After many UK students have returned to theirdorms for the night, several students are just gettingstarted with activities.

These “night owls” can be partiers, procrastina-tors or overachievers and can be found studying inthe library, playing sports on Stoll Field, working

on projects at the College of Design and even inyour own lobby.

Night owls often flock to the William T.Young Library. Many students are at the libraryafter midnight because they have an exam thenext day.

Biology sophomore Annie Tiu, like severalother students in the library that night, was study-ing for an organic chemistry test and bio systemsengineering freshman Dylan Heath had a calculustest.

Tiu enjoys going to the library late at night. “It’s nice because my roommate doesn’t do as

much on the same schedule as I do,” Tiu said.Safety has been an elevated concern on campus

this year, but “I’m not too concerned,” Heath said.“I will walk her to her car. It’s chivalry.”

Kinesiology junior Jimmie Jones sees the re-turn of many night owls when he works the nightdesk at Holmes Hall. Jones said he is largely un-fazed by many of the strange occurrences in thelobby after midnight. In fact, he uses his time at thedesk to catch up on Desperate Housewives andGlee.

Jones cited several instances of students goingto the desk after having been locked out of theirrooms in towels that were too small.

Some students use the night desk workers as or-acles of vital information.

“I have people who come down in the middleof the night and ask random questions like ‘what

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An employee at the UKHealthCare Good SamaritanHospital has been diagnosedwith a confirmed case of tu-berculosis.

One of the hospital’s fe-

male nurses, who is also astudent at Eastern KentuckyUniversity, has been isolatedand receiving treatment sinceher diagnosis was confirmedin mid-October, a GoodSamaritan news release said.

The hospital is workingto notify patients who mayhave come in contact with the

employee so they can getmedical treatment if theyhave compromised immunesystems or begin to showsigns of infection. These pa-tients include those treated onthe fifth or sixth floors ofGood Samaritan on days thatshe was working from June 1through Oct. 13. The Lexing-ton-Fayette County HealthDepartment is currently com-piling a list of further con-tacts by talking with the in-

fected nurse and determiningwho she has come in contactwith, according to a healthdepartment news release.

At least 82 Good Samari-tan employees have alreadybeen tested for tuberculosis.The victim is no longer at-tending classes at EKU, butabout 50 students on campusin Madison County have beentested as well, Lexington-Fayette County Health De-partment Communications

Officer Kevin Hall said.“We have a very active

TB program here. We areworking with the hospital todo testing on exposed indi-viduals and the MadisonCounty Health Department isworking with EKU to handletheir testing,” Hall said.

Tuberculosis is a conta-gious bacterial infection thatprimarily attacks the lungs. Itis transmitted when a personbreathes in droplets from a

cough or sneeze of an infect-ed person. Common symp-toms include coughing,wheezing and fatigue, but theinfection often remains dor-mant for several years beforebeing triggered into active tu-berculosis by another illness.

UK HealthCare is able toanswer any questions or con-cerns regarding tuberculosisat 800-207-1268 from 7 a.m.to 6 p.m. or at 859-323-0077after 6 p.m.

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UK employee contracts tuberculosis

Ten new University Stud-ies Program courses offered atUK for the Spring 2011 se-mester are being used as a testrun of classes for the newGeneral Education programUK is trying to implement.

The UK Staff Senate willvote on Dec. 13 regarding thenew added courses and themovement towards a moreGeneral Education curriculum.

“The courses being of-fered in the spring semesterwill be a test run to perma-nently add the course to itsspecific department or not,”Michael Mullen, associateprovost for undergraduate ed-ucation, said.

The humanities, naturalscience, social science, crosscultural and inference sectionswill all be adding new cours-es.

An e-mail was sent over acampus-wide listserv Wednes-day morning giving a com-plete description of the cours-es offered.

According to the e-mail,the courses that will be addedto the USP list will includetwo humanities courses, The-atre: An Introduction and Liv-ing on the Right Side of theBrain.

Theatre: An Introduction,USP 120, will be a course thatoffers an introduction and in-vestigation into the analysis,research, production and cre-ative/artistic techniques vitalto the art of theatre and per-formance.

The second humanitiescourse, Living on the RightSide of the Brain UK 100,will give students the opportu-nity to better understand cre-ative strategies that will helpin future problem solving.

A natural science coursethat can be used for studentsUSP requirements will also beadded. The course is titledPhysics of Energy, USP 100.The goal of the course is togive students proper vocabu-lary and the conceptual basisthat will allow you to under-stand the energy problem andparticipate in solving it. 

The Social Science USP isalso adding a course titledMaking Men: Critical Ap-proaches to Masculinities,A&S 100. The course we willdiscuss historical, sociologi-cal, psychological, literary,popular culture and anthropo-logical perspectives on themaking and unmaking of mas-culinities among different eth-nic, class and age groups inthe U.S. and abroad.

The Cross Cultural section

By Laura Karrnews@kykernel.com

Newcoursesserve astest run

The presidential search is notthe only one needed to fill a lead-ership position at UK. The Gat-ton College of Business and Eco-nomics has an opening for a newdean after current Dean De-vanathan Sudharshan announcedearlier this year that he will stepdown.

Sudharshan will remain deanuntil the end of the academic

year. As for the next dean,Provost Kumble R. Subbaswamyis putting together a search com-mittee, his office said. It is notyet known whether a search firmwill be used to help find the newdean.

Sudharshan became thesixth dean of the college in2003, succeeding Richard W.Furst, who held the position for22 years.

Last year, Subbaswamy com-missioned Pappas ConsultingGroup, Inc. to help address orga-

nizational and governance issueswithin the Gatton College. Issuesstated in the report included alack of cohesiveness in the col-lege, an ineffective shared gover-nance model and communicationproblems.

In a 2009 report reviewingthe dean's progress, among hisstrengths mentioned were thedevelopment of the 11-monthMasters in Business Administra-tion program, his commitment todiversity and his sensitivity tothe resource gap between theGatton College and comparableschools at UK's benchmark in-stitutions.

