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The short, intense road ofrecruiting the class of 2013 forthe UK football coaching staffpeaked in the mid-afternoonwhen Trinity (Ky.) defensiveend Jason Hatcher announcedhis decision in front of familyand friends at his high school.

Hatcher, a 6-foot-3, 250-pound defensive end, is rankedas the 8th-best weakside de-fensive end by Rivals and the14th-best defensive end over-all by ESPN. Both recruitingservices rated Hatcher as afour-star recruit, and ESPNranked Hatcher as the 182ndbest prospect overall and thebest in UK’s class.

Hatcher collected 13.5sacks as a senior at Trinity,earning first team All-Statehonors at defensive end by theLouisville Courier-Journal andThe Associated Press.

Hatcher wavered on twoschools during his recruitment,first committing to the Univer-sity of Southern California,then de-committed from USCvia Twitter Jan. 22 beforedeleting the tweet shortlythereafter.

Hatcher (ranked 3rd in thestate by ESPN and Rivals),along with Franklin County(Ky.) athlete Ryan Timmons(ranked 4th in the state byESPN and 5th by Rivals),gives UK two Top-5 recruitsin the state in the final two pri-

mary days of recruiting.Stoops entered the press

conference and asked to ex-cuse himself before comingback with a banner depictingthe vital statistics of Hatcher,pasting him on the wall along-side the other signees.

“(Hatcher’s banner) makesthe room look better,” Stoopssaid as he gazed at the wall.

Stoops called Hatcher’scommitment “tremendous.”He explained how much workhe and his staff put into Hatch-er’s recruitment.

“It's about presenting aplan about how we're going touse him, things we have donein the past, the way our de-fense works, how he's going tofit into (the defense),” Stoopssaid. “On our last visit when I

went into the home webrought four of us with us, andwe spent a good deal (of timewith his family). They weregracious enough to spend abunch of time with us, andthey got a chance to see us andsee what we're all about.”

Defensive line coach Jim-my Brumbaugh heaped praiseon Hatcher about both hisphysical skills and mental ca-pabilities.

“Anytime you take a guythat wants to be good and hasthat kind of ability to be ableto do things, then you havesomething to work with,”Brumbaugh said. “He has ath-leticism. Not only does hehave athleticism; he has powerwith that athleticism. He’s

By Nick Grayngray@kykernel.com

A first class recruit

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PHOTOS BY ADAM CHAFFINS | STAFFAbove: UK head coach Mark Stoops answers questions Wednesday onNational Signing Day at Nutter Training Facility. Right: Stoops places a ban-ner on the wall for his last signee of the day, Jason Hatcher.

Students preparefor Greek Sing

Chi Omega sorority andPhi Delta Theta fraternitywill host the largest GreekSing production yet, to bene-fit Make-A-Wish Foundationthis Saturday at 9 p.m. atMemorial Coliseum.

Already the largest greekevent on campus, a recordnumber of 25 sororities andfraternities will be participat-ing this year. Each groupwill perform a musical/the-atrical piece based on aunique theme they have cho-sen.

The themes branch offthe main theme, which isGreek-bred.

The sorority or fraternitythat accumulates the mostGreek Sing points up untilthe day of the performancewill win a grand prize of$1,000 for a charity of theirchoice.

Greek Sing points are ob-tained by donating items tothe silent auction, to be heldFriday, by buying event T-shirts and by attendaning thefundraising dinners organ-ized by Chi Omega and PhiDelta Theta. The most mem-bers of a greek chapter thatattend the dinner, the morespirit points that chapter re-ceives.

In addition, there will be

a first, second and third placefor sororities and fraternities;and an overall winner.

The groups will have fiveminutes to perform and theywill be judged on effective-ness of the theme, how wellthey incorporate their chosentheme into the performance,and by using props, songsand costumes. They will alsobe judged on originality, en-thusiasm onstage and overallmusical presentation.

The members of ChiOmega and Phi Delta Thetawill also be performing, butnot competing. They will de-liver dance performancesduring intermission.

Chi Omega member andGreek Sing interior chair,Jenna Musgrave, said thehard work of organizing theevent pays off.

