Nick Gray

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See SIGNING on page 2

Other highly touted state, regionrecruits will decide Wednesday

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UK will be hosting the 2013 Na-tional Collegiate Dodgeball AssociationNationals tournament April 13.

UK dodgeball is ranked No. 1 in thenation, so morale for the tournament ishigh.

“Face shots are encouraged,” ac-counting senior Hunter Harp said.“Youbasically try and hit someone in thehead so people are scared of you, andthey leave you alone.”

Games will be played at the SeatonCenter, the Johnson Center and theAlumni Gym.

Twenty-four teams will be playingin the tournament, including MichiganState, Ohio State, University of Mary-land and Western Kentucky University.

“I’d put UK’s 10 best guys againstanybody,” said graduate student ErrolStrauss, who helped start the club in2006.

Twenty players per team will enterinto the tournament.

“We need more players right now,

even though we’re No. 1 in the coun-try,” said Zac Brown, a community andleadership development senior and thedodgeball team leader.

Players emphasized no matter howbad of an athlete you think you are,you can always play and get better at

UK dodgeball team hosting nationalsBy William Wright

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UK is getting one step closer to-ward a $275 million infrastructureproject.

Legislation filing House Bill 7 isthe first step in the process that willbring the projects to life.

House Bill 7, sponsored by Rep.Rick Rand, D-Bedford, would allowUK to move forward with threeprojects, without using any state andgeneral funds, according to a UK

news release. UK’s self-financed projects, as

part of its BBNunited campaign, in-clude:

— A $65 million renovation andexpansion of the Gatton College ofBusiness and Economics.

— A $100 million new Scienceand Academic Building.

— A $110 million renovation ofCommonwealth Stadium and the

Nutter Training Center.Instead of depending on state

General Fund money, the universitywill pay the debt service. On Tues-day, House Speaker Greg Stumbosaid he thinks the bill “will flythrough the HOUSE maybe thisweek” according to the LexingtonHerald-Leader.

The House Appropriations andRevenue Committee has a hearing

Wednesday to vote on House Bill 7.“With the support of the gover-

nor and legislators across the state,we have found a path to move for-ward with the critical revitalizationof our campus, working with athlet-ics, generous donors and throughgreater internal efficiency,” Capi-louto said in the news release. “Thefiling of legislation represents onemore important step in this process.

We look forward to continuing totalk with policy leaders and the BigBlue Nation that has rallied aroundthis initiative.”

If this bill passes, it will contin-ue to be voted on in the full Houseand state Senate.

Read House Bill 7 atwww.lrc.ky.gov/record/13RS/HB7.htm.

STAFF REPORT

STAFF FILE PHOTO The UK dodgeball team is ranked No. 1 in the nation and will host nationals April 13.

By Tom Hurleythurley@kykernel.com

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PHOTO BY GENEVIEVE ADAMS | STAFFUK forward Nerlens Noel rebounds ashot Tuesday night. Noel had a double-double, finishing with 10 points, 10rebounds and five blocks.

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LOS ANGELES — There has been nooutcry against CBS from viewers angry withthe network’s unintentional airing of Balti-more Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco swear-ing while celebrating the team’s Super Bowlwin, according to a senior executive at thenetwork.

“We’ve gotten a handful of complaints(but) there are more people asking questionsabout the blackout,” said Martin Franks, ex-ecutive vice president of planning, policy andgovernment affairs for CBS.

In an interview, Franks said the only waythe network could have avoided picking upFlacco’s swearing would have been to putthe entire game on a tape delay. Such amove, he added, would not serve viewerswho want to see the action as it happens.

“One hundred and fifteen million peopleshould not have to wait 30 seconds for theresults of one the most exciting finishes inSuper Bowl history,” Franks said. (That’show many people were tuned in to the gameat that moment, according to Nielsen. Over-all, the CBS broadcast averaged just over108 million viewers.)

CBS had seven-second broadcast delaysin place for the pregame and halftime showsas well as the postgame show. Franks himselfwatched Beyonce rehearse a few days beforethe game just to see if there were any redflags in her halftime performance. “Weworked very hard to eliminate as much of therisk as we could,” Franks said.

Flacco’s utterances occurred just 85 sec-onds after the game had ended and the net-work had not yet gone to commercial break,which is required in order to switch to delaymode.

