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UK’s police chief hasbeen in charge of the policedepartment for more thanfour years, but he is just nowabout to mark his first fullyear with the official title.

UK Police Chief JoeMonroe said the beginning ofthe year has gone as he ex-pected, but he is glad to havesome help.

“We use a task force thatis a combination of Lexing-ton police officers and UKpolice officers, and they workside by side on a specializedtask force,” Monroe said.

“And all they do is patrol thecampus area.”

The joint effort will lastthrough the first six weeks ofthe semester.

Monroe aims to makecampus safer for students thisschool year, and he wouldalso like to see his policeforce grow.

“I am really big on goalsetting, as our personnel willtell you. In house, our priorityis that we’d love to havemore officers,” Monroe said.“We’ve done a reorganizationof the police department thatreally helped out a lot in dis-tributing some responsibili-

ties.”Personal goals have also

helped Monroe throughouthis life. Monroe originally sethis sights on becoming anFBI agent. He decided to staylocal instead, setting his goalto his current position oncehe got involved with UK Po-lice.

The law requires officers

to have 40 hours of trainingyearly, Monroe said. He saidduring these hours he likes tobe productive and better him-self.

“I was developing my-self,” he said. “I took super-vision classes, manager class-es [and] leadership classes,instead of taking the skillsclasses.”

Though Monroe was notofficially police chief untillast November, he said hisduties as interim police chieffor the three years before hispromotion got him ready forthe role.

“There was really no dif-

ference, we made a smoothtransition. Basically it waschanging a badge and collarpins,” Monroe said. “Every-thing else we already startedin the interim roll; we had ahead start in doing that.”

During his time at UK sofar, Monroe developed thefirst Protestor Device Extrac-tion Team by a university po-lice agency in the country,and he was one of the found-ing members of the UK Po-lice Special Response Team,according to his biography onUK’s website.

Monroe said the hardestpart about his job is balancing

work with family life.“I’d say the most difficult

part would be having to makesome personal sacrifices, dueto the long hours and tryingto juggle being a father andstill being active in my kids’sports,” he said.

Monroe has started sever-al programs at UK and iswaiting to start others this se-mester.

One of these programs is“Coffee with the Chief,”which according to its web-site, allows for one-on-oneconversation between Mon-roe and a member of the

By Drew Teaguenews@kykernel.com

Monroe celebrates first year as chief

See MONROEon page 2

CATS CLUTCH FOURTH CUP

LOUISVILLE — The Joker Phillips erahas started on a winning note.

In his first game as UK’s head coach,Phillips’ team scored 35 seconds into thegame against archrival Louisville and had animpressive early offensive display, accountingfor many of UK’s 230 rushing yards. Thiscombination lifted the Cats to a 23-16 win.

Also making his head coaching debut,Louisville’s Charlie Strong was unable to rallyhis team to prevent UK (1-0) from capturingits fourth consecutive Governor’s Cup. This isthe longest winning streak for the Cats in themodern history of this rivalry. UK’s streakcomes on the heels of the Cards’ (0-1) fourstraight Governor’s Cup victories from 2003-2006.

“I’m excited, and I’m excited about thisprogram,” Phillips said of the victorious startto his tenure. “For us to have a great season,we had to win this game … that’s what I wasmore excited about, not me, I care too muchabout this program to be selfish.”

The Cats’ first offensive series quickly si-

lenced a record 55,327 fans on hand at thenewly-renovated Papa John’s Stadium. Seniortailback Derrick Locke, who received theHoward Schnellenberger Award as the game’smost valuable player, set the tone for the run-ning game early with his 32-yard scamper fora touchdown on the second play of the game.

“I thought we were going to blow themout of here and get our second and thirdstringers on quick,” said Locke, who carriedthe ball 23 times for 115 yards and two scores,despite being slowed by cramps and tightnessin his calf.

Coupled with a strong running perform-ance was the steady play of senior quarterbackMike Hartline, who became the first UK quar-terback to go 3-0 as a starter against the Cards.

The oft-scrutinized Hartline looked poisedfrom the start, connecting with sophomorewide receiver La’Rod King on the openingplay of the game for 38 yards. He was 10-of-12 for 115 yards by halftime in helping UK toa 20-6 lead.

“(Hartline) did more than manage thegame,” Phillips said. “He made some plays towin the game. He scrambled, he made somethrows, he ran when he needed to, he got rid

of the ball when he had pressure, and he man-aged that pressure, and that’s one of the thingswe thought he needed to do.”