“Of course there arechallenges and very high ex-pectations, we’ve grown alot, but it has been really en-joyable and our Make-a-Wish children are our mainpriority,” she said.

As interior chair, Mus-grave’s job is to work withthe families and the spon-sors, as well as coordinatethe silent auction prior toGreek Sing and the donationof items.

Musgrave said all thesororities on campus are par-

By Jennifer Abreujabreu@kykernel.com

See GREEK on page 2

Proceeds from Saturday’s event go to Make-A-Wish Foundation

In early November 2012,SEC coaches took a vote. Thequestion at hand: Who wouldwin the SEC in the season tocome?

Winning with 167 votingpoints, UK Hoops was select-ed to repeat as champions, af-ter making a 13-win run inthe conference last season.

Almost three months lat-er, and the Cats are tied forthird in the league with Geor-gia and South Carolina, theonly two conference teams to

beat UK this season. With a7-2 SEC record and the lin-gering disappointment of theirfirst home loss in almost threeyears, the Cats have sevengames left in the regular sea-son to bounce back.

Of the seven, only two areat home. But that doesn’tbother head coach MatthewMitchell.

“Where we play rightnow is not nearly as importantas how we’re practicing,”Mitchell said. “I just feel real-ly bad about the loss (at hometo Georgia) on Sunday be-cause I think it was a direct

result of how we practicedand I just have a lot to do withthat.”

His team’s preparation forthe Lady Bulldogs includedsome seemingly earned daysoff in the middle of a gruelingconference schedule.

“I was trying to kind ofhit the reset button and letthem refresh at the midpointand it just wasn’t the way weshould’ve gone about it,”Mitchell said.

“There’s no other thingyou can do but try to learnfrom the experience, but I

Boyd Hayesbhayes@kykernel.com

See HOOPS on page 4

Cats try to bounce back

PHOTO BY KIRSTEN HOLLIDAY | STAFFKappa Delta performs “America” during Greek Sing at Memorial Col-iseum on Feb. 11, 2012.

PHOTO BY TESSA LIGHTY | STAFFSophomore guard JenniferO’Neill dribbles the ball up thecourt aganist Auburn on Jan. 20at Memorial Coliseum.

Career fair to be held next weekUK is hosting an employ-

ers showcase Feb. 12 and 13in the Student Center GrandBallroom.

The career fair, accordingto the Career Center, will in-clude:

-Exploring career opportuni-ties associated with your major.

-Learn about current intern-ships, co-ops and jobs.

-Obtain an interview with anemployer.

-Expand your network ofprofessional contacts for the fu-ture.

A technical day will beheld on Feb. 12 for employers

who are focusing on comput-er science, construction, engi-neering, informationsystems/technology, scientificresearch and other fields oftechnical or scientific focus.

Wednesday will have anon-technical day for studentsseeking a focus on account-

ing, banking/finance, consult-ing, communication, healthcare, government, humanservices, management, mar-keting, nonprofit, retail salesand other fields in the non-technical focus.

STAFF REPORT

BBNunited progresses to full Assembly

Officials hope creatingjobs, expanding student re-sources and improving game-watching experiences areright around the corner as leg-islation moves forward underwhat UK calls its Big BlueNation United Project.

Kentucky House Bill 7, abill that would allow UK tofinance its own building proj-ects, was approved unani-mously without discussionWednesday by the House Ap-propriations and RevenueCommittee. The bill, spon-sored by committee chairmanand state Rep. Rick Rand, D-Bedford, now goes to the fullHouse and state Senate, ac-cording to a UK news release.

“We know the state hasbeen operating under signifi-cant economic constraints in

the wake of the Great Reces-sion. As President (Eli) Capi-louto often says, we have toearn our way,” UKspokesman Jay Blanton said.“That means we have to findinnovative and creative waysto move forward.”

If passed, the bill wouldopen the way for UK to spend$65 million to renovate andexpand the Gatton College ofBusiness and Economics;construct a $100 million newScience and Academic Build-ing; and spend $110 millionto upgrade concessions andfacilities at CommonwealthStadium and the Nutter Train-ing Center. Instead of relyingon state money, the projectswould be funded through ath-letics, donations and budgettrimming.

