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kentucky kernel est. 1892 | independent since 1971 | www.kykernel.com Thursday 7.7.11 81 66 scattered t-storms tomorrow’s weather index First issue free. Subsequent issues 25 cents. Newsroom: 257-1915 Advertising: 257-2872 Classifieds............3 Features.................2 Opinions.............3 Sports..................4 Horoscope.............2 Sudoku................2 UK football hopes to ‘RISE’ up with a new look New Nike uniforms unveiled 4 Parent and Family Ambassador Jerrica Moore takes a picture of fellow ambassador, Nathan Spald- ing, and UK President Eli Capi- louto during informal chats and an ice cream social held outside the Student Center on Tuesday, as part of Capilouto’s first week on campus. PHOTOS BY ALEX LOVAN | STAFF WUKY’s Alan Lytle interviews new UK leader Eli Capilouto in between the new president’s meet-and-greet with UK faculty, staff, students and alumni. doctor At 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, new UK President Dr. Eli Capilouto began shaking hands and exhanging hellos with hundreds from the Big Blue Nation — including former Kentucky Gov. Paul Patton. One of only two in the state, a Coca-Cola machine at Firehouse Subs dispenses more than 100 drink choices. A futuristic-looking box with one spout for dispensing carbonat- ed beverages, the Coca-Cola Freestyle at Firehouse, located at 535 S. Upper St. near campus, is second only to the one at Moe’s Southwest Grill at Fayette Mall, which was installed about two weeks ago, Firehouse General Manager Ken Wright said. The first step involves dis- pensing ice. Then, the customer uses the machine’s touch screen to choose a beverage, and then flavor of that beverage — such as Fanta Zero instead of regular Fanta. The whole process is run by a comput- er. The machine uses cartridges that are much smaller than the old system that consisted of a 60- pound bag of syrup in a cardboard box. “The drink now in this ma- chine is made fresh when you press the button,” Wright said. “You’ve got the freshest drink possible.” A constant line was formed in front of the machine during lunchtime Friday, Firehouse’s sec- ond day with the Freestyle in oper- ation. Employee and incoming UK freshman Allie Kelbel and Coke Service Technician Mike Kimes stood by to assist customers with the foreign technology. Wright said it generally takes customers a minute to figure out how to use the machine, but he forsees that is- sue passing in a couple of weeks as more and more regular cus- tomers become accustomed to its easy-to-use format. “You get a veteran coming up for a refill, they’ve figured it out,” he said. Wright said in the future, Coca-Cola is looking to make a machine that allows customers to order a custom drink with their smartphones, such as a special mix of three beverages into one. For now, customers can make cus- tomized drinks the same way they could with the old machines, just with more choices. And if the machine breaks down, Wright said a local Coca- Cola technician is on call at any time during the day. He said that some problems can be fixed from the Coke headquarters in Atlanta, since the machine is computer-run. Wright said that the machine especially caters to the younger generation, even though people of all ages can easily use it. He said a girl Thursday took a picture beside the machine to post on her Face- book. Drink machine of the future debuts By Becca Clemons [email protected] UK football gets rid of student section assigned seating Students with football sea- son tickets will now be able to choose where they sit for every game. Changes to the system have opened up the entire stu- dent section in the lower level to first-come, first-serve seat- ing for every game, according to a UK news release. Students entering the low- er level will be given a wrist- band, and once the lower-level seating fills up, students will be directed to upper-level seating. Student season ticket sales begin at 9 a.m. on July 18. Reserved seats will be held in Section 200 (located in the upper level at the end zone corner) for students who want to have a constant seating as- signment. An online group seating process will occur in early August for students who want to purchase a reserved seat. PHOTO BY BECCA CLEMONS | STAFF General Manager Ken Wright, left, shows Stephen Thoman how to use the Freestyle. Capilouto meet-and-greet See FIREHOUSE on page 2 64 student-athletes make SEC honor roll The Southeastern Confer- ence has named 64 UK stu- dent-athletes to its Academic Honor Roll for the spring se- mester. According to a UK news release, the women’s track and field team boasted the most honor-roll athletes, with 12. The baseball team had 12 honorees; softball, 11; men’s track and field, 10; men’s golf, seven; women’s golf, five; and men’s and women’s tennis, three each. The honor roll is based on grades from 2010 summer, 2010 fall and 2011 spring aca- demic terms, the release said. Students who reach a grade point average of 3.00 or above, among other criteria, are eligible to make the honor roll. STAFF REPORTS Alumni Association announces 2011-12 Board of Directors The UK Alumni Associa- tion has announced its Board of Directors officers for the 2011-2012 year, according to a UK news release. The new officers are: Cammie DeShields Grant, president; George Ochs, presi- dent-elect; Brenda Gosney, treasurer; and Stan Key, secre- tary. They took office July 1 and will serve until June 30 next year. Firehouse Subs debuts new Coke machine in is The
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kentuckykernelest. 1892 | independent since 1971 | www.kykernel.com
Thursday 7.7.118166
scattered t-storms
tomorrow’s weather
indexFirst issue free. Subsequent issues 25 cents.