By Becca Clemonsnews@kykernel.com

Gatton dean search underway

See GATTON on page 3

Students may not be going Loko anymore.Or at least the way they have been. Tuesday, Phusion Products, maker of Four

Loko, announced in a news release it would re-formulate its products to remove caffeine,guarana and taurine nationwide. According tothe news release, the company will now onlyproduce non-caffeinated versions of FourLoko, and the company has informed its em-ployees and distributors of this plan.

The company’s announcement came a daybefore the U.S. Food and Drug Administrationwarned four companies, including PhusionProducts, that the caffeine added to their maltalcoholic beverages is an “unsafe food addi-tive,” according to an FDA news release.Charge Beverage Corp., New Century BrewingCo., LLC and United Brands Company Inc.were the other three companies warned.

“FDA does not find support for the claimthat the addition of caffeine to these alcoholicbeverages is ‘generally recognized as safe,’which is the legal standard,” said Dr. Joshua M.Sharfstein, principal deputy commissioner inthe FDA’s news release. “To the contrary, thereis evidence that the combinations of caffeineand alcohol in these products pose a publichealth concern.”

The FDA said further action, includingseizure of their products, is possible under fed-eral law.

Big Daddy Liquors, located at 372 Wood-land Ave., has been selling Four Loko for abouttwo months, and manager James Swanbergsaid the store has heard about the product’schange to come and the possible ban of prod-ucts similar to it.

“Chances are it will probably demolish the

By Katie Perkowskikperkowski@kykernel.com

See FOUR LOKO on page 3

LATE BLOOMERS

PHOTO BY WILLIAM BALDON | STAFFA student is seen walking past Ovid’s Cafe, attached to the William T. Young Library on Tuesday night. The library,which is open 24-7 on weekdays, is a popular late night spot for students studying for exams.

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Popular drink to remove

caffeine, guarana, taurine

Provost Subbaswamy puttingtogether a search committee

Hospital notifying patients thatmay have had contact during stay

By Gary N. Hermannnews@kykernel.com

See NIGHT OWLS on page 3

A look at students’after-hours activities

See USP on page 3

FourLoko’s

days arenumbered

NightOwls

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SAN JOSE, Calif. — After years ofsinging out of tune, Apple and the Beatles an-nounced Tuesday that they were able to workit out and the Fab Four's legendary pop tunesare now appearing on iTunes, the world'slargest music retailer.

The group's 13 remastered studio albumsare now available for purchase in digital for-mat through the Cupertino, Calif., company'sonline store. Fans can also get a special "Beat-les Box Set" that includes the first-ever Beat-les concert in the United States at WashingtonColiseum in 1964.

"We love the Beatles and are honored andthrilled to welcome them to iTunes," AppleCEO Steve Jobs, a fervent Beatles fan, said ina statement. "It has been a long and windingroad to get here. Thanks to the Beatles andEMI, we are now realizing a dream we've hadsince we launched iTunes 10 years ago."

The deal, consummated after years of fric-tion over trademark disputes, represents themarriage of two of the world's most powerfulpop icons John, Paul, George and Ringo, andApple.

"I lost my youth waiting for this day," saidNeedham & Co. analyst Charles Wolf. "It's byfar the greatest rock group that's ever been as-sembled, and getting them on iTunes is verysymbolic. It's not going to affect Apple's earn-ings or sales in any material way, but itnonetheless adds to the brand. It's a brand-builder."

The two remaining living Beatles also is-sued statements.

"We're really excited to bring the Beatles'music to iTunes," Sir Paul McCartney said."It's fantastic to see the songs we originally re-leased on vinyl receive as much love in thedigital world as they did the first time around."

"I am particularly glad to no longer beasked when the Beatles are coming to iTunes,"Ringo Starr said. "At last, if you want it youcan get it now the Beatles from Liverpool tonow! Peace and Love, Ringo."

The wives of deceased band membersJohn Lennon and George Harrison also pub-licly embraced the deal.

Getting the Beatles on iTunes is a deeplypersonal accomplish for Jobs, said Tim Ba-jarin, president of Creative Strategies. "Steveis a huge fan of the Beatles and has wanted tohave their music on iTunes since Day 1."

For years, the big impediment was a long-running legal dispute between Apple and Ap-ple Corp., the record label the Beatles owned.Soon after Jobs and Steve Wozniak launchedApple Computer in the mid-1970s, AppleCorp. sued the startup, charging trademark in-fringement. But the companies settled theirdifferences in 2007, with Apple gaining own-ership of the "apple" name, logo and relatedtrademarks, some of which it licensed back toApple Corp.

That settlement paved the way to havingmusic from McCartney and other individualBeatles on iTunes, but it didn't lead to the Bea-tles themselves making an appearance.

While Beatles fans could transfer musicfrom CDs to their laptops and listen to it dig-itally for years, the agreement has a certainsymbolic value to it, Bajarin said. The world'smost iconic rock band has made the "shift tofundamentally go all-digital."

Single albums are available for purchaseand download for $12.99 each, double albumsfor $19.99 each and individual songs for $1.29each.

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will be adding four newcourses. They include Soci-eties in Global Perspective,USP 110, The Arts as SoftPower in International Rela-tions: The Japanese Tea Cer-emony, A-H 310, GlobalConflicts and Wired Worlds,A&S 100.

Another class will beadded to the inference sec-tion that will satisfy studentsStatistics 200 requiredcourse.

The class is titled Intro-duction to Statistical Rea-soning. The course is con-

cerned with the informedconsumption of statistical in-formation, particularly infer-ential information.

According to the e-mail,all of the classes being of-fered will satisfy three credithours.

Whether or not thecourses end up being added,Mullen said it would still bebeneficial for students totake them.

“Students who take thecourses will get credit fortaking the course whether itis added to the specific de-partment or not. Eithercounting towards their USPrequirement or towards thedepartment if the course isadded,” Mullen said.

USPContinued from page 1

However, finance profes-sor Joe Peek said the gap be-tween the UK businessschool and the University ofLouisville's business schoolis closing rapidly and UKneeds to make more progress.He hopes that the new deancan help the college moveahead.

