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PHOTOS BY LATARA APPLEBY | STAFFTom Whitaker, senior supervisor at one of the campus plants, gives a tour to students on Wednesday.

Heating campus

One of the university’s twocoal-fired steam plants opened itsdoors to UK students for a look in-side how campus is heated.

More than 45 people toured themain campus plant Wednesday af-ternoon, organized by the KentuckyEnergy Club.

The plant, located betweenSouth Limestone and South UpperStreet, supplies all the steam forcampus, said Tom Whitaker, a plantsenior supervisor.

The 75,000-pound coal-firedboilers provide heat and/or hot waterfor campus buildings, he said.

UK’s chapter of the KentuckyEnergy Club opened the tour to allstudents to show how the plantworks.

“Energy power has never beentaught,” Evan Schroader, the club’spresident, said. “The energy IQ isgenerally low. We want to educatepeople because it’s never beentaught.”

While students often pass theplant (which is near the TaylorEducation Building and just downthe street from Jamba Juice), manyhave never been inside, besides forclass.

Todd Campbell, an operator atthe plant, said in his two years work-ing there, only engineering students

have toured the plant. This was thefirst time he had seen an open tour tostudents, he said.

Touring students watched asCampbell pulled a chain down,slowly cranking an iron door open.He then grabbed a hoe and continu-ally raked ashes out through a pipingsystem to the ash silo.

Two times a shift, someoneclimbs down the narrow, industrialsteps to “pull ashes.” About everyfour days, the ash is hauled away ina truck.

Whitaker led the first group of

students through the plant, whichwas built in 1934 and most recentlyrenovated in 1978.

He said all of the coal comesfrom Perry County, Ky., and none ofit is from strip mines.

While many people think theplant produces electricity, it onlyproduces steam, he said.

“We meet the (EPA) standardsbecause you can’t see anythingcoming out of (the stacks),”Whitaker said.

He said he is required to go to

By Rachel Aretakis

raretakis@kykernel.com

Students tour 1 of UK’s 2 coal-fired steam plants

Tom Whitaker, a supervisor at one of the plants on campus, talks to students beforea tour on Wednesday.

UK grad honoredbefore deployment

A UK graduate is beinghonored for her accomplish-ments both local and abroad.

“Her story is one of themost beautiful stories I haveever had the pleasure ofreading,” said UK PresidentEli Capilouto while prepar-ing to present a prestigiousaward to UK geographygraduate Elizabeth Rebmann.

Rebmann was the recipi-ent of the 2012 AlgernonSidney Sullivan Medallion.

The award recognizespersons with “such charac-teristics of heart, mind andconduct as evince a spirit oflove for and helpfulness toother men and women,” ac-cording to its website.

When she was 17-years-old, Rebmann joined theKentucky Army NationalGuard and was stationed inIraq in 2007-2008.

While studying at UK,she volunteered to be de-

ployed to Afghanistan andwork with the Army’sagribusiness developmentteam.

“Elizabeth did an inde-pendent study with me whilein Afghanistan,” said LynnRoache-Phillips, Rebmann’sprofessor and mentor sincethe beginning of her time atUK.

Rebmann focused ongiving back to the Afghanicommunity.

She connected with oneof her teachers from SayreHigh School to aid in aschool supply drive for stu-dents in Afghanistan.

“I believe it’s importantto help others out when theyare in need,” Rebmann said.“I felt it was what I had todo.”

During the ceremony,Rebmann was also recog-nized for teaching Afghaniwomen and students how topurify their water.

Her water purifying tech-

By Coriá Bowen

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The Lexington Venture Clubcelebrated the success of regionalearly-stage companies that havecontributed to economic develop-ment Wednesday.

The Venture Club, founded in2002, is partnered with CommerceLexington and UK to “take newtechnology and help build busi-nesses,” said Warren Nash, direc-tor of Lexington Innovation &Commercialization Center.

Club and community membersgathered at Buster’s Billiards &Backroom for the announcementof survey results conducted by theclub. The event focused on thenumber of jobs created in theBluegrass community and theamount of money that has beenraised.

Seventy-eight Central Ken-tucky early-stage companies par-ticipated in the survey.

Of the 78 companies, 279 peo-ple were hired in 2011, equating toa 16.2 percent increase. There was

a 35.3 perecent increase in totalrevenue, totaling $127.2 million.