Newsroom: 257-1915Advertising: 257-2872
Classifieds............3Features.................2
Opinions.............3Sports..................4
Horoscope.............2 Sudoku................2
UK football hopes to‘RISE’ up with a new
lookNew Nike uniforms unveiled 4
Parent and Family AmbassadorJerrica Moore takes a picture offellow ambassador, Nathan Spald-ing, and UK President Eli Capi-louto during informal chats and anice cream social held outside theStudent Center on Tuesday, aspart of Capilouto’s first week oncampus.
PHOTOS BY ALEX LOVAN | STAFF
WUKY’s Alan Lytle interviews new UK leader Eli Capiloutoin between the new president’s meet-and-greet with UKfaculty, staff, students and alumni.
doctor
At 12:30 p.m. Tuesday,new UK President Dr. EliCapilouto began shakinghands and exhanging helloswith hundreds from the BigBlue Nation — includingformer Kentucky Gov. PaulPatton.
One of only two in the state, aCoca-Cola machine at FirehouseSubs dispenses more than 100drink choices.
A futuristic-looking box withone spout for dispensing carbonat-ed beverages, the Coca-ColaFreestyle at Firehouse, located at535 S. Upper St. near campus, issecond only to the one at Moe’sSouthwest Grill at Fayette Mall,which was installed about twoweeks ago, Firehouse GeneralManager Ken Wright said.
The first step involves dis-pensing ice. Then, the customeruses the machine’s touch screen to
choose a beverage, and then flavorof that beverage — such as FantaZero instead of regular Fanta. Thewhole process is run by a comput-er.
The machine uses cartridgesthat are much smaller than the oldsystem that consisted of a 60-pound bag of syrup in a cardboardbox.
“The drink now in this ma-chine is made fresh when youpress the button,” Wright said.“You’ve got the freshest drinkpossible.”
A constant line was formed infront of the machine duringlunchtime Friday, Firehouse’s sec-ond day with the Freestyle in oper-ation. Employee and incoming UK
freshman Allie Kelbel and CokeService Technician Mike Kimesstood by to assist customers withthe foreign technology. Wrightsaid it generally takes customers aminute to figure out how to usethe machine, but he forsees that is-sue passing in a couple of weeksas more and more regular cus-tomers become accustomed to itseasy-to-use format.
“You get a veteran coming upfor a refill, they’ve figured it out,”he said.
Wright said in the future,Coca-Cola is looking to make amachine that allows customers toorder a custom drink with theirsmartphones, such as a special mixof three beverages into one. For
now, customers can make cus-tomized drinks the same way theycould with the old machines, justwith more choices.
And if the machine breaksdown, Wright said a local Coca-Cola technician is on call at anytime during the day. He said thatsome problems can be fixed fromthe Coke headquarters in Atlanta,since the machine is computer-run.
Wright said that the machineespecially caters to the youngergeneration, even though people ofall ages can easily use it. He said agirl Thursday took a picture besidethe machine to post on her Face-book.