“It's sort of scary. We'rethe flagship university, yetthey're the one that's moving,”Peek said.

The 2009 report also not-ed communication as an areaof concern.

“I think what we need issomeone who can communi-cate,” Peek said. “That meanstwo-way communication, andI think that's what we've beenlacking.”

“The faculty don't feellike they have a lot of input,”Peek said. “The faculty hereare very bright people andhave lots of ideas.”

He also said a new deanneeds to be creative and inno-vative and help form success-ful programs at Gatton.

In an e-mail to the GattonCollege faculty Subbaswamysaid the college must run nor-mally to conduct a successfuldean search. He is working ongetting faculty together toform the search committee.

GATTONContinued from page 1

sale of the product,” he said.Swanberg said some peo-

ple have been stocking up onthe drink in preparation forthe changes.

“I actually just put twocases away for myself,” hesaid.

Swanberg said the ban-ning of products like FourLoko has been a long timecoming.

“It’s my belief that all

the other products like itwere made by big distribu-tors,” he said. “Finally an in-dependent came into themarket and killed their sales,and it’s my belief thatthey’re being banned be-cause the lobbyists in Wash-ington for the big beer dis-tributors were afraid of los-ing sales.”

According to the FDA’snews release, the organiza-tion is aware of PhusionProducts’ intention to removethe caffeine and other stimu-lants from its products, andthe FDA views the announce-

ment as a positive step. The FDA has not heard

from the company officiallyabout the announcement, in-cluding when the companywould remove the currentproduct from production andhow quickly it would remakeits products.

“FDA intends to workwith Phusion Products, LLCand the other manufacturersto assure their products meetsafety standards,” accordingto the news release.

The FDA’s actions cameafter a November 2009 re-quest to manufacturers to pro-

vide information on the safetyof adding caffeine to theirproducts, according to thenews release.

According to PhusionProducts’ Tuesday news re-lease, the company still be-lieves that the combination ofalcohol and caffeine is safe.

“If it were unsafe, popu-lar drinks like rum and colasor Irish coffees that havebeen consumed safely andresponsibly for years wouldface the same scrutiny thatour products have recentlyfaced,” said the news re-lease.

FOUR LOKOContinued from page 1

time does Tolly-Ho close?’Everyone knows Tolly-Hostays open 24 hours,” Jonessaid. “They were second yearstudents.”

Some of UK’s night owlscan be found in room 106 ofthe College of Design building.These second year architecturestudents refer to themselves as“O’Bryan’s Army” (a referenceto their architecture studio pro-fessor ), enjoy blasting musicand have a 2 a.m. minimum forleaving the studio.

“It’s a love-hate relation-ship,” architecture sophomoreEric Burnside said. “We’llcomplain about it, but welove what we do.”

The architecture studentshave their own keys givingthem 24-hour access to thebuilding, and they frequentlyuse the privilege.

Architecture sophomoreShannon Ruhl noted the valueof 24-hour access from theprevious week.

“I was here until 8, then Ihad a 9 o’clock class,” archi-tecture sophomore ShannonRuhl said. “I was reallycranky that day.”

Some of the UK nightowls often ignore or even for-get the very concept of time.

“At least two nights aweek, we are all here,” saidarchitecture sophomore SamForman. “There’s a couplehours where you just get inthe zone.”

Look for these night owlsto be starting their activitiesas soon as your ready for bed.

NIGHT OWLSContinued from page 1

Students needing a rideto the airport for the holidaysdon’t have to look far.

UK Parking and Trans-portation Services will offerrides to Blue Grass Airportfor students returning homefor Thanksgiving.

The shuttle will runMonday, Nov. 22 throughWednesday, Nov. 24, withdaily campus pick-up timesat 6 a.m., 8 a.m., 10 a.m.,noon, 2 p.m. and 4 p.m., ac-cording to a news release.

Students should leavetwo hours before their de-parture from the airport.Students wishing to take ashuttle, should send an e-mail toUKParking@lsv.uky.eduwith the subject “Thanks-

giving Break Shuttle” atleast 48 hours in advanceand should include name,campus address, campusphone number and/or cellnumber.

They also must includethe date, time and locationof the requested pick-up,according to the news re-lease.

A representative fromPTS will call to confirm apick-up time and location,according to the release.

Students must find theirown ride back to UK. Theycan use LexTran, which hasa bus that picks up near theairport and drops off at theVine Street terminal.

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Thanksgivingshuttle offered

“It’s a love-hate rela-tionship. We’ll com-

plain about it, but welove what we do.”

ERIC BURNSIDEarchitecture sophomore

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HARTFORD, Conn. —When you enter the new $14million home of the Henry C.Lee Institute of Forensic Sci-ence at the University of NewHaven, you are instantlyimmersed in the bloodstainedworld of forensic investiga-tion, and particularly in thecases handled by Lee in hiseminent career.

First you touch a hand-print on a wall that launches avideo of Lee explaining thatyour fingerprints will now bechecked with a database.Then the police sirens wailand you hear officers barkingorders over a scanner.

Farther in are exhibitsshowing how various types oflight reveal bloodstains on ascrewdriver; a chance tomatch bullets; and a look atthe differences between maleand female skeletal remains.

Around a corner is a roomwhere a body — a dummy —lies in a recliner, apparentlystrangled, with evidencemarked by numbers aroundthe room; a bottle of beer tohis left, a powder that lookslike cocaine on a coffee table,

a bureau with clothes spillingout.

“It gives people a chanceto experience some of theprocesses involved in forensicscience,” said Elaine Pagliaro,who is grant coordinator forthe institute and an assistantto Lee.

Tim Palmbach, executivedirector of the institute, saidthe goal is also to show thepublic that forensic science“is not necessarily whatthey’ve come to know andbelieve after watching ‘CSI.’”

There are high-tech class-rooms and advanced tech-nologies for research and forconsultations with police.

The institute will be buy-ing an infrared camera toexamine human remains.

The institute also has acutting-edge forensic crisiscommand center where UNHexperts can connect by satel-lite with police and other gov-ernmental agencies to exam-ine evidence that is beamed tothem — thus providing helpas if they were physically atthe crime scene.