The second half looked to continue thesame UK dominance after a 41-yard RyanTydlacka field goal on its first second-halfdrive extended the Cats’ lead to 23-6.

Louisville senior tailback Bilal Powell,

By Nick Craddockncraddock@kykernel.com

Cats knock off Cardsin Phillips’ debut

See FOOTBALL on page 2

PHOTO BY SCOTT HANNIGAN | STAFFRandall Cobb (left), Moncell Allen (middle) and Winston Guy Jr. (right) hoist the Governor’s Cup after their 23-16 win over Louisville on Saturday.

Despite the season-opening win overLouisville, a sluggish second half and dumbpenalties captured the focus of UK headcoach Joker Phillips ahead of UK’s Satur-day matchup with Western Kentucky.

“We cannot make our same mistakesthat we had in this past game,” Phillipssaid. “We’ve got to get those corrected andcontinue to play fast, start fast, but then fin-ish stronger than we did.”

Phillips pointed to 11 penalties for 90yards and four big plays surrendered by theUK defense that accounted for 134 yards asways that “Kentucky can beat Kentucky.”

One such play was Louisville runningback Bilal Powell’s 80-yard run, in whichhe broke to the outside and sprinted downthe sideline for a touchdown in whatPhillips called a “horrendous” third quarter.

Junior cornerback Randall Burden saidthe UK defense selected a cloud call to theside in the cover-2 defense, and he was sup-posed to play in.

“I know I did the wrong thing,” saidBurden, who unsuccessfully tried to catchPowell following his mistake.

Although WKU is in the midst of a 21-game losing streak, currently the longest inthe nation, Phillips said mistakes can trip upa heavily-favored team as evidenced bysome of the results of college football’sopening weekend.

One of UK’s Southeastern Conferencefoes, Ole Miss, was shocked 49-48 thisweekend in double overtime by Jack-sonville State, a Football Championship

By Nick Craddockncraddock@kykernel.com

Phillips aimsto minimize

mistakes

See NOTEBOOK on page 5

Andrew Napier was at a bar withfriends when one told the group how Napi-er had just returned from combat in Iraq. Awoman in the group responded by saying,“Oh, is ... that still going on?”

Napier, a UK biology student, told thisstory on Jan. 28 during an online interviewthrough UK’s Louie B. Nunn Center forOral History. In the interview, Napier saidafter returning from Iraq he felt like no-body even realized he was gone.

The Nunn Center’s interest in his storymade him feel differently.

“It's awesome to hear that anybodyeven cares what's happening, you know?”Napier said in his interview.

Napier’s interview is one of seven thatare available online in video format as partof the Nunn Center’s From Combat toKentucky Oral History Project.

The project gives veterans from Iraqand Afghanistan now attending UK achance to document their military stories.During the interviews, which typically last

By Martha Groppomgroppo@kykernel.com

Going fromcombat to

college

See COMBAT on page 5

Joe MonroeUK police

chief ofalmost a year

PHOTO BY BRITNEY MCINTOSH | STAFFWide receiver Randall Cobb scores a touchdownagainst Louisville, helping secure the Cats’ win.

“Hartline did more than manage the game. He made

some plays to win the game.— UK head coach Joker Phillips

Check for additional football coverage at bluenationblog.com.

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PAGE 2 | Tuesday, September 7, 2010

PASADENA, Calif. It'smorphin' time! again.

"The Mighty MorphinPower Rangers," who explodedon to the children's televisionprogramming scene 17 yearsago and instantly became a rat-ings and merchandising mon-ster, are making a comeback.

The program, a mix of ac-tion scenes from a Japanese se-ries and new footage shot withAmerican actors, followed theexploits of a handful of teenswho would morph into brightlydressed heroes to fight weirdcreatures.

An 18th season of the se-ries is planned for Nickelodeonin 2011 and the originalepisodes will run on Nicktoonslater this year.

Stewart St. John, a film andTV writer/director, was a bigpart of the show's early suc-cess. He wrote 30 of the origi-nal episodes and was the storyeditor the first season. Amonghis contributions was namingmany of the characters and in-troducing the Green Ranger.

St. John is certain anotherwave of "Morphin" mania is onthe way.

"I think the show is goingto be just as big as it was thatfirst year. It's obvious there arestill plenty of fans," St. Johnsays after speaking at the"Power Morphicon 2" conven-tion last weekend. "Many of uswere saying that we just can'tbelieve what's happening withthis whole 'Power Rangers'thing."