Drink machine of the future debutsBy Becca Clemons
UK football gets rid of
student sectionassigned seating
Students with football sea-son tickets will now be able tochoose where they sit forevery game.
Changes to the systemhave opened up the entire stu-dent section in the lower levelto first-come, first-serve seat-ing for every game, accordingto a UK news release.
Students entering the low-er level will be given a wrist-band, and once the lower-levelseating fills up, students willbe directed to upper-levelseating.
Student season ticket salesbegin at 9 a.m. on July 18.
Reserved seats will beheld in Section 200 (located inthe upper level at the end zonecorner) for students who wantto have a constant seating as-signment. An online groupseating process will occur inearly August for students whowant to purchase a reservedseat.
PHOTO BY BECCA CLEMONS | STAFF
General Manager Ken Wright, left, showsStephen Thoman how to use the Freestyle.
Capilouto meet-and-greet
See FIREHOUSE on page 2
64 student-athletesmake SEC honor roll
The Southeastern Confer-ence has named 64 UK stu-dent-athletes to its AcademicHonor Roll for the spring se-mester.
According to a UK newsrelease, the women’s trackand field team boasted themost honor-roll athletes, with12. The baseball team had 12honorees; softball, 11; men’strack and field, 10; men’sgolf, seven; women’s golf,five; and men’s and women’stennis, three each.
The honor roll is based ongrades from 2010 summer,2010 fall and 2011 spring aca-demic terms, the release said.
Students who reach agrade point average of 3.00 orabove, among other criteria,are eligible to make the honorroll.
STAFF REPORTS
Alumni Associationannounces 2011-12Board of Directors
The UK Alumni Associa-tion has announced its Boardof Directors officers for the2011-2012 year, according toa UK news release.
The new officers are:Cammie DeShields Grant,president; George Ochs, presi-dent-elect; Brenda Gosney,treasurer; and Stan Key, secre-tary.
They took office July 1and will serve until June 30next year.
Firehouse Subs debuts new Coke machine
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LOS ANGELES — NBC officially an-nounced Wednesday that James Spader is theman who will fill void of the “world’s bestboss” on “The Office.”
Spader (“Boston Legal,” “The Practice”)joins the cast of the NBC comedy, reprisinghis role as new CEO Robert California ofSabre, the parent company of Dunder Mifflin.
“James will reprise his role as Robert Cal-ifornia, this uber-salesman that has a power toconvince and manipulate, like a high-classweirdo Jedi warrior,” Paul Lieberstein, one ofthe series’ executive producers and a seriesregular, said in a statement. “He’ll have beenhired over the summer as the new manager,but within hours, got himself promoted. With-
in days, he took over the company. James hasan energy that is completely his own, and ‘TheOffice’ has no tools for dealing with this guy.We’re thrilled he’s joining our cast.”
Spader’s Robert California, self-assuredand sexually charged, made a brief appearancein the series’ May finale. Kathy Bates playedthe company’s CEO last season and had asmall presence on the show, but Spader’s char-acter will have a more full-time role.
The hire adds a new face to the mix fol-lowing the departure of Steve Carell, whoplayed everyone’s favorite boob of a bossMichael Scott for seven seasons. The eighthseason of the comedy premieres this fall.
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He also said the machine isgood for business.
“Restaurants where theyhave put this have seen an in-crease in sales,” he said.
Firehouse Franchisee BobConochalla said other Firehouselocations will use the machines,too. He said a franchise willopen soon in Nicholasville, andanother in September in Lexing-ton. Both will carry theFreestyle. He said the machineis the future of cola-dispensing.
Wright said that, even withso many choices, some cus-tomers stick to classic flavors,like regular Coke or Dr. Pepper.
But, he said, “look at whatyou have here to choose fromfor next time.”
FIREHOUSEContinued from page 1
Coca-Cola Service Technician MikeKimes inspects a cartridge in thenew Freestyle machine at Fire-house Subs Friday.