Other new technologythat will be available include:ground-penetrating radar forlocating buried bodies and

evidence and a high-intensitylaser to determine a bullet’strajectory.

Palmbach said that whenhe arrived at the University ofNew Haven in 1978 as a stu-dent of forensic science, therewere only a few dozen stu-dents in the program.

Back in those days, Palm-bach said, “There wasn’t asingle person, not even aguidance counselor, that ifyou said forensic scienceknew what you were talkingabout.”

Since then, the rise of Leeas a superstar in the forensicsfield — called upon in theO.J. Simpson, Scott Petersonand JonBenet Ramsey trials— and the popularity of“CSI” and other crime inves-tigation TV shows havehelped to drive the growth ofthe university’s department.

In the past 10 years,Palmbach said, the universi-ty’s Henry C. Lee College ofCriminal Justice and ForensicSciences has doubled in size— now with an enrollment of1,728 undergrads, accountingfor 43 percent of the universi-ty’s 4,000 undergraduates.

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Institute gives visitors a hands-onexperience in forensic science

MCTTeaching tools used by the new Henry Lee Institute at University of New Haven include labs set up ascrime scenes so students can learn the practical aspects of their theoretical lessons.

Thursday, November 18, 2010 | PAGE 5

Corey Smith grew up on foodstamps. Now, honesty is makinghim millions.

The 31-year-old Georgia na-tive said he has a responsibilityas an independent artist to writehonest, and sometimes explicit,music for his fans, and he’s stilladapting to being classified as acountry musician.

“Being an independent artisthas allowed me to take

chances,” Smith said.

“It’s taken me a long time to re-alize I’m a country artist. I usedto hate country. I feel like I havemore of a rock philosophy be-neath it, it’s more edgy. Countryartists are always the star of theirfootball team, where rockers arethe outcasts. I was horriblyunathletic and unpopular. Guitarwas my way out.”

Smith’s biggest problem withcountry music lies in the greedhe says can sometimes overpow-er the music.

“There’s a fine line in musicbetween the art and the com-

merce and at times, country

music blatantly crosses thatline,” Smith said. “There’s aclear formula some artists stickto sell records and it makes mesick.”

Smith said he avoids crossingthe line by simply writing whathe’s feeling.

His latest album “Keeping upwith the Joneses” was releasedlast year, and the album takes alook at his roots in the South, aswell as the changing landscapeof his life.

“This last record shows thatI’ve evolved a bit. It’s moremetaphorical,” Smith said. “On

some of my previous al-bums I just said exactly

what I was thinking,and this one has

more beneaththe sur-

face.”

Smithhas pro-

duced all of hisalbums and said

the production andstyle of “Keeping up

with the Joneses” iswhat makes it unique

from his previous releases.Smith credits the Internet

and social networking siteslike MySpace and Twitter forthe success he’s had, sayingthey offered him a cheap,easy way to get his musicheard.

But he has concernsabout how much access fanshave to artists through socialmedia, too.

“I think the jury’s out onhow much a fan wants toknow about an artist,” Smithsaid. “I’m a big John Mayerfan, and I started followinghim when I first got onTwitter. I had to stop fol-lowing him, because itmade me realize he was adouchebag.”

Smith is married withtwo kids and said familylife has had a strong effecton his music.

“It’s made me feel more re-sponsible. I have to be honestand not censor myself, but itmakes me think twice about themessage I’m putting out there.”Smith said.

He now tours three or fourdays at a time, and insists hemake it home for at least twodays out of a week.

Smith said in addition to fam-ily, one of the biggest inspira-tions behind his writing is peo-ple’s lack of willingness to beopen minded.

“What gets me is closedmindedness, particularly in theSouth, especially with religion,”Smith said. “It’s had a big im-pact on how I view the world,and not necessarily in a goodway. Some people see it asyou’re going to heaven or hell,and there’s no in-between. That’snot a good way to look atthings.”

His tour brings him to Lex-ington this Saturday, and Smithsaid UK students are likely toconnect with his music.

“My songs have a particularsense of place, and it makessense people from similar placesare going to identify with it,”Smith said. “I love Lexington,and I love bourbon.”

Smith recalled a particularrun-in he and his love for bour-bon had the last time he was inKentucky.

“I took my buddies out to abourbon bar the last show Iplayed in Lexington and I askedthe bartender what the most ex-pensive shot was, and I heardhim tell me $15 so I bought around. He started treating us re-ally good, giving us free samplesfor the rest of the night. My tabat the end of the night wasridiculous, and it turned out itwas actually $50 a shot. But itwas good.”

Corey Smith will be atBuster’s Billiards and Backroomon Saturday night. Doors open at8 p.m., and the show starts at 9p.m. Opening acts include In-gram Hill and Kenny Owens.Tickets are $18 in advance and$25 at the door.

By Matt Murraynews@kykernel.com

The honest truth: A man who sings what’s on his mind

It’s takenme a longtime to realize I’ma countryartist. I used tohate country.”

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The UK Department of Artand the Ruth Hunt Wood Foun-dation will present artwork ofJimnah Kimani beginning with areception on Thursday from 5 to7:30 p.m. at the Tuska Galleryinside the Fine Arts Building.

Kimani is the latest artist totake part in the UK KenyanArtist-in-Residence program,now in its tenth year. His art willbe on display from Nov. 18 toDec. 10. The artwork he has pro-duced this semester is enough tofill the entire Tuska Gallery, saidBenjamin Withers, chairpersonof the art department at UK.

“This is an excellent oppor-tunity for the community to beexposed to images and ideasfrom another culture,” said JaneAndrus, student affairs coordina-tor for the Department of Art.

Kimani, born in Mombasa in

1974, is known for using brightcolors and caricature-like peoplein his art. He started painting in1993 and has never looked back,though he did odd jobs until hisart career exploded onto theAfrican art scene.

“Most of Kimani’s work is2-D, but he has ventured intomixed-media art. His work isalso characterized by thick brushstrokes and the exaggerated fea-tures of his subjects,” Witherssaid.