Thousands of fans manydressed in the costumes of theirfavorite characters packed thePasadena Convention Center tocollect autographs, buy col-lectibles and share their passionfor the Power Rangers. Toysbased on the series go for asmuch as $200 and actual propscarry price tags as high as$700.

St. John says "PowerRangers" fans are as passionateand as knowledgable as "StarTrek" or "Star Wars" enthusi-asts.

Chris Howell and his girl-

friend, Laura Stinnett, drove 31hours straight from Louisville,Ky. to attend the convention.Howell's dressed in an exactcopy of the Green Ranger cos-tume that he had made inBangkok for $900.

"I was not popular when Iwas a kid and the show was myescape," Howell says. "I justloved the show."

The actors are amazed tosee how much interest there isin the show.

Tracy Lynn Cruz playedthe Yellow Ranger for threeyears appearing in "PowerRangers Turbo," "PowerRangers in Space" and "PowerRangers Lost Galaxy."

"When 'Galaxy' ended Ithought this was all over forme. I didn't know there was somany people still following it,"Cruz says. "I had no idea abouthow much loyalty there waswith the fans. When you seepeople here from as far awayas England and Puerto Rico, it'svery humbling."

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community. Its purpose is to promote astronger relationship between theUKPD and those it serves, accordingto the website.

Monroe said he would like to seemore students use this program.

“It gives students a chance to talkabout whatever is on their mind,whether it be a personal issue, orsomething they are concerned with on

campus, or if they just need someguidance with something in their life,”he said.

To sign up for “Coffee with theChief,” visit (www.uky.edu/Police/cof-fee-with-the-chief.html).

Monroe said he enjoys studentfeedback, and he is creating a surveyto be released near the end of the se-mester so the UKPD can improve.

“I really am trying to break downthe historical roadblocks in commu-nication police always have,” he said.

MONROEContinued from page 1

who finished with a game-high 156yards, responded on the very next playwith a career-long, 80-yard touchdownrun. Then, UK started to unravel men-tally with seven penalties for 59 yardsin the second half, compared to theCards’ one second-half penalty.

“I’m not going to say we were re-

laxed, I just felt like we made toomany mistakes,” Locke said. “Howmany offside penalties did we have?False starts?”

Although the necessary improve-ments will become clearer in filmstudy the players were pleased to es-cape with the road win.

“This is a big game, no matter ifyou’re a fifth-year guy or a freshman,”Hartline said. “You’ve got to playgood in the Louisville game. You’vegot to win it.”

FOOTBALLContinued from page 1

SPORTSThursday,September 7, 2010

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Chandler HowardSports EditorPhone: 257-1915

choward@kykernel.com

With Michigan State leading West-ern Michigan by three touchdowns latein the third quarter, a pick by a Spartanssafety in the waning minutes was farfrom a game-changing play.

But for a beleaguered secondary thatstruggled mightily in 2009, senior strongsafety Marcus Hyde's interception sym-bolized much more.

"I was so excited when Marcus gotthat pick," said junior free safety TrentonRobinson, who had eight tackles. "It wasjust the icing on the cake that we werewaiting for all game. It was like, 'One ofus has to get a pick.' He did it. I wasvery excited."

The Spartans had just six intercep-tions all year, and no player had morethan one. Reversing that dearth ofturnovers became a point of emphasisfor MSU's defense this season, and get-ting an interception in the first gameboosted the group's spirits.

MSU beat Western, 38-14, but theBroncos could have added more points if

not for Hyde's pick. Hyde interceptedAlex Carder's pass at MSU's 19-yardline.

It's that type of red-zone defense thatMSU also lacked last season. The Spar-tans gave up 28 touchdowns in oppo-nents' 41 trips past the MSU's 20-yardline. With five of MSU's seven lossesdecided by eight points or fewer, greaterturnover generation could have made asignificant difference.

"It's been stressed every day, thatyou have to go out and make playswhen you're in position to make aplay," Hyde said. "That was our thing,and it's still gonna be our thing. Thatwill help us out, overall, as a team."

The 2009 secondary, despite return-ing players with some starting experi-ence, admitted to missing a standoutplayer who could communicate with therest of the group and produce.

That group also played withoutJohnny Adams, a cornerback who had astrong freshman season in 2008 but hadto redshirt. He played the first twogames, and then took some time off afterthe death of his grandmother. A subse-

quent shoulder injury prohibited a returnin 2009.

Having Adams as the starting fieldcornerback made the secondary —which had three returning starters fromlast season in Robinson, Hyde and seniorboundary corner Chris L. Rucker _ a lotstronger Saturday.