“Otherwise you have to repeal the lawsof physics and time,” Franks said, noting thatif the network had tried to go to delay duringa live telecast, “you’d have seven seconds of

black.”While Franks acknowledged that he did-

n’t want to diminish the concern over swear-ing on television — the Parents TelevisionCouncil has already called for the FederalCommunications Commission to investigatethe matter — he fears that too much was be-ing made of this incident.

“You can only take this protection so farbefore you compromise what the audiencereally wants, which is a sense that they arethere,” he said. “The other alternative is toput (announcers) Phil Simms and Jim Nantzin a sound-proof booth.”

Because the game was in doubt until thefinal play, there was a lot of pandemoniumon the field when time expired. CBS didn’twant to cut into such dramatic moments asRavens coach John Harbaugh and his broth-er, 49ers coach Jim Harbaugh, congratulatingeach other after the game, or Ravens line-backer Ray Lewis celebrating his final mo-ments as a player.

“Where were we going to cut away andnot have 115 million people unhappy theymissed this incredible drama and celebra-tion?” Franks asked. CBS did go to a com-mercial break 3 minutes and 15 seconds afterthe final gun sounded. When it resumed cov-erage, the delay was in place.

With regards to whether the FCC willlook into the matter, Franks said he hopedthe agency would see this in the context ofSupreme Court Justice Lewis Powell’s opin-ion in the Pacifica case (which paved theway for today’s indecency regulations). Inthat ruling, Powell wrote, “The Commis-sion’s holding, and certainly the Court’sholding today, does not speak to cases in-volving the isolated use of a potentially of-fensive word.”

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dodgeball. There is a lot oftalent on UK’s team, butStrauss said players alwaysare having a good time andtaking it easy. Dodgeball issupposed to be fun, Strausssaid.

“A lot of guys from myhometown got me into it,”said Tyler Kirby, a civil engi-neering freshman. “It’s awe-some.”

There’s no better way torelieve stress than hitting

someone with a dodgeball,Brown said. If you have atest coming up and you’restressing about it, dodgeballis the best way to let it allout.

Normally there are 25 to40 people at practice, whichtakes place in the AlumniGym on Mondays at 8 p.m.There are 15 people per teamin a normal game.

Dodgeballs, which looklike partially deflated rubberkickballs, can be thrown atamazing speeds. UK’s WesHopkins holds the record forthe fastest arm in the NCDA.He can throw a dodgeball 81

mph, according to the NCDAwebsite.

Players are expected tobe able to catch throws fromthe opposing team. Catchingthe ball doesn’t just elimi-nate the player who threw it.It also allows an eliminatedplayer from that player’sown team to re-enter thegame. Building catchingskills has been encouragedby Brown.

“We have a few freshmenwho have phenomenalhands,” he said.

The team travels aboutonce a month to play otherschools, Brown said.

DODGEBALLContinued from page 1

As a high-profile recruitin the state, Timmons calledhis recruitment “really stress-ful at times” but also exciting.One of the main recruiters forFlorida was Gators wide re-ceivers coach and ex-UKhead coach Joker Phillips.

“I was at a point I did notknow where I wanted to go,but I did enjoy the recruitingand going to different

schools. I could not say any-thing bad about any of theschools,” Timmons said. “Itwas kind of tough telling Jok-er (Phillips about his deci-sion). He thought I was com-ing (to Florida) and was kindof disappointed. But he saidhe understood.”

Meanwhile, LouisvilleTrinity High School defen-sive end Jason Hatcher willannounce his selection at 3p.m. Wednesday at his highschool.

His recruitment has beenwell scrutinized throughout

the last six weeks, reachingits peak when Hatcher de-committed from USC viaTwitter, then deleting thetweet shortly thereafter.

His final three schools areUK, Louisville and USC, ac-cording to Rivals.

Rivals and 24/7 Sports re-ported Tuesday that Hatcherwas decommitted from theTrojans and leaning towardthe Cats, while ESPN postedon its website late Tuesdayafternoon under Hatcher’s re-cruiting profile as committedto UK.

Hatcher is the eighth-ranked weakside defensiveend by Rivals and the third-best player in Kentucky.ESPN ranks Hatcher as the182nd player overall and the14th best overall defensiveend.

Lincoln (Fla.) inside line-backer James Hearns will notbe signing a letter of intentWednesday, his high schoolcoach told Corey Dowlar ofESPN. Hearns, a four-star rat-ed recruit by Rivals andESPN, decommitted fromFlorida on Jan. 24, one day

before he took an official visitto UK. Hearns also visitedAuburn on Jan. 18.