“I can’t say I’m inspired byanyone in particular,” Kimanisaid. “I like different thingsabout different artists, and mywork is a combination of every-thing I like. I’m mostly inspiredjust by my life.”

He plans on returning hometo Kenya after the semester.

Withers said Kimano has theopportunity to interact with stu-dents and the UK communitythrough living in a north campus

dorm. “Not only do we get to see

his culture through his art, hegets to experience ours by livingand interacting with the stu-dents,” Withers said.

UK alum Ruth Hunt Wood,founder of the Ruth Hunt WoodFoundation, scouted him. Woodtravels to Kenya each summer,meets with a panel in Nairobiand chooses an aspiring Kenyanartist to take part in UK’s pro-gram, Withers said.

Andrus said Wood’s founda-tion covers all expenditures forthe program, even the refresh-ments for the reception.”

The exhibition is free andopen to the public during normalgallery hours, Monday throughFriday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.and Saturday from noon to 6p.m.

A lecture by Kimani isplanned for Friday at noon in theFine Arts Building as part of theprogram. He will discuss his life,his art and how he became theman he is today.

By Ellen Mastersfeatures@kykernel.com

Kenyan artist showcasesculture in exhibit

Artist-in-Residence program brings

‘images and ideas from another culture’ to UKWhen it comes to diversity and in-

clusion, perhaps no issues are moreprominent today than gay rights andracial profiling. This week’s diversitydialogue features Jonathan Perry, whowill speak about his experiences andstruggles with being a gay, black andHIV-positive man.

Perry, who appeared on Oprah in2004, will discuss a range of topicsdealing with diversity and tolerance.

“I’m really big on the fact that we allmake mistakes,” Perry said. “It’s aboutpersonal responsibility and accountabili-ty. It’s not about how bad you messedup. Be willing to accept those mistakesand move past them.”

Perry, intends to discuss how racialprofiling has drastically affected his life.

“I was falsely accused, arrested andsat in jail for 30 days only to have all thecharges dropped because they didn’thave any evidence,” Perry said. “I feltlike my civil rights were being violated,and I’m still dealing with it two monthslater. It taught me to be more vigilant.”

“It was the most traumatic experienceof my entire life,” said Perry. “For lawenforcement agencies to arrest people sim-ply because they’re black — it has a pro-found impact on how I feel about people.”

Perry explained just how damagingthe experience was and how it still fol-lows him, even today.

“I have nightmares about police nowas a result of this experience,” Perry said.

Still, Perry insists it is important notto lump everyone into one category,despite how awful racial profiling can be.

Perry said conquering racial profilingis possible.

“Intolerance exists, and as victims,we have to rise above that,” Perry said.“You can live through it. Overcomingadversity is the most important thing.”

He also believes America has mademore progress with tolerance towardssexuality than in tolerance toward racialdiversity.

“We’ve come a lot further with sex-ual orientation than ethnicity,” Perrysaid. “9/11 certainly didn’t make it anybetter. People were upset about theMuslim community center being builtover there. People need a reason tocomplain. When all the complaining isdone, what next?”

Perry will speak Thursday at 7 p.m.in the small ballroom of the StudentCenter.

By Kendall Smithfeatures@kykernel.com

Diversity speaker talkssexuality, racial profiling

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Chandler HowardSports EditorPhone: 257-1915

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It didn’t take long for Ter-rence Jones to earn a triphome.

Friday’s game against thePortland Pilots at the RoseGarden, the home court forthe Portland Trailblazers, willserve as a de facto homecom-ing for the freshman forwardfrom Portland, Ore. Aftersigning with a school so faraway, he’s ready to headhome for a game in front offriends and family.

“It will mean a lot,” Jonessaid. “To have a chance toplay in front of my mom andmy grandma as a collegeplayer and how much I’veimproved since high school,just to prove how much hard-er I’ve worked. I’ve im-proved a lot on my shot andplaying harder.”

As he was being recruit-ed by UK head coach JohnCalipari, Jones was told therewas a chance a nonconfer-ence game could be sched-uled near his home if hecommitted before a certain

date when the schedulewould be completed. Whenhe was sure UK was the rightfit for him, he made sure totell Calipari quickly to tryand get the game on theschedule.

But Calipari seemed sig-nificantly less excited aboutJones’ trip home.

“Terrence thinks he’shome to vacation,” Caliparisaid. “That’s why he thinkshe’s home. He doesn’t knowwe’re playing a basketballgame because he’s neverdone this before. He’s alreadylined up everything he’s go-ing to do by the minute whenhe gets home, probably hasn’tlisted the game.”

Jones committed to theWashington Huskies on a TVspecial, then reopened his re-cruitment. Shortly after, hesigned with the Cats. Still,he’s not worried about beingbooed by anyone who wantedhim to stay closer to home.

Sophomore guard JonHood, a Kentucky native,gets to play in front offriends and family duringnearly every home game. But

he said Friday’s game willprobably be more meaning-ful for Jones, because hisfamily won’t have as manyopportunities to watch himplay.

“I know he’s excitedabout going home,” Hoodsaid. “Anybody would be.”

It’s just his second gameas a college player, though,and Calipari is worried abouthow he’ll deal with the emo-tions and pressure of playingso close to home.

“He and I talked aboutit,” Calipari said. “I said, ‘Ihave yet to have a guy gohome and play well, so goodluck.’ ”

Jones said the key toplaying well will be focusingon the game and not thinkingabout who’s in the stands –even though he admitted “alot” of people will be there towatch him play.

“Hopefully I play andprove (Calipari) wrong,”Jones said. “I really want toplay and show them thewhole team. Me with newfaces and show them how weare as a team.”

By Ben Jonesbjones@kykernel.com

Jones gets to go home on trip to Portland

PHOTO BY SCOTT HANNIGAN | STAFFUK forward Terrence Jones looks to pass against Pikeville College at Rupp Arena on Monday, Nov. 1,2010. A native of Portland, Ore., Jones will play in front of family when UK takes on Portland Friday.

Home is where the heartis. And the Rose Garden, ofcourse.