Rucker and Adams each had a passbreakup, and Rucker also had a quarter-back hurry. Of Rucker's seven tackles,one was for a loss of eight yards. West-ern finished with 238 passing yards.

"We didn't give up big passes,"Robinson said. "We consider big passes20 yards or more, and I think we gavetwo of those up."

There were at least three catches formore than 20 yards, but the Broncos av-eraged 7.9 yards per completion.

For many years, the unofficial yards-after-catch count typically burned MSU(what could have been a 10-yard playbecame a 30-yard gain when a defensiveback failed to make a tackle).

The secondary hopes those days arebehind it .

By Shannon SheltonMCT

MSU’s secondary finds its bearings

They came. They clawed. They con-quered.

Senior Mike Hartline was a busy man Sat-urday. Both in making me eatmy words and in proving toeveryone, he is the right per-son to be starting quarterbackat UK.

He sure showed it.Following a brief moment

of inflatable Cardinal disaster(which I’m convinced no-body else is Papa John’s Sta-dium noticed), UK took thefield and went to work. Theteam came out fighting and,frankly, impressing.

The Governor’s Cup was all but beggingto be awarded to the Cats after the stunningfirst quarter display they put on. But it wastruly a tale of two halves for the Common-wealth’s leading interstate rivalry.

In the end, UK put on a show its fans canbe happy with. Though a continuation of whatviewers saw in the first quarter would havebeen more pleasing, a victory is just that.

Hartline was solid, delivering a notableperformance under center. Don’t worry aboutthe lack of touchdowns, because the team did-n’t need them from him (Derrick Locke pro-vided those). Fans should be awed by Hart-line’s poise in the pocket and on the scramble.His play was reassuring, to say the least.

“He was the guy I praised the most withour football team,” UK head coach JokerPhillips said. “Mike’s taken a lot of criticism.You know what? He’s handled it like a man.He didn’t come out here with a sour look onhis face. He had a bounce in his step.”

It was a bounce to be respected.UK’s defense was also exciting. Danny

Trevathan made a tackle or two (or eight inthe first half), Mychal Bailey came up with akey interception and the Luke McDermott-Ricky Lumpkin duo sacked Louisville’s quar-terback at a couple pivotal points. Other thanallowing an 80-yard rush, it was another stir-ring performance on the Cats’ day.

The Blue and White wasn’t all extraordi-nary, though. Teams are not typically knownto win many games while being penalized 11times. The youthfulness of UK may also beone of its foremost weaknesses early in theseason.

“We didn’t play consistently,” Phillipssaid. “We made way too many mistakes. Wehad way too many penalties and way toomany dumb penalties at crucial times … takeaway three or four plays, they had nothing.”

Louisville certainly had something. SeniorAdam Froman found some lapses in the Cats’defense, and the Cards did a good job ofkeeping themselves in the game. In its tough-est non-conference game of the season, UKcame away with a victory that could havegone either way. Take nothing away fromUK’s success — it was earned.

But for the readers fretting over whetheror not the Cats are the real deal, sleep easy.The glimpse of near perfection fans saw in thefirst quarter is a solid place for the team tobuild its foundation. With the quarterback dis-cussion silenced and the biggest game for thefans under its belt, UK begins its season.

Hartline surpasses

expectations

CHANDLERHOWARDKernel

columnist

HOMETOWN VICTORY

It’s been a busy Labor DayWeekend for UK sports.

Of course, there was thatfootball game.

However, more athletes wereplaying than just the ones in hel-mets. Men and women’s soccerand women’s volleyball allplayed in tournaments over theweekend. Here’s a quick run-down of what happened.

Men’s soccer (2-0) wontwice over the weekend behindsome fine freshmen perform-ances. In their season openerFriday, the Cats beat EasternIllinois 1-0 behind freshmanTyler Riggs’ 31st minute goal.

UK’s offense was firing allnight, registering a total of 21shots.

Sunday, UK won the UK In-vitational Tournament with a 1-0win over IUPUI. Freshman Jor-dan Rose netted the only goal ofthe match in the 55th minute.Freshman goalkeeper Tyler Bea-dle made two saves to post hissecond straight shutout.

Women’s soccer (3-1)played twice this weekend inthe ACC/SEC Challenge. Fri-day, UK scored twice in the sec-ond half for a come-from-be-hind upset of No. 15 VirginiaTech. After trailing by a goal athalftime, Jenna Goblirschscored in the 50th minute off aset piece to tie the game. UKtook the lead in the 61st minute

on a transition goal by CaitlinLandis.