Denham Springs (La.)defensive tackle Tevin Law-son, an LSU commit, hasscheduled an official visit toUK this weekend, JustinRowland of Rivals reports.The 6-foot-4, 274-poundlineman has been committedto the Tigers since lastMarch and visited BatonRouge on Jan. 25.

O’Perry (La.) defensiveend Corey Smith plans tomake his decision Wednes-

day, Rivals reports. Smith isranked as the 33rd best weak-side defensive end in nationby Rivals as a three-star re-cruit.

The 6-foot-6, 255-poundlineman visited UK on Jan.25 and also visited ArizonaState and Tulane, accordingto Rivals. Louisville is alsoconsidered in the mix.

UK head coach MarkStoops now has 21 from theclass of 2013 with Timmons’commitment, and four spotsare left open on the eve ofsigning day.

SIGNINGContinued from page 1

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The existence of racism and segregationas a whole is no secret to anyone.

Countless prominent figures have ledmarches, have given speeches, have created

riots all to ensure equalityamong the black andwhite communities.

Nevertheless, there is adivision even within theblack community, and it isthe same reason that hascaused the never-endingfight for equality: differen-tiating skin tones. Howev-er, in this case it is knownas colorism.

Being a young blackwoman I have alwaysknown this issue existed,but I did not recognize the

depth of such a predicament until arriving tocollege and contemplating Greek Life.

I knew no one when first entering thisuniversity and desired a quick and easy way

to form friendships. I rushed and pledged aPanhellenic sorority, seeing little to no issuewith this — I have never been one to strictlymake decisions based on my race and did notfully understand the vast segregation, espe-cially in Greek life at UK.

After becoming a pledge, however, thiswas made known to me. I developed a burn-ing sense of longing and curiosity for whatexactly lay on the other side, and why therewere so few similar to me with equivalentmindsets.

I began my own research attending meet-ings, events, interviews and so on to fully fa-miliarize myself with the National Panhel-lenic Council organizations on campus: Theblack sororities, Alpha Kappa Alpha, DeltaSigma Theta and Zeta Phi Beta. I swiftly be-came intrigued by these organizations andtheir history.

However, throughout this process, severalindividuals continuously told me that I shouldhave been an Alpha Kappa Alpha because Ihave the stereotypical look of such group.

Perplexed, I did some research and dis-covered stereotypes among these organiza-tions.

Alpha Kappa Alphas are often said to belighter-skin-toned black women, stuck up or“snooty,” and are often times considered to be“prettier.” Delta Sigma Thetas and Zeta PhiBetas are stereotypically said to be darker. Iwould like to place emphasis on the wordstereotype; hence, this does not apply to all.

Throughout my life, I have become wellacquainted with others placing the label“stuck-up” onto me, simply because of theshade of my skin. I have also seen this doneto other lighter-skinned black women, withno legitimacy or logistics to back up thisclaim.

After discovering this issue within theblack sororities, I intensified my research andcame across the term colorism.

Harvard University defined colorism as,“The tendency to perceive or behave towardmembers of a racial category based on thelightness or darkness of their skin tone.”

The theory also stated that, for whateverreasons, people of a lighter complexion in anon-white race are oftentimes granted morepower, wealth and a higher status in thecommunity.

Once again, I am left perplexed. As stat-ed, countless prominent figures have ledmarches, have given speeches, have createdriots all to ensure equality among the blackand white communities.

Many have stood in the streets, and manyhave sat on buses, rebelling against thewrongdoings brought upon the black commu-nity.

Yet there is this huge predicament thatlies within said community and there are min-imal to no actions being done to correct it.

It is difficult to conquer and defeat the is-sues brought upon our community if we can-not conquer and defeat the issues alreadywithin it.

Shacoya Kidwell is an integrated strate-gic communication freshman. Email opinions@kykernel.com.

The division created by colorism must stop

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the Tigers, 75-53.Along the way, offensive-

ly the middle seemed lessclogged. Sophomore forwardKyle Wiltjer regained hisshooting stroke and an infi-nite amount of offensive con-fidence.

Some even suggestedmaybe the Cats played betterwithout using Cauley-Stein inthe lineup at the same time asfreshman all-everything Ner-lens Noel.