The Cats are set to em-bark on a road trip to Port-land, Ore., the hometown offreshman forward TerrenceJones, to take on the PortlandPilots in the home arena ofthe Portland Trail Blazers(the Rose Garden).

The game is being toutedas a homecoming for Jones,the most recent SoutheasternConference Freshman of theWeek, but really, the trip outwest acts as a nice tune-upbefore the Cats play in theEA Sports Maui Invitational,a tournament that could seeUK play three games in threedays against stiff competition

the week of Thanksgiving. Plus, the stopover in

Portland shaves off the first2,000-or-so miles on aroughly 4,400-mile trip fromLexington to Maui, land ofthe flowered shirts and luaus.

Regardless, Jones, whoinitially committed to nearbyWashington before signingwith UK, has the rare oppor-tunity to play close to homeafter all.

“It’s going to be real fun,you know how(Nicholasville, Ky., nativeand teammate) Jarrod (Pol-son) gets that little ‘Aahh!’every time he touches theball, hopefully I’ll get that,”Jones said.

So if every game in RuppArena is a homecoming forPolson, and if Jones will bethe beneficiary of homecooking on Friday, will theother players ever enjoy thatfeeling? Here are some po-tential Division I opponentsthat are close to their home-

towns, and it would be a treatfor them if they found theirway onto future UK sched-ules.

Senior Josh Harrellson(St. Charles, Mo.): Seeing asthis is Harrellson’s last yearof eligibility, he will neverhave the opportunity to seethis potential future gamecome to fruition, but facingoff against the Saint LouisBillikens (ranked No.1 in thecountry at one time in the1948-49 season) would behis homecoming.

Junior DeAndre Liggins(Chicago, Ill.): Liggins andCo. could take on the DePaulBlue Demons, a once-re-spectable program that hashit hard times in the Big Eastin recent years. Allstate Are-na, home to the BlueDemons, seats 17,000-plus.

Junior Darius Miller(Maysville, Ky.): All Miller’sfans from the northern part

Looking at other potential “homecomings”

See JONES on page 10

NICKCRADDOCKKernel

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Four Loko joltsdrinkers locally,nationally

Caffeine is the newest ingredient added to alcoholicbeverages of choice among college students. What maymake it controversial, though, are the potential side effects(or lack thereof) and health implications of the alcohol-caffeine combination.

According to a Nov. 11 Kentucky Kernel article, Di-rector of the Alcohol and Health Education Office at UKDrew Smith said the danger in alcoholic energy drinks likeFour Loko is they “have the ability to keep people awakeand delay the actual signs of feeling intoxicated.”

Although this has left some medical professionals con-cerned, caffeinated alcoholic beverages are more popularthan ever.

The Kernel Editorial Board followed up with represen-tatives from Big Daddy Liquors and Shenanigans Winesand Spirits after the Kernel article about Four Loko alco-holic energy drinks to see if Four Loko’s recent mediaspotlight has affected sales.

Roger, an employee from Big Daddy Liquors, saidsince the story ran, the company has seen a spike in salesof alcoholic energy drinks.

“It seems like people are interested,” he said. “Peoplewant to see if it’ll really mess you up.”

He is, of course, referring to the recent incidents atCentral Washington University, in which nine underagestudents were hospitalized after drinking Four Loko.

The incidents aren’t deterring Four Loko from expand-ing its product, though.

Roger said in addition to the flavors Big DaddyLiquors currently sells, it will soon start carrying threenew Four Loko flavors. Now patrons can enjoy watermel-on, orange blend, “loko uva” (grape), blue raspberry, blue-berry pomegranate, lemonade, cranberry lemonade, lemonlime and fruit punch.

Shenanigans Wines also reported increases in sales af-ter Friday’s Kernel story.

One employee said although Shenanigans had a truckcome Thursday, it had sold out of Four Loko before theweekend.

“We’re increasing our order quantity,” she said. “Peo-ple are ordering (Four Loko) by the case now.”

She also noted that buyers of alcoholic energy drinksare opting for Four Loko over other brands.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration now an-nounced its plan of action against the sale of caffeinatedalcoholic beverages. According to a New York Time arti-cle, New York beer distributors agreed to stop product dis-tribution by Dec. 10.

The New York Times article also stated that the proba-ble action the FDA will take is issuing more warning let-ters. Officials predict courts will not prohibit the sale of al-coholic energy drinks altogether.

While the precise implications of caffeinated alcoholicdrinks are undetermined (mostly because the product con-cept is new and controlled studies haven’t been conductedto measure the effects extensively), college students con-tinue to buy in large quantities.

As with any alcoholic beverage, moderation and per-sonal responsibility are key. The reported hospitalizationsand deaths from consumption of alcoholic energy drinksoften occurred after binge drinking and among underagecollege students.

While the FDA and individual states continue to debatewhat should be the next step in regulating the products andreprimanding offenders, students must keep in mind theirrole in this decision.

Coexistence: sharingthe parking structure

New reality series reveals softer,environmental side of the ‘rogue’

For Palin, there shouldn’tbe a separation between say-ing and doing.

I wasluckyenough tocatch thepremiereepisode of“SarahPalin’sAlaska” onTLC thispast Sun-day. I heardshe was go-ing to have

a show coming out, but I did-n’t really know when, and Ididn’t exactly care.

When I first heard of theshow, without thinking aboutit, I quickly assumed the plot:show Palin at home with herlarge, handsome family;show Palin going on variousnews interviews; show Palinas an “everyday mom.” I ex-pected a lot of “drill babydrill-ing” and “mama grizzly-ing,” and I wasn’t disappoint-ed. Pretty dull stuff.

However, I was surprisedto see marvelous footage of

Alaska, one of our mostbeautiful and naturally re-sourceful states. I thoughtPalin looked as if she be-longed alongside Bear Gryllsin the Discovery channel’sline-up of outdoor adventureshows. In the premiereepisode, Palin is seen hikingthe foothills of Mt. McKin-ley, fishing for Salmon in“bear country” and scaling arocky peak with her husbandTodd.