Sunday, UK lost 2-0 againstNo. 14 Wake Forest. The Dea-mon Deacons scored two first-half goals, and the Cats werestagnant on offense, as their firstshot didn’t come until the 71stminute. For the game, UK wasoutshot 21-3.

Women’s volleyball (4-2)won the Kentucky Classic withthree victories over the weekend.Ranked No. 16 in the nation, UKrolled through Miami (Ohio) inthree sets Friday behind liberoStephanie Klefot’s career-high21 digs. The team posted a totalof 13 blocks in a strong defen-sive effort.

Saturday, UK prevailed infive sets over South Florida, 25-

20, 25-22, 23-25, 21-25, 15-10.UK posted 62 kills, and threeplayers — freshman WhitneyBillings, junior Ann Armes andsenior Lauren Rapp — posted atleast 12.

Sunday, UK won 3-1 overOhio State. Rapp had 12 killsand 12 scoops, and she wasnamed the tournament MVP forher performances. Blair Hilerand Stephanie Klefot joinedRapp on the All-Tournamentteam.

Overall, UK went 7-1 be-tween football, volleyball and thetwo soccer teams during theweekend.

-Scores and statistics gath-ered from UK Athletics’ website.

Staff Reportssports@kykernel.com

Weekend sports update

PHOTO BY SCOTT HANNIGAN | STAFFLibero Stephanie Klefot was named to the Kentucky Classic All-Tournament team after helpingUK win all three of its matches over the weekend.

MATTHEW STALLINGS, Kernel cartoonist

Drivingprogramrevealsblindspots in dialogue

The Student Govern-ment Senate wiselypumped the brakes on theproposed driving programat its first meeting of theyear.

Senators voted to tablethe $85,000 late-night driv-ing service until next week,amending it from the finalbudget for later discussion.The decision came aftermany senators said they hadnot heard of the proposal,with several others only re-cently hearing of the idea.

SG President RyanSmith said he had reserva-tions about passing thebudget without the serv-ice, a program "we’ve in-vested a lot of time in," hesaid. But, his reservationshould be how uninformedhis Senate was of the proj-ect and not that the votewas put on hold.

Senators should notblindly make such a majordecision that represents 17percent of the total SG budg-et without any knowledge.

Yes, offering a drivingservice would reduce drunk-en driving and violentcrimes. Several of UK's

benchmark institutions withsimilar programs have no-ticed a decline in both issuesfrom implementing such pro-grams.

However, senators, andeven more importantly, stu-dents, need to know aboutservices like this more than afew weeks before they gointo action.

How many studentsknew about the service morethan a few days before it wasto be voted on? Even now,how many students knowwhat the schedule will beonce it is set in place?

In the end, Smith and hisadministration look bad forpushing a project that so fewpeople knew about.

Going into a secondterm, SG has to know howimportant communicationis to the process, especial-ly when student safety isthe subject.

For a governmentproject, people have toknow what’s going onand something like thisshould not catch anyonein the student body bysurprise, much less thepeople voting on it.

Letter to theEditor

I must start by sayingthat I love that there is apedestrian crossing on RoseStreet.

This is a well-travelled,central area of campus, and Ireally appreciate it whendrivers wait for me to cross.

As a driver, however, itcan lead to long waits be-cause pedestrians cross in asteady stream, meaning thatRose gets heavily backed upat certain periods of the day.Consequently, the intersec-tion of Rose and Columbiaalso gets jammed.

Furthermore, becausethere are no turn lights at theincreasingly busy intersec-

tion of Rose and Huguelet,the whole Rose area is rap-idly becoming a quagmire.

To ease the conges-tion, I wonder if UKcould employ someone toregulate the flow ofpedestrians and cars atthe crosswalk during rushhour (noon-1p.m.), likethey do at the Transycrossing on Broadway?

I think if they waved twoor three cars through at atime and then let an accumu-lated group of pedestriansthrough, it would be betterand safer, for both parties.

Ian Stewart is a biologyresearch associate.

Interests of students and city officialsdiverge, student surveys legislation

Each fall since 1865, UKhas welcomed its students tocampus with open arms.

Over thatsame peri-od, the cityof Lexing-ton has per-formed theoppositeservice.

Lexing-ton is a col-lege townthat refusesto accept thenotion. After

living in Louisville for 18 years,I had high expectations for thehospitality this city would showtoward its “guests” nine monthsout of the year.