Dan O’Hair, dean of the Col-lege of Communications and Infor-mation Studies, said the high-pay-ing, high-education jobs that thebusinesses create are beneficial forcollege graduates.

“When you think about entre-preneurship, you think outside thebox,” O’Hair said.

He said the university andcommunity have a symbiotic rela-tionship in an effort to promote en-trepreneurship.

“We see the university andcommunity working together asone,” O’Hair said.

Entrepreuneur study programsand course work are being devel-oped across colleges, he said, andthe goal is to “let students knowthey can start their own business.”

Provost Kumble Subbaswamysaid UK is interested in makingsure research is not only conduct-ed, but also carried out.

“We hope we make a connec-tion with entrepreuneurship andconnect it with our students andour resarch,” he said.

Three companies were recog-nized at the event, and two werecreated as a result of UK research:Seikowave, which focuses onthree-diminseonal measurementsystems, and CoPlex, therapeuticsdevelopment to preventAlzheimer’s.

“We need to develop and at-tract entrepreuneurs,” Mayor JimGray said.

By Kayla Phelps

kphelps@kykernel.com

UK and commuity work together to apply research

Entrepreneurial companies help students

Student Government is offeringthree more Washington, D.C., intern-ships to UK students for summer2012.

The unpaid internships are withthe offices of Sen. Rand Paul, Rep.Ben Chandler and Rep. Hal Rogers.

The Wildcat Interest Group an-nounced in Janurary it secured twointernships with Sen. Mitch Mc-Connell and Rep. Geoff Davis. SG isproviding a $1,500 living stipend forthose selected.

The deadline to apply is March 1and applications for each office isavailable at uksga.org. See online formore information about require-ments.

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“When you think about entrepreneurship, you think outsidethe box.” Dan O’Hair, Dean of College of

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A look insideVideo of coal plant tour online

What did he just say?

Ever walked into a roomand caught the tail end of avery awkward conversation?

Ever walked past some-one who is talking too loudlyand stupidly?

Ever had a friend oncampus say the dumbestthing you’ve ever heard?

So have we.The Kernel is pleased to

announce the creation of anew column, The Cat’sMeow, which will highlightthe best, worst and funniestof UK student quotes.

This column will be writ-ten by UK students whotweet, email or post whatthey hear through our mediaoutlets.

The best will be featuredin the printed column, whichwill run every other Tuesday.

What makes the cut? We refer you to sites like

textsfromlastnight.com orfmylife.com, where the fol-lowing gems were written:

“You kept me hostage inyour driveway until you gotyour point across that Alaskahas warm weather.” (texts-fromlatnight.com)

“I tackled a mailbox likea linebacker. He almostbroke his hip and his friendlit a bottle rocket off insideof the car. Yes, it was a suc-cessful night.” (textsfrom-lastnight.com)

“Today, I found out howit feels when a refrigeratordoor unhinges and falls onyour toes.” (fmylife.com)

This column needs yourparticipation to be a success.

If you hear somethingthat deserves spreading,tweet at us with #catsmeow.

You can also email us atcatsmeow@kykernel.com.

We will also be running astream on our website andThe Kentucky Kernel Face-book page.

See you on Tuesdays.

LUKEGLASER

Kernelcolumnist

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Thursday is Groundhog Day, so there’s nobetter time than right now to ponder the “Twi-light Zone”-ish Bill Murray comedy “Ground-hog Day.”

That movie (which airs Thursday night at8 and 10:30 EST on CMT) about a caustic TVweatherman forced to relive a single day overand over, has become an existential classic.

Don’t take our word for it: No. 8 on theAmerican Film Institute’s list of top fantasyfilms and No. 34 on its list of top comedies, itwas inducted in 2006 into the Library of Con-gress' National Film Registry. A year after Co-lumbia Pictures released it on Feb. 12, 1993,the prestigious Motion Picture Guide Annualcalled it “a primer on western philosophy, aswell a reasoned case for Zen Buddhism.”

“A psychiatrist saw this movie and told meit was a perfect metaphor for psychotherapy,”director and co-writer Harold Ramis said in aninterview several years ago. “You keep revisit-ing the same material over and over, and eachtime you get a different insight until you final-ly get clear of it. Religion, the same way _Christians, Jews, everyone saw it (“Ground-hog Day”) as embodying their own philoso-phies.”