PHOTO BY BECCA CLEMONS | STAFF
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Last Friday, I wrote this in my journalat a time when I didn’t yet truly know how
much this would becomemore relevant and true inmy life:
“I read the Alchemistthe other night. Thetheme is centered on theimportance of the jour-ney, following yourdreams, and listening tothe Language of theWorld and the Languageof the Soul. It spoke tome powerfully, especiallyafter I’ve had time to
start uncovering layers and really listeningto the voice inside that rises and falls(falling so quietly — almost mute at times)throughout the years.
It led me to think deeply and questionwhat I was truly passionate about. Whatis it exactly that gives me a jolt in thestomach and a burning feeling in myheart that I can't ignore? So many times Ihave come across this feeling, whether itis masked in compassion for others orrage at injustice.
In those moments, you will find thatthere is a common thread, and in that liesyour dream. A dream that has been sleep-ing in the unconscious, covered by excusesand distractions, waiting to be woken upby the soul it inhabits. Next to it is the fearof realizing your dream. Because the clos-er you are to it, an apprehension arisesthat it may not meet your expectations. Orperhaps — that it will defy all your expec-tations and you will grow and grow likethe trees whose arms could reach out andtouch the sky. And there’s the fear of whathappens after you realize a dream. How
you will change, how others will change.Then I have to remember that life is
continually expanding. When things aren'tfalling into place, they really are. I have tohave courage to follow what I know to betrue. At times it can be easy to let fear anddefeat slowly chip away at my dream. Be-cause it can be harder to get up and dothings and easier to sit and do nothingabout it, but be safe and comfortable ...”
In light of losing a cousin and dearfriend, Kawthar, more than a week ago lastFriday, I am mulling over my words,thoughts, and feelings with a new perspec-tive. Though I had written in sincerity, it’snot until that I can sit here now and realizejust how fleeting life is, how precious.How when your chest tightens because youlove, when you love (whether it be a per-son or a dream), that you should at thevery least listen to it.
There is much sorrow in loss. There isa grief that has no rules or bounds. Butthere is a peace from believing she is in abetter place. As light is bound to fall intodarkness, darkness is bound to rise intolight. There are so many things aboutKawthar that I love. And one was that shewent after her dreams with every fiber ofher being. It wasn’t always easy, but herresiliency, courage and confidence led herto continued success.
In a time where fear can enter ourhearts from the knowledge that each day isnot a guarantee, it can be especially easyto further deny our inner voice and giveup. On the other hand, that knowledge canbe an inspiration to learn from Kawthar'sspirit and honor her by fully living out ourdreams. I know she is looking down andcheering for us, always believing the bestof us, as she always did.
Friend’s passing areminder to enjoy life
FATIMAHSHALASH
Contributingcolumnist
If we didn’t know thedifference between trial byjury and trial by television,the verdict in the Casey An-thony case cleared it up.Those people calling inTuesday to HLN’s NancyGrace after Anthony — theOrlando, Fla., woman Gracerefers to as “Tot Mom” —was found not guilty ofkilling her 2-year-old daugh-ter Caylee? Viewers, not ju-rors. Jurors vote. Viewersvent. Something to thinkabout next time you getcalled for duty?
The Anthony jury, whosemembers Tuesday were re-fusing to meet with re-porters, aren’t required toexplain why they chose notto convict Anthony of any-thing beyond lying to lawenforcement.
Those who disagree, andespecially those who’veturned this case into the Su-per Bowl of trash TV, cangab on forever or until, Godforbid, the crowning ofAmerica’s next “tot mom”and it won’t mean a thing.Not to Casey Anthony andnot to Caylee, whose saddeath has been used to ex-cuse the excesses of thoseeager to cash in on the emo-tions most of us feel whenconfronted by video of abeautiful child who’s died. I
don’t entirely mean HLN,whose coverage might havebeen expected to climax at2:16 p.m. EDT Tuesdaywith the on-air explosion ofGrace’s head. ABC, for in-stance, has milked this caserelentlessly, with even thewomen of “The View” get-ting into the act.
It’s been invested for awhile, having incurred “li-censing fees” for video andphotos related to the casethat included a $200,000payment to Anthony herselfbefore she was charged.