Turned out, my expecta-tions fell short.

I’m not knocking thepeople of Lexington. I worka part-time job where every-body is a Lexington resident,and last summer, I could nothave felt more at home dur-ing my first days at the store.My problem is with the cityand the group that runs thecity: the government.

It’s easy to blame thegovernment for problems,who doesn’t? However,some issues truly are thefault of the government andits senseless perceptions.

Take a quick glimpseback to last school year whenthe Lexington governmentdid all students a disserviceand decided to institute some“innovative” housing regula-

tions. And when I use theword “innovative,” I use itlightly.

By performing researchbehind closed doors and nottaking into account the opin-ions of the majority of Lex-ington residents, the cityfailed to implement anythingmeaningful and struck out forthe most part.

Look to the students ofthis campus for strikingdown the ridiculous ideasthat began when city leaderslooked at themselves in themirror one morning and de-cided they wanted to changesomething that day.

Nothing excites me morethan when people in powerare undermined.

This country was built ondemocratic principles, andwhen the people are able tooverturn meaningless legisla-tion, then the system works.When legislation isn’t for thepeople and works just to sat-isfy some government repre-sentative’s pipe dream getsput into law, it goes againstevery principle ever mutteredin this country.

With that in mind, take alook at the latest attempt byLexington government to frus-trate students. The parkingstruggles on UK’s campus arewell-documented. The Lexing-ton parking struggles are not aswell known, yet still exist.

In most residential streetsaround campus, a parkingpass is required to park onthe street — this system

works fine, and I have noproblem with it.

One of the most frustrat-ing parts of living in the Eliz-abeth Street area was at-tempting to find a parkingspot on the street. A regularpart of the morning walk tocampus was watching thehospital employees circlingUniversity and State streetslooking for parking spots intheir attempt to avoid payingfor parking.

The problem I have with

the parking system is the re-cent change in issuing per-mits. Instead of receivingfour parking permits perhousehold, residents can nowonly obtain two for the entireyear. In other words, if ahouse near campus has morethan two residents living inthe house, then one cannotpark his or her car.

Changing this ruledoesn’t make much sense tome. This program has beenin service since 1990, “to ad-dress the negative impactsneighborhoods can experi-ence as a result of too manynon-resident vehicles usinglocal streets for parking,” ac-

cording to www.lexpark.org.Well Lexington, I’m a resi-dent, and I can’t even parkon the street now.

I was shocked when Iwalked into the LexPark of-fice and realized the change.Not 12 hours the night beforeI was on its website lookingat the law. Nowhere on thesite did it mention a change.I also couldn’t find anythingpublished that highlighted thechange.

Looking at the housing

situation from the year be-fore, I assumed Lexingtonlearned its lesson on listeningto all parties involved beforeinstituting policy changes.Everyone knows what hap-pens when we assume,though.

In Lexington, studentslearn at the premiere univer-sity in the state every day atthe highest level. Part of thatlearning process involveslearning from mistakes.

Why can’t city leaders dothe same?

Austin Schmitt is an ac-counting and finance junior.E-mailopinions@kykernel.com.

Student struggles to dodge free ‘stuff’ Upon entering my dorm

room a few nights ago, Ireached into my too-full

pockets andpulled outthe contents.

I n s i d ewere a mul-titude of lit-tle pieces ofpaper. I hadthree passesto the sameevent takingplace on anight that Ididn’t even

plan on being in town for,forms to fill out for offers Inever intended to take advan-tage of (I’m in college — Ican’t afford what you’re of-fering, trust me) and other as-sorted things I was handed allover campus.

As I sat on my bed withmy pockets much happierand able to breathe again, Icrumpled up the sadly use-less offers and ended theirlives with a toss to the trash.

I love free things. I thinkthey’re grand. But generally, Ionly take free things that Ihave use for (e.g., free t-shirts). So in these first twoweeks, why do we studentsreturn from a stroll acrosscampus heavy-laden withthings that would have betterserved other people?

It seems to me the blamelies partially on the hander-outers, with their cute chil-dren, strategically placed ta-bles and distinct inability torecognize who’s already tak-en something from them.However, a large portion ofthe problem lies within ourpsyche as students.

If the problem lies withthe student body, the issue isthat we’re much too friendly.Close your eyes.

No, don’t, you wouldn’tbe able to read the rest ofthis article. Pretend you’veclosed your eyes.

You’re walking along,probably past the StudentCenter. You see the gauntlet

approaching. Maybe youpanic a little. Will veering tothe left keep him from reach-ing out his hand?