“Not one dime of stategeneral fund money is beingused for these projects,” Blan-

ton said. Construction would begin

this year.“UK is the university of

the commonwealth. As repre-sentatives, we have the obli-gation — the duty — to en-sure that it survives andthrives,” said state Rep. KellyFlood, D-Lexington, who isalso on the committee. “It’sthe right thing to do.”

The project outlineschanges to current classroombuildings as well as plans fornew ones.

“The currentChemistry/Physics and Gat-ton College are the secondand third most utilized class-room buildings,” Blantonsaid. “They don’t provide thekind of high-tech, high-touchlearning space students of ourquality and ambition need andwant. These projects will dra-matically change that.”

According to the BB-Nunited website, more than300 construction jobs will becreated over two years be-cause of this project. Blantonemphasized that these jobsare in addition to the thou-sands being created both di-rectly and indirectly by dormconstruction already inprogress on campus.

“It’s a jobs bill,” Floodsaid. “It literally put dozensand dozens of jobs into thecommunity at a time when itgreatly mattered.”

In addition to allowingself-financing at UK, the billapproves almost a dozen proj-ects at five other Kentuckyuniversities.

Flood said good leader-ship and solid politicalgroundwork allowed the billto pass easily and that manyjobs have been and will becreated in the process.

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www.kykernel.comticipating in Greek Sing thisyear, as well as about halfthe fraternities.

A 5-year-old boy and a10-year-old girl will be at-tending the event on Satur-day, Musgrave said.

Lisa Settle, also a ChiOmega member, is overall

chair for Greek Sing thisyear, and she said being in aleadership role offers experi-ences beyond greek life.

“It has allowed me toconnect with so many differ-ent people and organizationsat UK,” she said. “I had thechance to learn how every-thing works and how muchis available here.”

Musgrave said not onlythe chair members, but also

the performers work hard inadvance to meet expecta-tions.

“It’s my favorite night ofthe year,” she said. “I thinkthe whole chapter will agreethat it is very gratifying inthe end.”

Tickets are available forpurchase at the Sudent Cen-ter ticket office, and will alsobe sold at the door.

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flexible and can change direc-tion and do the things that ittakes to win.”

With the addition ofHatcher, the 22-man class re-cruited by Stoops and hisstaff is rated as UK’s highestranked recruiting class ever.Rivals ranks the Cats’ 2013class as the 28th best in thecountry as of Wednesdayevening. Since 2002, whenRivals began to keep track ofteam recruiting rankings,UK’s prior highest rankedclass was 36th in 2006.

Stoops discussed the restof the recruiting class, includ-ing Jojo Kemp, Jeff Badetand Timmons, each of whichStoops called “home run”type of players.

Stoops also talked aboutrecruiting in state and in the

state of Ohio, saying, “Thecaliber of player that we'regetting from Kentucky andfrom Ohio obviously means agreat deal.”

The Cats signed threeplayers from each state, in-cluding two players fromeach state (McWilson andHytchye from Ohio, Tim-mons and Hatcher from Ken-tucky) who were considered afour-star recruit by at leastone recruiting service.

Stoops was asked if heexpected any other letters ofintent to be faxed to the UKfootball office in the comingdays and weeks.

His answer: “Yes.”Due to NCAA regula-

tions, Stoops would not elab-orate on what recruits couldbe pondering their decisionand the Cats, but Rivals re-ported Monday DenhamSprings (La.) four-star defen-sive tackle Tevin Lawson willvisit UK this weekend. Law-

son has been an LSU commitsince March 2012.

Lincoln (Fla.) four-star in-side linebacker James Hearnsis leaning towards UK buthas not made a decision dueto academics, Justin Rowlandof Rivals reported last week.

Regardless of who is tocome, Stoops was noticeablyhappy and welcome to praisehis recruiting class and hiscoaching staff for the work,which began Nov. 27 withStoops’ hiring and topped outWednesday.

“I said that in the firstpress conference when we in-troduced the guys at mid-yearthat we would go toe-to-toewith the best schools in thecountry and with the bestschools in the SEC,” Stoopssaid. “We're not going to takea backseat to anybody. We’regoing to recruit hard. We willwin our fair share. We don'twin them all, but we're goingto work hard.”