Palin’s show reveals herto be much the same as theslightly air headed, and sur-prising former vice-presiden-tial candidate we know her tobe, but it also shows her in amore interesting light.

It’s clear that PalinLOVES her home in Alaskaand takes great pride in itsnatural beauty. So much so,that she always takes along at

least some of her children onher outdoor adventures (andeven tries teaching her youngdaughter, Piper, a lesson onhuman nature while they sitand watch two brown bearsfighting).

Palin is much more com-plicated however, and herrecord as Alaska’s governorreveals a great divide be-tween what she says on hershow and what she does withher political voice.

In a recent New YorkTimes article, Matt Bai saysthis of Palin’s political identi-ty, “Ms. Palin expertly al-lowed herself to be shapedby the demands of the mar-ketplace, and in this way shebecame the best example yetof a new phenomenon in ourpolitics — what we mightthink of as the crowd-sourcedcandidate.”

In all conceivable ways,Palin has aligned herself withthe conservative party in thepast. She is an advocate forstrong family values, smallgovernment and deregulationof corporations. However,with her show, and with herpassion for the natural beautyof her home state, she has achance to stand out from thepolitical right and to breakthrough the historically parti-san defined issue — the envi-ronment.

As the emerging face of anew Republican party, Palinhas the power to finally fixthe disconnect between con-servatives and failing to con-serve our environment.

Palin says this in the pre-miere episode, “I love thisstate like I love my family.”Now, she should use her sky-rocketing political fame toprotect her state with thesame “mama grizzly” feroci-ty she uses to protect herfamily.

Andrew Hammack is asecondary English educationsenior. E-mail opinions@kyk-ernel.com.

Two wheels, one malletKentucky is known for a variety of things, such as bour-

bon, Rand Paul and UK men’s basketball, but Lexington isbecoming better known for something else.

There have been high-profile happeningsin Lexington, such as the World EquestrianGames, (the first in the U.S.) an openly gayMayor-elect and Boomslang Festival. NowLexington is known for something else:hard-court bike polo.

Lexington hosted the first Open MidwestTournament this past weekend. Fifty teamscompeted in the tournament, and close to175 people from the Midwest region madethe trek to UK’s home city.

Don’t know what hardcourt bike polo is?Don’t worry, I’ll give you a primer.

Bicycle polo has been around for a while— it was invented by an Irishman in the early 1890s and wasfeatured as an exhibition game in the 1908 London Olympics.Bicycle polo is like its cousin, Equine Polo, except bicyclesare used instead of horses.

Hard-court bike polo is a new variation that exploded intoworldwide popularity around 2007. Inner cities don’t oftenhave the large grassy expanses used for traditional bicyclepolo, so empty lots were used and materials and bikes wereself-made. Bikes are often modified to be light, fast andtough. Polo mallets are usually made out of plastic piping and

ski poles. Don’t let the similarities to traditional bike polo foolyou though — hard-court more resembles street hockey onbikes, with teams of three jousting for a ball in a small space.

Lexington’s history of bike polo started in 2007. By re-quest of the city, the polo players moved from Woodland Parkto the tennis courts at Coolavin Park. The tennis courts weremodified and self-constructed court walls were put in. Lex-ington bike polo hosts a few tournaments a year, usually smalltri-state affairs. The first Open Midwest Tournament was eas-ily the largest and most ambitious tournament hosted yet, andit went great.

Fifty teams from various cities from other states traveledto the Lexington area. Some teams came from as far away asToronto, Canada, and a player from Sydney, Australia evencompeted in the tournament. Although a hometown team did-n’t place in the top three, a few all-Lexington teams did placein the top 10, and several teams with Lexington players werealso in the top ten.

My team, a Lexington-Chicago-Pittsburgh trifecta didn’tplace in the Sunday rounds, but all of our games were strongcompetitions. With this tournament, Lexington has risen as acity that not only can field strong teams (we even have someworld-class talent) and drink lots of bourbon, but also as a re-gional trendsetter and powerhouse in the fast-growing, face-paced world of hard-court bike polo.

Zachary Willis is an anthropology and international stud-ies senior. E-mail opinions@kykernel.com.

ANDREWHAMMACK

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Palin has the power to finally fix thedisconnect between conservatives and

failing to conserve the environment.

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I am a 10-year employee of UK, and I park in the RoseStreet parking structure. I drive a 2009 Legacy. Though not afancy car, I try to take care of it.

I make monthly payments, like most people. During myyear and a half of owning the car, it has been hit five timesby UK employees in that structure. I recently took it to ascratch and dent place and had these spots removed, payingout of my pocket.

Yesterday I noticed another spot. This dent will have togo to a body shop, as it is a big gash in my back bumper.

We are here to teach young adults to be good citizens.How can we teach that, when we are not that ourselves? Notonce has anyone left a note or an insurance card on my car. Iknow when they have hit my car, and they know it. This isplainly and simply being a thief. These are the kind of peo-ple we work together with.

It’s absolutely deplorable that we can't respect each oth-ers’ property any better than this, then go into a classroom orhospital and work together.

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It seems everyone isdown on bad teachers thesedays. But the truth is thatsimply removing the bad ap-ples won’t fix our educationproblems. After all, it’s not asif there’s a large pool of su-perstar teachers waiting to re-place those who are weededout. Our best hope to improveeducation broadly and deeplyis to strengthen the programsthat develop and prepare thevast majority of the nation’steachers.

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quently have low admissionsrequirements, low exit crite-ria and a lack of academicrigor. Certainly there aresome strong and innovativeteacher training programs.But the vast bulk of teachersreceive training that is dis-connected from what theywill experience in actualclassrooms.

Coursework tends to belong on theory and short onpractical training in such es-sentials as classroom man-agement and how to actuallyteach specific subjects. Theresult is that beginning teach-ers often walk into their newschools with very little ideahow to handle and teach aclassroom full of kids.

This lack of preparation isunlikely to be measured — oreven noticed. Few teacher ed-ucation programs measuretheir graduates’ success asteachers, or ask graduates ortheir employers to evaluatethe quality or relevance oftheir preparation. Althoughstates are supposed to identifyand assist programs that arelow performing, they rarelydo. Out of more than 1,400colleges of education acrossthe nation, states identify only38 as having low-performingprograms.