Co-written with Danny Rubin now a Har-

vard lecturer on screenwriting “GroundhogDay” is ultimately “about the human condi-tion,” Ramis said. “A lot of people start doingthe same thing every day, thinking the samemisguided thoughts every day.”

The movie was filmed primarily in Wood-stock, Ill., subbing for Punxsutawney, Pa. TheB&B where Murray’s Phil Connors stayed isthe Cherry Street Inn. The Woodstock Theateris the movie’s Alpine Theater, which is screen-ing the made-up movie “Heidi 2.” An aerialestablishing shot of Pittsburgh shows the Pitts-burgh Press and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette build-ings, as well as the four-building GatewayCenter office towers.

For fans, of course, the biggest conjectureis just how long was Phil Connors condemnedto this purgatory. Co-star Stephen Tobolowskyhas said Ramis told him “that in Buddhism,they say that it takes 10,000 years for a soul toevolve to the next level. So he said that he feltthat the entire progress of ‘Groundhog Day’covered 10,000 years ...”

Ramis himself later told a magazine, “Ittakes at least 10 years to get good at anything,and, allotting for the down time and misguid-ed years he spent, it had to be more like 30 or40 years.”

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school every six months tolearn about new standards.

Among the students tour-ing was Kristen Vinson, ajournalism senior who thinksevery student should go on atour. She said she is interest-ed in the Beyond Coalmovement.

“I think (students) likecoal because they think theyhave to,” she said, regardingthe university being associat-ed with Friends of Coal.

Groups learned theplant’s process from whenthe coal comes in on trucks,to when it is burned.

Brock Meade, a psychol-ogy freshman, said he wouldcharacterize himself as hav-ing an anti-coal stance.

“It is nice to come in andsee how the coal-fired powerplant works,” he said.

He said his opinionabout coal didn’t change af-ter the tour.

Club Coordinator BreeMcCarney said this is thefirst time it has done a cam-pus plant tour, but members

have traveled to other plantsthroughout the state. Shesaid she wants to make this aregular occurance.

“We’re just about educa-tion,” McCarney said. “Wedon’t have a politicalstance.”

McCarney and Schroaderstarted the club at UK with astate grant “to elevate the en-ergy IQ for the community,”Schroader said.

The club, which wasstarted last year, is focusedon community outreach, ed-ucation and fact-basedanalysis, McCarney said.

“The politics behind(coal) are kind of distort-ed,” Schroader said. “Wewant to focus on facts, notpolitics.”

Schroader, who is a me-chanical engineering senior,also works in the Center forApplied Energy Researchwith Jack Groppo, the club’sfaculty adviser.

Groppo wanted to do thetour to “let people see how

heat is generated and howcampus is heated.”

“Energy affects every-one,” he said.

He said he was thrilledwith the number of peoplewho came to the tour, andhopes this sparks interest incoal issues.

“Everyone is going toform an opinion,” Gropposaid. “At least form it onfact, not hearsay.”

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nique consisted of placingrecycled water bottles filledwith water on tin and in di-rect UV sunlight.

“I found the dirtiest wa-ter I could imagine and test-ed it and it worked,” Reb-mann said.

Rebmann said purifyingthe water was one smallthing she did that could

change the course of some-one’s life.

“She is selfless,”Roache-Phillips said, “aquality not common in peo-ple of her age.”

In addition to her accom-plishments overseas, Reb-mann has also been involvedwith the Lexington commu-nity and served as a Big Sis-ter, as well as a mentor andtutor for students at the EastSeventh Street CommunityCenter.

Rebmann also initiated aproposal for recycling binsto be placed at Speedwaygas stations.

“I was pumping my gasone day and cleaned out mycar and got the idea for recy-cling,” Rebmann said.

The Algernon SidneySullivan Medallion is usual-ly presented at the annualFounders Day Celebration toone UK female student, oneUK male student and onenon- student. This year’s

Founder’s day will be heldon Feb. 22.

However, Rebmann washonored before the FoundersDay event because she isscheduled to deploy on Sun-day to Afghanistan. She willbe a security analyst for theU.S. government.

Redmann’s family, in-cluding her father, mother,grandmother and aunt, at-tended her ceremony.

“I wish she wasn’t goingback, but we support her in

that even though it’s hard forus,” said Sheryl Jones, oneof Rebmann’s aunts. “She’sdone a lot of great things inher young life and we areproud.”

James Rebmann, Reb-mann’s father, said he is alsogoing to have a hard timewhen she leaves.