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kernel. we do it daily.

To those who left comments on my letter, I felt I needed to respond. I am sorry to disap-point you, but I do, and did know that the athletics department and the academic departmentare kept completely separate. The point of the article was simply this: if the athletics depart-ment has $100 million to spend on Commonwealth Stadium, then we should be able to payour professors and staff.

I have to ask, how anybody can think it is responsible to waste, YES WASTE, millionson a football team, who quite frankly would struggle against the cheerleaders from my highschool, when people are losing their jobs and we as students are losing educators.

I am simply advocating for this: in times of economic stress, the university should divertfunds from the athletic department to the academic. We are first and foremost a place of ed-ucation and for us to place the needs of sports above those of our education is abhorrent atbest. It all boils down to this — whether you’re athletics, academics, dining services orhousing: “the University of Kentucky” is stamped across your paycheck. We as moral indi-viduals should not let fancy accounting and sleight of hand tactics hoard funding for a hand-ful of students while the masses are left scrounging for the scraps.

Thomas Kelsay is a sustainable agriculture junior. Email opinions@kykernel.com

Author responds to ‘Howshould UK best use funds’

letter to the editor

CHRISTOPHER EPLING, Kernel cartoonist

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The Kernel cannot tell how itcurrently feels about Student Gov-ernment President Stephen Bilas.

We believe reasons exist thatwould cause us to feel both negativeand positive feelings toward Bilas.

The Kernel will not take a clearstance on how Bilas is performing inhis presidential duties until Bilastakes a clear stance on any matterthat is controversial in nature.

The Kernel will be workingclosely with others on this campus,to see if we can in the near future,come to a consensus on Bilas.

Bilas is shy about telling youhow he may feel about the issuesthat have the greatest impact on stu-dents.

He set the precedent takingstrong public stances following thealcohol ban at the student tailgate offCooper Drive that was enacted forone game.

“This isn’t a punishment in thesense that it is a precaution for safe-ty,” Bilas said. “The university needs... to provide alternative solutions toencourage safety, because when youput that many people in a confinedarea, whether there is alcohol in-volved or not, it’s a recipe for disas-ter.”

After the ban was lifted, Bilassaid at a news conference that stu-dents have showed initiative in find-ing ways to have fun responsibly,and that among his duties is to find amiddle ground among students, anduniversity and safety officials.

The middle ground is a placewhere Bilas thrives.

When the faculty senate accusedPresident Eli Capilouto of creating afalse crisis, Bilas showed he was notafraid to stand with the faculty,while simultaneously standing rightby Capilouto.

“Everybody within the universi-ty, if they have an opinion needs tospeak it,” Bilas said to the Kernel re-garding the memo.

We cannot say with absolute cer-tainty whether or not Bilas was in-cluding himself in the category ofeverybody in the university with anopinion, or if he is capable of formu-lating an opinion at all.

In the Kernel’s article regardingthe potential for abandoning a drycampus policy, Bilas took his tough-est stance yet.

“Student Government PresidentStephen Bilas said he has gone backand forth on his feelings about UK’salcohol policy during his time as astudent at UK,” the article stated.“He said he thought the universityshould explore alternatives, but he isnot saying the university shouldcommit to either being a wet, moistor dry campus.”

“It’s a lot more complicated thanthat,” Bilas said.

If Bilas is reading this editorial,we are sure he may or may not feelthat he has been portrayed both fair-ly and unfairly by the Kernel, butappreciates our input.

At this time, we are unable tocomment further, until we have allthe facts pertaining to Bilas’ work aspresident.

Prez Bilas, we’re stuck in the middle with you

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PAGE 4 | Thursday, February 7, 2013

Through years past, thefirst Wednesday in February

would passby the Blue-grass with-out muchfanfare sur-rounding thephenomenonthat is Na-tional Sign-ing Day.

Whilecollege foot-ball fans (es-peciallyaround the

SEC) watched talentedteenagers around the countryseal their futures with thestroke of a pen to a NationalLetter of Intent, the folks inLexington were most likelylooking ahead to the next bas-ketball conference foe.