Perhaps just keeping yourhead down will do the trick.You know you don’t need it. Asyou walk past him you see thesmile — they’re so very good atsmiling — the fingers handingyou that piece of paper to attendthat random event that occursduring an hour you have class.But oh, look! Your arm, sudden-ly becoming an alien limb,snatches willingly, your neck in-clining your face to lean up witha warm smile, and voila! Yourtwenty-feet worth of planninghas failed you, foiled by the factthat you’re a really nice person.

Don’t panic! As atro-cious of an issue as this is,there are a few things thatcan be done. If you are read-ing this, and you happen tobe a hander-outer, I offer afew suggestions.

Your adorable child is in-deed adorable, but she’shanded me 16,000 flyers in

the past two days — perhapsa week-long training sessionin facial recognition?

If that’s a bit much, thenmaybe you should do less at-tacking and more passive in-vitation. If someone reallywants that plastic animalkeychain, I bet they’ll takeit.

As for the rest of us,more selective friendlinesswould be most helpful. Tak-ing that little girl’s last freepass may make her smile,but the kid behind you whoreally wanted to attend thatrandom event is pretty downabout it. If you’re not inter-ested, try a friendly wave orsmile while speed-walkingaway.

For those of us whosometimes can’t resist theurge to grab every piece ofpaper pointed our way, Ipromise the paper goodsmake delightful airplanes.

Virginia Alley is an Englishfreshman. E-mail opinions@kyk-ernel.com

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Subdivision school, in its homeopener.

“We'll point out all the gamesacross the country everybody ex-pects you to win,” Phillips said.“If you don't play well, if we playlike we did in (Saturday’s) thirdand fourth quarter, any given day,anybody can beat you.”

Junior linebacker Danny Tre-vathan, the SEC Defensive Playerof the Week, said he doesn’t ex-pect the same mental lapsesagainst WKU and some of theyounger players on defense arecapable of helping him out bymaking big plays sooner ratherthan later.

“I try to help the (youngguys), but at the same time,they’ve got to do their own partand help themselves,” Trevathansaid. “Coach Joker has tried to in-still in them that you don’t have tobe a junior or senior to be aleader.”

No More BCS schools onCats’ non-conference schedule

UK’s first non-conferencegame against U of L also marked

its last non-conference gameagainst an opponent from a BCSconference this season.

UK’s three remaining non-conference games are: WKU ofthe Sun Belt Conference (Sept.11), Akron of the Mid-AmericanConference (Sept. 18) andCharleston Southern, an FCSschool from the Big South Con-ference (Nov. 6).

When asked what the benefitof playing the lesser-profile Hill-toppers this Saturday would be,Phillips said: “It’s another in-staterecruiting tool; playing two of thein-state schools helps us, there’sno question about that.”

Phillips added that playingWKU in an NFL stadium —theTennessee Titans’ LP Field — in2011 and 2013 is also an attractiverecruiting pitch.

Injury Report

Junior tight end Nick Melillowill miss Saturday’s game be-cause of an ankle sprain. Redshirtfreshman Jordan Aumiller, whostarted at tight end in place ofMelillo against U of L, is day-to-day with a sprained foot.

Safeties Dakotah Tyler (ankle)and Taiedo Smith (groin) are bothquestionable.

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about two hours, student veteranstalk about why they decided to gointo the military, and they describetheir boot camp, deployment andhomecoming experiences.

The project fits into the NunnCenter’s history. The center has beenrecording veteran stories since 1973and has records from World War IIand the Korean and Vietnam wars.

“You aren’t instantly drawn whenyou are thinking about oral history tosay, ‘Hey, we should interview a 23,24-year-old,’ ” said Doug Boyd, di-rector of the Nunn Center. “But theadvantage of getting their stories nowis they are really fresh.”

Boyd said the project not onlyhas historical importance, it also hassocial importance. It gives the veter-ans a voice, connecting them to theoutside world, he said.

Stephanie Murphy, a graduatestudent in the Physician AssistantProgram at UK, is another veteranwho told her story for the project.

“I’m glad one day my kids willread my history,” Murphy said.

Murphy got special permission toenter the Army Reserves a few daysafter her 17th birthday. Her brother’srecruiters saw her test scores and en-couraged her to enlist.

Murphy served in Iraq from April

to October 2003 as a surgical techni-cian, assisting surgeons in militaryzones. In Iraq, Murphy’s job was tokeep critical patients alive so theycould make it to hospitals.