“We hate to see her go,but what she is doing is im-portant to the country,” hesaid.

Rebmann said she did

not feel worthy enough forsuch an award.

“I still can’t believe theychose me for this,” Rebmannsaid.

Those in attendance atthe ceremony understoodwhy Rebmann was deserv-ing of such honor.

“Of the thousands of stu-dents I have had, she is a tierabove every other student interms of what she does andwhat she gives,” Roache-Phillips said.

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eva mcenrue | opinions editor | emcenrue@kykernel.comkernelopinionseditorial board members:

Editor-in-Chief Taylor Moak,Becca Clemons, Aaron Smith, Eva McEnrue, Sam Rothbauer and Luke Glaser

As many of us know Februaryis Black History Month, a time forus as a nation to reflect on theunique history, culture and contri-butions of the African Americancommunity.

While I consider Black HistoryMonth to be a noble and relevanteducational endeavor, it is truly thepresent day chronic health crisisaffecting African Americans, espe-cially cardio-vascular disease, that Iam most concerned about.

The statistics are startling.According to the American HeartAssociation, nearly four in 10African Americans have some formof CVD, which is an umbrella termfor diseases of the heart and circu-latory system, including strokes,high blood pressure, congestiveheart failure, congenital heart

defects and hardening of the arter-ies.

A government study in 2010showed considerably higher annualdeath rates among African Ameri-cans ages 64 and under, comparedto their white counterparts.

An estimated 107,000 Ameri-can blacks will die this year fromcomplications of CVD, making itby far the number one cause ofdeath among African Americanadults.

Despite these grim numbers,there is hope. Improved communityeducational outreach and co-opera-tion between governmental andnon-profit health agencies are pos-sible solutions to remedy thesehealth disparities. Health educationis often a precursor to preventativecare and behavioral lifestylechange.

Ending health disparities issomething we all, regardless of race

or background, should be con-cerned about.

The Milken Institute estimatesthat the total economic cost ofchronic diseases to the U.S. econo-my was more than a trillion dollarsin 2003. Clearly if any group in ournation suffers, we all suffer.

We must not see this as anAfrican American health problem,but as a U.S. public health problem.

I urge everyone regardless ofethnic background to know therisks regarding CVD. The PAWSCenter, located on the first floor ofthe University Health Servicesbuilding, provides students with theopportunity to speak with a profes-sional health educator free ofcharge.

Mike Thornton is a second yearMaster of Health Promotion Grad-uate Student and Iraq War Veteran.Email opinions@kykernel.com.

February a month to celebrateBlack History and Heart Health

By Mike Thornton

opinions@kykernel.com

I am going to write whatevery single member of a fraterni-ty at UK is thinking: The Officeof Fraternity and Sorority Affairsdoes not appreciate anything thatwe do and they exercise doublestandards.

Since I came to this universityin 2008 we have had six fraterni-ties kicked off campus: KappaAlpha Psi, Sigma Alpha Epsilon,Lambda Chi Alpha, Sigma Pi,Sigma Nu and Sigma Phi Epsilon.We currently have two on proba-tion, Phi Sigma Kappa and Farm-House, and one that just got off ofprobation, Delta Tau Delta.

UK only has 19 fraternities,four that do not have a fraternityhouse at all. That means 60 per-cent of fraternities with houseshave been kicked off campus orbeen on some sort of probationsince 2008. That is a staggeringnumber.

Now let’s look at what the fra-ternities at UK have contributedto the community using statisticsfrom the Office of StudentAffairs’ own website. Using sta-tistics for fall 2010, in 2009 fra-ternities donated a total of$42,583 to charities across thecountry, completed 14,421 hoursof community service and had anaverage grade point average of2.97, which is above the all-maleaverage.

On top of this, the Interfrater-nity Council approved the addi-tion of a bylaw that called for allfraternities to have an averagegrade point average of a 3.0 orface multiple forms of probation.

Given all of these incrediblethings 1,463 college men doevery single semester, you wouldthink UK would work with theseorganizations and not kick themout entirely.

When a person is caughtdrinking in a dorm room the uni-versity does not swoop in andkick every person living in thatdorm out. They provide classes togo to learn what alcohol does tothe body. Why then, when oneperson is caught with alcohol in afraternity house, does the univer-sity kick the organization as awhole from the university? It is ablatant double standard.