Cauley-Stein returnedSaturday in College Station,Texas, as the Cats exacted re-venge against the Aggies, butonly played four sparing min-utes.

“The last game, the onlyreason I didn’t play him inthe second half is because ofthe way the game was goingand I didn’t want Nerlens(Noel) out of the game,”Calipari said about Cauley-Stein’s playing time againstTexas A&M.

The Cats were remindedTuesday night what theywere missing. They weremissing Cauley-Stein’s hus-tle, intensity and versatility.

“Willie Cauley was unbe-lievable,” Calipari said. “Andyou say, what did he do? Hejust added energy.”

The Cats started hot,running out to a quick 10-2lead in the first three min-utes, but then floundered,eventually giving up thelead midway through thefirst half, at 18-17.

Cauley-Stein’s efforthelped lead an 11-0 run forthe Cats, who held on to adouble-digit lead virtually therest of the way of a 77-55win over South Carolina.

He threw his body into amix of players to tip a balltoward freshman guardArchie Goodwin for a fastbreak. Cauley-Stein convert-ed an old-fashioned three-point play, and he also ledthe break for the Cats on acouple of occasions.

“He brings a lot of energy.He’s going to run the floorand play defense real hard,”sophomore guard Ryan Har-row said about Cauley-Stein’sreturn. “When he has his of-fensive game going it makes iteasier on all of us.”

He tallied 22 minutes ofaction, scoring 13 points onefficient 5-of-7 shooting fromthe floor.

“Tonight, with him com-ing in and playing the way hedid changed the wholegame,” graduate studentguard Julius Mays said.“Willie brings a differenttype of energy than any otherplayer that we have. Hechanges the game for us both

offensively and defensively.”Cauley-Stein also nailed

three of his five three-throwattempts. He also added sixrebounds and two of theCats’ nine blocked shots.

“He went after balls. Herebounded the ball,” Caliparisaid about Cauley-Stein’sperformance.

Cauley-Stein said the in-jury dates all the way back toeighth-grade football season.He said that it was a loosepiece of bone that wouldcome up into his thigh and ag-itate him, sometimes shootingdown into a joint area.

“It was a pain tolerancething,” Cauley-Stein said,stating that he had alwaysbeen able to play through it.

Cauley-Stein said thatmost of the time away fromthe court was spent liftingweights, and he feels strongernow in his upper body.

“(Strength and Condition-ing Coach) Rock (Oliver) hasbeen doing a good job rehab-bing and working on gettingme back ready to playagain,” Cauley-Stein said.

From an effort and pro-duction standpoint, Cauley-Stein seemed back to his oldform. He doesn’t quite see itthat way.

“My lungs are still rusty,”Cauley-Stein said. “I waswinded a little bit. Once I amrunning and in basketballshape I will be good.”

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Also making an impactwas Ryan Harrow, wholooked like a different player.

“I’m more confident, try-ing to play better defense, try-ing to run the team better,”Harrow said. ”I still have aways to go ... but I think Imade a lot of strides fromwhere I was at the beginningof the season.”

Harrow finished a perfect6-of-6 from the field, tallying12 points and four assists.

UK continued to deny theGamecocks’ routes to thepaint on defense, Noel andCauley-Stein swatting the ball

away with ease against theirsmaller opponents.

Cauley-Stein, Harrow,Mays and freshman forwardAlex Poythress were a com-bined 10-of-10 from the fieldas the Cats closed out the firsthalf, leading 45-24.

Calipari, mindful of theCats’ trend this season to al-low opponents back into thegame after holding a big lead,kept on top of his players asthe second half wore on.

“I got a little mean in thesecond half,“ Calipari said. “Idon’t want to coach this teamthis way because if they don’twant to bring it, that’s onthem. I don’t want to coachemotion.”

The Gamecocks managedto shrink the lead to 15

points, but Calipari rotatedthrough his lineup in order tostem any comeback.

“We broke down a littlebit in the second half,” Cali-pari said. “They got it to 15and (I) had to sub a bunch ofguys out. No energy, no in-tensity, just playing.”

Mays led the team inscoring with 15 points, allfour of his field goals comingfrom behind the arc.

Goodwin and Cauley-Stein finished with 13 pointseach. Noel had five blocks togo along with his 10 re-bounds and 10 points.

The Cats will look tobuild on the momentum whenthey host Auburn on Satur-day. Tipoff at Rupp Arena isset for 4 p.m.

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