It’s not that I’d expectnetworks to ignore Antho-ny’s story, especially givenhow much of prime-time“news” now consists of re-hashing otherwise local mur-der mysteries. I do think,though, that it’s time that thepeople who talk about “jus-tice for Caylee” stoppedtreating their viewers likejurors they’re trying to sway.And, yes, I’m looking atyou, HLN. I get it thatGrace, a former prosecutorwho before Tuesday’s ver-dict was so keyed up shewas shouting at her own col-leagues on-air, is never go-ing to be an impartial ob-server. But what’s up withhosts Mike Galanos andJane Velez-Mitchell, whosebelief in Anthony’s guiltseems similarly unshakable?“I can’t give any other ex-planation other than human
beings are not rational,”Velez-Mitchell said afterTuesday’s verdict, speculat-ing that jurors had spent somuch time facing Anthony,they couldn’t convict her.Really.
“This jury did not knowthe story that we did,”Galanos said. Jurors, ofcourse, weren’t supposed toknow the story that HLNwas telling, with its final-ar-guments scorecards, its“wows” during recaps oftestimony by Casey’s moth-er, Cindy, its attempts atreading the defendant’s lips.This is precisely the reasonjuries in high-profile casesare often sequestered. “Youcannot convict someone un-til they’ve had their day incourt,” Anthony’s lawyer,Jose Baez, told reportersTuesday after the verdict.It’s a quaint notion, rootedin the Sixth Amendment,and it applies even in casesin which the victim is a de-fenseless child, the defen-dant a less-than-ideal motherand a preponderance of ca-ble-news anchors have al-ready made up their minds.
As justice systems go,it’s hardly perfect, and notbeing God or Nancy GraceI can’t tell you if it got itright with Casey Anthony.But given the choice be-tween a jury and TV’s talk-ing heads, I’ll take the juryevery time.
Television coverage convicted
Casey Anthony, but not the
jury assigned to her caseBy Ellen Gray
MCT
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The UK football team will be using a lot ofnew things this year — they will be practicingon new practice fields, watching video in a newtheater room on new high-definition videoboards and changing in new locker rooms intothe new uniforms.
UK Athletics revealed new uniforms de-signed by Nike on Tuesday at the Lyric Theatredowntown. Cornerback Anthony Mosely andwide receiver Brian Adams made an entrancewith dramatic music and lights to show themoff. Mosely modeled the blue uniform whileAdams wore the white.
Nike Licensing Director Dee Scott ex-plained the thought behind the design and saidthat the uniforms indicated “what happenswhen two brands come together.”
There were three main inspirations for theuniform. The first was the collaboration andteamwork that gave UK its win last year against10th-ranked South Carolina. Secondly, the uni-forms wore by Kentucky’s 1950 national cham-pionship team. They had a classic design andsharp details that were brought back into thenew uniforms. The third inspiration was Secre-tariat. Matching the checkered pattern on theUK men’s basketball jerseys, the shoulders ofthe football new jerseys featured the same refer-ence to the famous horse and jockey. Havingthese similarities shows “ties in both elementsof athletics,” Scott said.
The new uniforms are 30 percent lighterand feature many of Nike’s newest technologiesin sportswear. “Developed from the inside out,”Nike ProCombat wear is developed with speedin mind.
Other features included Flywire, for neck-band stabilization, zone ventilation and stretch,built-in padding, and more tailored hems andcuffs.
The new uniforms embrace some Kentuckytraditions and are anticipated to be “eye-catch-ing” for new recruits. Joker Phillips explainedthat there were more important things to focuson last year during his first year as head coach,and that now “the time was right,” for the foot-ball team to get new uniforms in hopes that itwill help them “rise” up as a program. (“Rise”is the football team’s theme for the upcomingseason.)
Football Cats in all new blueBy Alex Lovan
Wide receiver Brian Adams, left, and cornerback Anthony Mosely wear the new football uniforms at theLyric Theatre Thursday. Nike Licensing Director Dee Scott, center, said that the uniforms indicated “whathappens when two brands come together.”
PHOTOS BY ALEX LOVAN | STAFFCornerback Anthony Mosely models the uniform,with sleeves inspired by the horse Secretariat.