Kicking every member of afraternity off campus or puttingthem on probation for one indi-viduals’ mistake makes me feelthat the Office of Fraternity andSorority Affairs does not appreci-ate anything that fraternities do asorganizations.

To quote the Kernel article“Fraternity proactive after suspen-sion, years of sanctions” on Dec.1., “As a member of the Greekcommunity, you are held to ahigher standard. When someonemesses up it reflects on the wholecommunity.” Really?

One person messes up and itreflects on the entire community?Using that logic I guess everyonewho has flunked out, had alcoholon campus or even smoked a cig-arette on campus reflects theimage of the entire university.Last time I checked, this greatuniversity does not have a badimage.

Fraternities and sororities dogreat things for this campus andthe community, be it from donat-ing money, doing communityservice or simply getting goodgrades.

Fraternities will always reflectUK in a positive manner. It istime for the Office of Fraternityand Sorority Affairs to step asideand let us do what we do best.

Jim Blackerby is an interna-tional studies senior. Email opin-ions@kykernel.com.

Greeks influencecampus positively

By Jim Blackerby

opinions@kykernel.com

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Name Position Height Weight Hometown Rivals.com ratingPatrick Towles QB 6-5 242 Ft. Thomas, Ky.Dyshawn Mobley RB 5-11 205 Powell, Tenn.Justin Taylor RB 5-10 200 Atlanta, Ga.A.J. Legree WR 6-1 178 Fort White, Fla.DeMarcus Sweat WR 6-1 192 Lithonia, Ga.Zach Myers OL 6-3 285 Miamisburg, OhioJordan Swindle OL 6-7 310 St. Johns, Fla.Jon Toth OL 6-5 290 Indianapolis, Ind.Jordan Watson OL 6-4 315 Fayetteville, Ga.T.J. Jones OL 6-6 290 Myrtle Beach, S.C.Thomas Chapman DL 6-4 285 Louisville, Ky.Langston Newton DL 6-4 254 Carmel, Ind.Patrick Graffree DT 6-4 270 Elizabethtown, Ky.Khalid Henderson LB 6-0 213 Mableton, Ga.Kadeem Thomas LB 6-0 225 Tallahassee, Fla.Daron Blaylock DB 6-1 215 Marietta, Ga.Shawn Blaylock DB 5-10 166 Lithonia, Ga. Zack Blaylock DB 6-0 188 Marietta, Ga. Kory Brown * DB 6-0 208 Moncks Corner, S.C. Cody Quinn DB 5-10 163 Middletown, OhioJonathan Reed DB 5-9 185 Indianapolis, Ind.Fred Tiller DB 6-0 180 Homerville, Ga.Josh Harris DB 6-0 191 Maysville, Ky.Sterling Wright DB 5-11 201 Miami, Fla.Jalen Whitlow QB/ATH 6-2 210 Pratville, Ala.Landon Foster K/P 6-1 198 Thompson Station, Tenn.

UK football commitment list

Momentum from the UKfootball team’s win overTennessee in November car-ried over on Wednesday whenUK head coach Joker Phillipsand his staff wrapped uprecruiting on the 2012 class.

“This is a strong recruitingclass,” Phillips said, “and theclass got even stronger in thelast 48 hours when a couple ofkids decided to join us.”

Rivals.com ranked theclass last in the SEC andunranked in their top 50.Scout.com on the other handhad the Cats at 31 overall.

The most notable of theplayers to join the 2012recruiting class within the last48-hours were running backJustin Taylor and linebackerKhalid Henderson.

Taylor, a three-star runningback from Atlanta, Ga., backedout of his commitment toAlabama and signed with theCats on Wednesday morning.

Henderson is one of themore highly touted recruits,coming in at three-starsaccording to Rivals.com. The6-foot, 213-pound linebackerfrom Mableton, Ga., was aone-time Tennessee commitand also chose the Cats overOle Miss.

“Coach (Rick) Minter hada chance to go down and visitwith him and really like thelook he has in his eyes,”

Phillips said about Henderson. “He liked him physically,

and I say physically becauseyou better like them physical-ly first. It’s just like when Imet my wife. If I saw her froma distance, I better like what Isaw first before I’m able totalk to her.”

Phillips also noted thatHenderson, like many of therecruits, fit the profile that hewanted at UK. He said a play-er he recruits must be “highcharacter, it has to be a guythat wants to get a gooddegree and be successful, andloves the game of football.”