But that was B.S. (BeforeStoops).

Now, you see ESPN’s bot-tom line announced the com-mitment of players to UK.Now, UK’s recruiting haul is atopic on ESPN CollegeGameday. Now, Yahoo!Sports columnist Dan Wetzelleads a story about power-house recruiting in the SECwith, of all schools, UK.

In just a little over twomonths on the job, Stoopstransformed a middling, 60ishranked recruiting class intoone bordering on Top 25 in

the nation, as Rivals has thebatch of newest Cats ranked28th with a few more poten-tial signees on the horizon.

So what’s Stoops’ secretto getting such a quality classin such a short time? Back al-ley dealings? Hypnosis?

Actually, it was as simpleas compiling a top-notch staffthat knows how to recruit.

“It was a group effort. Thestaff — that's a big part of it isthe staff coming into this,”Stoops said. “The first year it'simportant when you hire guysthat they have some connec-tions, so that's a big part of it,guys with relationships thatthey have had either withplayers or with coaches.”

As for those unprecedent-ed rankings and all that atten-tion, Stoops hopes it piquesthe interest of future recruits.

“I think if anything it saysto the 2014 class that theseguys are serious, they knowwhat they're doing and they'regoing to make a great com-mitment to recruiting andgives you some credibility,”he said. “Let's not kid our-selves, you want to be higherthan not be higher, right?”

That is the conventionalwisdom: The higher rankedthe class, the more likely theon-field success. But four-starplayers aren’t guarantees, andeven this class will take timeto make its impact felt. That’s

why it’s important to makethis class, or a better one, ayearly occurrence, whichStoops is confident of.

“We feel like we havegreat momentum, but, yeah,we've been on the phone thismorning talking to the topprospects in the ’14 class, andwe have been evaluating the’14 class for a week or so,which actually puts us behind,but we had to put so muchtime and energy and concen-tration into this class,” Stoopssaid.

Already behind, but ex-pect Stoops and his staff tomake up ground quickly. Afterall, if a Top-30 class is possi-ble in two months, think ofwhat they can do in 12.

Stoops took the reins at arough spot in the road for theUK football program and hasalready impressed the masses.But in a conference where be-ing Top-30 lands you 13th outof 14 schools, bigger chal-lenges await, and Stoops isready to face them.

“I always felt like UK —a lot of people asked me aboutwhy here, and why did youjump on this opportunity, andwhy did you seek this oppor-tunity? I just felt there wasgreat potential here,” Stoopssaid. “I felt there was a sleep-ing giant here, that we can dogreat things and we will dogreat things.”

think with this team thereneeds to be edginess. Theyseem to be too willing to getinto a comfort zone wherewe’re not playing what Ken-tucky’s been known for, andthat’s being really aggressiveand tough.”

Since the Georgia loss,Mitchell has adapted the prac-tice schedule to take the play-ers out of that comfort zone. Amore rigorous two-a-day setupis now in place, somethingusually uncharacteristic mid-

season.“(Two-a-days) hadn’t been

common, but that was not acommon performance from us(against Georgia),” saidMitchell.

Mitchell and the Cats willhave a chance to see the fruitsof their labor when they travelto Fayetteville, Ark. this weekto take on the Arkansas Razor-backs (15-7, 3-6 SEC). TheRazorbacks tout three playersaveraging double digits thisseason: senior Sarah Watkinswith 13 points per game andsenior Quistelle Williams andjunior Keira Peak with 10.5points per game apiece.

“We have a tough gameahead of us Thursday nightin Fayetteville,” saidMitchell. “It’s always a chal-lenge to go against Arkansas.They’re very well-coached.They have always beentough to prepare for and thisseason’s no different. (Itwill) be an important gamefor us to try to bounce back,get back on the winningtrack and we’ll certainlyhave to play well to do that.”

The Cats have beaten theRazorbacks 10 out of the last11 times the teams have facedoff. Tip is scheduled for 8 p.m.Thursday.

HOOPSContinued from page 1

ALEXFORKNER

Kernelcolumnist

In just 2 months, Stoopssets the standard