Murphy went from saving livesin Iraq to attending classes in Ken-tucky.

“College life is just different forme,” Murphy said.

Sin-ce returning home, she has anew appreciation for simple thingsshe did not always have in Iraq, likeshowers.

“It frustrates you when you hearcomplaining about little things,”Murphy said. “Students don’t appre-ciate the people in their lives.”

Napier echoes this frustration inhis online interview, citing a lack ofrespect students show during classes.

Student-veterans are also dealingwith the transition from a careerper-son to a student.

“What is it like to go to classwhen a year ago you were operatingmillion-dollar equipment?” Boydsaid.

One goal of the project is to eval-uate needs for improvement in UK’sattempts to help veterans make thetransition to college.

Boyd said in general, the stu-dent-veteran feedback has been pos-itive. The Veterans Resource Center,which helped locate student veter-ans for the interviews, also helpsmake the transition from combat to

school easier.Tony Dotson, coordinator of

UK’s Veterans Resource Center, esti-mates 400 student-veterans are atUK. He said a waived applicationfee, a married housing program forstudent-veterans and a new transitioncourse are some of the services UKoffers.

Dotson said the Nunn Center’sproject has been helpful on an emo-tional level for the participants. Hedescribed these student-veteran inter-views as therapeutic for the intervie-wees.

Interviews are currently on holdwhile the Nunn Center looks for anew student-veteran to conduct them.Until then, the center is editing sever-al more interviews to put online.

Dotson has heard little feedbackfrom the student-veterans he workswith concerning last Wednesday’swithdrawal of combat troops inIraq. He said student-veterans typi-cally keep their opinions to them-selves, though they want to knowth eir service was necessary and ap-preciated.

The From Combat to KentuckyOral History Project is part of a big-ger vision for Kentucky veterans.

“The idea is to turn this into astatewide project,” Boyd said.

For more information about theproject or to view the video inter-views, visit(www.nunncenter.org/c2ky/).

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Anyone is willing to dishout advice about what to doon a first date. Dress nice,smile a lot. But in the makeor break world of dating, it’sthe “don’ts” that really matter.

It’s the creepy, crazy andweird things people do on afirst date that ultimately de-cide whether or not they’ll geta second shot. One minormishap, and your date will betexting “rescue me” under thetable.

To land yourself a seconddate, keep these four major“don’ts” in mind.

1. Don’t come off toostrong.

This can be taken a fewdifferent ways. For guys,coming off too strong usuallyconsists of boasting aboutsexual expertise, which reallyfreaks girls out. Alluding togoing back to your place theentire date really only has thegirl checking her drink forroofies.

For women, coming offtoo strong is the constantmention of how you’re look-ing for something “serious.”It’s fine to let a guy knowwhat you want later on, buttalking about your desperate

search for true love on thefirst date only makes youlook like a contestant on“The Bachelor.”

2. Don’t talk too muchor too little.

Everyone knows that firstdates can be awkward, anduncomfortable silence makesthem even worse. Easy topicsto discuss like pop culture oryour interests help to keepconversation flowing andhelp avoid the dreaded “crick-et, cricket.”

Rambling on and onabout yourself doesn’t makefor a good first date, either.Launching into a soliloquygives the impression you’renarcissistic and disinterestedin the other person. Instead, itshould be an equal balance oflistening and sharing.

3. Don’t show up late orcancel at the last minute.

This isn’t a nail appoint-ment. You can’t just resched-ule when you feel like it. Ifyou have committed to goingon a date, make sure you fol-low through. It’s painful to

the other person to be stoodup, and it will ruin anychance of getting a seconddate.

Also, showing up on timeis important. If you are meet-ing someone you don’t wantto make them wait alone — itstarts the date off on thewrong foot.

4. Don’t bring up heavytopics.

It’s a first date, not a ther-apy session. So unless you’reout with Dr. Drew, now is notthe time to bring up your eat-ing disorder or your parents’divorce. When first getting toknow someone, you don’twant to reveal every skeletonin your closet.

This also includes talkingabout exes. It’s a topic thatbrings negative energy to aconversation and suggestsyou’re still hung up on thepast. It’s an unavoidable topicat times, so just make positiveremarks or joke about it in-stead of diving into a soapopera about past relation-ships.

While going on a firstdate is always stressful,knowing what to avoid canease anxiety. You should justrelax and be yourself, andhopefully a second date willcome naturally.

Top 4 things not to do ona first date

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“One minor mishap,and your date will betexting ’rescue me’under the table.”

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