Given the well-document-ed importance of teacherquality to educational suc-cess, government support foreducation schools should be

leveraged to require collegesto get serious about teacherpreparation.

That would mean track-ing more meaningful meas-ures of success, including in-formation about whethergraduates actually get (andkeep) teaching jobs, what be-ginning teachers and theiremployers think of the qualityof their preparation, andwhether their teaching has ameasurable effect on theachievement of students inthe classroom.

Sound impossible? It’snot. Louisiana has developeda strong data system that al-lows it to track where gradu-ates of different preparationprograms go and what kind

of effect they have on K-12student achievement. Thestate also asks new teachersto rate how well their teachereducation programs preparedthem for their first year ofteaching.

Beyond just collectingthis type of data, statesshould ensure that universi-ties use it to improve teacherpreparation programs. Thiswill look different at everycollege, but for starters itcould include tightening stan-dards for program entry andexit. School districts shouldcarefully collect data on howa program’s graduates per-form in the classroom. Andif, year after year, the datashow dismal results for par-

ticular teacher preparationprograms, then it’s fair for thestate to shut them down, asU.S. Secretary of EducationArne Duncan has said shouldbe done.

But again, as with teach-ers, getting rid of a few badprograms isn’t nearly as im-portant as strengthening theprograms that will continue toeducate our teachers. Withunemployment so high, itmay be hard to imagine atime when many more newteachers will be needed, butas baby boomers retire overthe coming decade, we’llneed new teachers. And forthe sake of children, we needpeople who are ready for thejob on Day One.

Training teachers to be ready from the startBy Camille Esch

MCT

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When reporters gatheredaround Jon Hood on Tuesday,he was asked if he was look-ing forward to UK’s upcom-ing trip. The sophomoreguard said he was excited tohead to Hawaii to play in theEA Sports Maui Invitational.

Of course he would be.The only problem is that theCats must first travel to Ore-gon for a game against Port-land.

“That’s real bad (to skippast Portland),” Hood said.“They have the kid who canreally shoot the ball. We’regoing to go up there, havesome fun, try and get thewin.”

The Pilots are led by sen-ior guard Jared Stohl, a dead-eye shooter who’s averaging16.7 points per game throughPortland’s first three games.He’s also shooting more than57 percent from 3-point range.Last year, he shot 47.8 percentfrom 3-point range, eventhough he shot 40 percent on

2-point attempts. Of his 255shot attempts last year, 205were from long range.

Portland has raced to a 3-0 start, winning every gameby at least 14 points. UK headcoach John Calipari cautionedthat the Cats will be chal-lenged in the upcoming roadtrip, which features four qual-ity opponents. The team willtravel directly from Portlandto Hawaii before returning onThanksgiving Day.

“This is a hard trip,” Cali-pari said. “This is a danger-ous game … We’re on ourway to Hawaii to play threeteams that will be better thanus, and this is going to be alearning experience.”

Calipari said because theteam is still so young, therewill be plenty of lessons tolearn. They’re the kind oflessons that can only belearned by playing qualityopponents early in the non-conference.

“There’s a lot of experi-ences these guys have to gothrough,” he said. “One ofthem is getting knocked down

by a team that you shouldbeat because you weren’tready to play. And you thinkyou can turn it on at halftimebut it’s too late.”

Freshman forward Ter-rence Jones, from Washing-ton, saw Portland play a fewtimes last year and, alongwith Calipari, has been tellinghis teammates to be prepared.He often went to see the Pi-lots’ opponents, but usuallysaw a Portland win. Early lastyear, Portland beat Oregon,UCLA and Minnesota (thenNo. 16 in the country) play-ing at neutral sites.

Hood, realizing his mis-take earlier, didn’t short-change the Pilots again. He’slooking forward to the gameas a chance to figure out whatthe Cats will have to improve.

Then they’ll get to Hawaii– for now, at least “the other”trip.

“I think it will (be a learn-ing experience),” Hood said.“It tells us what we have todo, tells us how far we haveto go and where we are rightnow.”

By Ben Jonesbjones@kykernel.com

Cats cautious aboutlooking ahead to Maui

of Kentucky could make thetrip across the Ohio River tosee the Cats play I-71 rivaland Big East school Cincin-nati.

Sophomore Jon Hood(Madisonville, Ky.): A choicebetween either the MurrayState Racers or Western Ken-tucky Hilltoppers would givetwo programs with a com-bined 35 NCAA tournamentappearances a chance to testtheir mettle against their in-state big brother.

Freshman Stacey Poole(Jacksonville, Fla.): The Catsplayed Atlantic Sun Confer-ence member East Tennessee

State this year, so maybe fel-low A-Sun member Jack-sonville could play host toUK next year (kidding).

Freshman BrandonKnight (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.):A John Calipari and IsiahThomas coaching duel wouldpit two of college hoops’more interesting personalitiestogether if UK ever sched-uled a game against FloridaInternational.

Freshman Doron Lamb(Queens, N.Y.): Lamb, likemost any other player, wouldsurely relish the chance toplay in Madison Square Gar-den, home of the St. John’sRed Storm (among others).

Junior Eloy Vargas(Moca, Dominican Repub-lic): No Division I schoolsare in the Dominican Repub-

lic, but Miami (the citywhere Vargas attended juniorcollege last year) would serveas a substitute home. TheCats could take their talentsto South Beach and play theMiami Hurricanes.

Of course, these gamesmay never occur, but onething can be guaranteed. Ifand when players appearclose to home, they arebound to get flooded withticket requests.

Jones has already figuredout the solution to handlingthe demand.

“I just text them onething: ‘ask my mom, notme,’” he said.

Nick is a journalism sen-ior. E-mail him at ncrad-dock@kykernel.com

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PHOTO BY SCOTT HANNIGAN | STAFFUK guard Jon Hood handles the ball against Pikeville College at Rupp Arena on Monday, Nov. 1, 2010.