The Cats highest ratedrecruit has been on board forquite some time. Four-starquarterback Patrick Towlescommitted during his springbreak in 2011, Phillips said.

The 6-foot-5, 242 poundquarterback from HighlandsHigh School in NorthernKentucky is a “proven win-ner,” said Rivals SoutheastRecruiting Analyst KeithNiebuhr.

Pointing to Towles’ ban-ner on the wall, Phillips said,“The first (letter of intent) tocome in was this guy up here.”

“You better have a guythat’s going to pull the trigger,be the leader, be the face ofyour program,” Phillips said.

Phillips later added thatTowles would have an oppor-tunity to compete for the start-ing quarterback position.

During an interview with

Niebuhr of Rivals.com,Phillips said there were twoplayers in the 2012 class whohe thought could make animpact — though not rankedhigh by recruiting services —were three-star defensive backFred Tiller and three-star widereceiver DeMarcus Sweat.

“Fred Tiller is an outstand-ing player,” Niebuhr said.

“There’s probably goingto be a transitional periodbecause he played at a reallysmall school in south Georgia,but he’s a sensational athlete.”

When asked who couldmake an instant impact,Niebuhr said Sweat is some-one that isn’t getting talkedabout a lot.

“He’s got a big body andhe’s very fast,” Niebuhr said.“He has a fantastic frame. Imean one of the best frames ofany receiver commit in theSEC.”

Coming off a season inwhich fans witnessed 11freshman take the field, thefuture for this class could havea higher ceiling in Phillips’opinion.

“It might be better than theclass we put together lastyear,” Phillips said.

While Phillips may thinkit is a better class, the recruit-ing services don’t seem toagree.

“We don’t worry about thestars that any of you guysmight put on them, or the starsthat somebody else might puton them,” Phillips said. “Ireally value the evaluation inthe back of that room,” he saidreferring to the assistantcoaches.

Niebuhr echoed Phillips’beliefs.

“It’s a little misleading,”Niebuhr said. “You getbogged down with numbers.In the SEC, where everyonerecruits so well, it’s hard togive a class like this atten-tion.”

UK football signs 2012 recruiting class

By Cody Porter

cporter@kykernel.com

4-star quarterback the top-rated commit

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UK Hoops plays hosts to the Ole MissRebels Thursday night in a matchup that willbe critical to the Cats' SEC regular-season ti-tle hopes.

Although the Lady Rebels have had adown season (12-10, 2-7 SEC), the gamewill still be vital because there has yet to beany separation at the top of the SEC rank-ings.

The Cats are alone at the top of the SEC,with their program-best start of 9-0. Lurkingin second-place, however, are the TennesseeVolunteers, who have just one loss. The 7-1Volunteers' only conference loss was in Lex-ington to the Cats, with a return date inKnoxville set for February 13.

"I just don’t think you can lose verymany games and think about being the cham-pion,” UK head coach Matthew Mitchellsaid. “It’s shaping up to be that kind of year.It’s going to always be hard to win the SECtitle."

Mitchell believes the hard work involvedwill make ultimately winning the title thatmuch more meaningful.

"It’s just going to be hard — and it

should be,” Mitchell said. “Historically, it’sthe greatest league in women’s college bas-ketball, ever. It should be something youhave to earn. I’m excited about that aspect."

With the race this close, the importanceof every remaining game on the schedule in-creases.

"I am not expecting Tennessee to lose abunch of games. Every single game becomesvery, very important," Mitchell said. "So ac-tually, in a way, it helps you focus."

The Cats seemingly lost focus Sunday athome against Alabama, allowing the Tide tomake a second-half run and close the Cats'lead to 11 three different times.

"For whatever reason, long season, lossof focus, whatever it was, it didn’t look toogood," Mitchell said. "We showed that tothem and I would expect a better defensiveperformance Thursday night.”

Mitchell's team will turn their attentionto the Ole Miss Lady Rebels Thursday at 7p.m. at Memorial Coliseum. It will be thelast home game for the Cats until Feb. 20.

"We have another tough opponent com-ing into Memorial,” Mitchell said. “We’rehappy to have a chance to play at home andOle Miss has a good team and we’ll have tobe ready to earn a victory.”

UK Hoops hosts Ole MissThursday night

By Les Johns

ljohns@kykernel.com

“This is a strong recruiting

class, and the class got evenstronger in the last 48 hours ... “

Joker Phillips,

UK head football coach