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The road can be a gruel-ing and sometimes costly ex-perience for a college basket-ball team, especially one asyoung as UK’s.

Lucky for the Cats, how-ever, it was a rewarding one,as they return home to RuppArena Tuesday night to faceSouth Carolina after twostraight tough road wins inSEC play.

“We’ve just been stayingpositive and getting betterevery day,” sophomore KyleWiltjer said. “We’re listeningto what Coach Cal has to sayand trying to build on it dur-ing the games.”

That progression hasturned into wins, but UK hasnot made it easy on itself. Sat-urday, they blew an eight-point lead with under fiveminutes left before puttingaway Texas A&M in over-time.

The lapses in consistencyare all part of the process,head coach John Calipari said.

“We’re getting better, butwe’ve been in flux the wholeseason,” he said. “We havenot been able to say, okay,here’s who we are now let’sjust get better at what we are.It’s put us in positions wherewe’re not as confident in eachother.”

Very little of that, though,can be attributed to freshmancenter Nerlens Noel, who wasnamed SEC Freshman of the

Week Monday for the thirdconsecutive week. Noel’s 10.5points, 10.5 rebounds, andseven blocks per game in thetwo wins also merited Nation-al Player of the Week by SethDavis in Sports Illustrated.

The Gamecocks (12-9, 2-6 SEC) are tied for last placein the conference standings.They’re coming off two loss-es last week, including a 39-point defeat to No. 2 Florida.

A key to the game for theCats will be the return offreshman center WillieCauley-Stein from a knee pro-cedure. Cauley-Stein playedminimal minutes againstA&M, but Calipari said thatwas mostly because he didn’twant to take Noel out in criti-cal moments.

South Carolina has twoplayers standing 6-foot-10 ortaller, so UK’s frontcourtdepth will help combat theGamecock’s physicality.

The Cats are winners ofthree straight conferencegames, and with a game atFlorida looming just a weekaway, they’re looking to usethis week to refine theirweaknesses and keep the mo-mentum going.

“It has taken a while tofind our identities,” Wiltjersaid. “But I think we’re start-ing to come into our own andhopefully we can just keepbuilding upon it.”

The game Tuesday nightis scheduled to tip at 9 p.m. Itwill be televised nationally onESPNU.

By David Schuh

dschuh@kykernel.com

UK looks to keep streak rollingCats welcome South Carolina,

going after 4th straight SEC win

Environmental studiesis no longer for just chem-istry lovers.

The College of Artsand Sciences is offering anew major, environmentaland sustainability studies,focusing more on humani-ties and the social sciencetraits of Mother Nature.

“We have had studentscome out of the wood-work begging for this de-gree," said Kari Burch-field, an ENS staff supportassociate.

“We have made ourelectives in economics,environment and society:the three pillars on sus-tainability. There is not anenvironmental problemout there that doesn't havethe three pillars,” saidDavid Atwood, a chem-istry professor and theENS director.

Atwood said the bestwriters that we have oncampus come from the hu-manities department andthey are the ones who willcommunicate best aboutenvironmental issues.

“Having a gap be-tween writers and sciencepeople does not makesense because we needpeople to write effectivelyabout things going on inthe world,” Atwood said.“People need to under-stand science and need toknow how to communi-cate.”

Atwood believes stu-

Newmajor

offered

By Nini Edwards

nedwards@kykernel.com

See A&S on page 2

Sustainabilitywill be focus

UK employees, studentsand community memberswere in attendance for anopen house Monday that ex-plored possible options forthe future of UK’s campus.

Representatives fromSasaki Associates Inc., thecompany tasked with plan-ning UK’s facelift, spokewith members of the UK andLexington communities aboutproposed changes to campus.

Urban planner with Sasa-

ki Associates Inc. GregHavens said a large numberof variables have to be con-sidered in the redesigning ofareas on campus.

“We are mainly focusingon housing, but with thatcomes a host of things,”Havens said.

These factors have cometo light in a series of meetingswith campus officials andopen forums with studentsand campus employees wherethe company has tried to findthe “pulse” of campus,Havens said.

“Basically, wefocus on a lot of dif-ferent things,”Havens said. “It’s aprocess of listeningand identifying re-curring themes.”

Pedestrian acces-sibility, a relativelack of social spaces,a need for better din-ing and a call formore student gathering spotswere all issues to crop upmultiple times throughout thecompany’s data collectionprocess.

At the open house multi-ple maps and illustrationswere available to show tenta-tive ideas and plans devel-oped from this data.

“This is a composition of

all variables of building acampus,” Havens said.

Several plans were pre-sented at the open house in-cluding one calling for con-

Campus masterplandesigns presented

By Morgan Eadsmeadss@kykernel.com

UK community gets first look at several plans

A UK researcher’s find-ings on the drug hydrocodone

were usedby the FDAas testimonyin the reclas-sifying ofthe drug thathad 219 mil-lion dosesdispensed inK e n t u c k yduring 2011.

The Risk ManagementAdvisory Committee of theFDA voted Jan. 25 in favor of

reclassifying hydrocodonefrom a Schedule III to aSchedule II drug under thefederal Controlled SubstanceAct.

This reclassificationwould mean tougher restric-tions on the prescribing andpurchasing of the drug.

Dr. Sharon Walsh, direc-tor of the Center on Drugand Alcohol Research at theUK College Medicine, gaveexpert testimony at the Janu-ary FDA hearings.

It has long been debatedby the DEA whether or notthis reclassification wouldhelp reduce misuse and traf-

ficking of one of the mostabused drugs in the nation.

Namely, this is one of themost abused drugs in Centraland Eastern Kentucky withenough of the drug dispensedfor each person in the state tohave 51 doses.

Walsh, along with a teamof researchers, conducted re-search on opiate users thatcame to UK hospital to studythe comparative pharmacolo-gy of hydrocodone in com-parison to drugs like Oxycon-tin and morphine.

The study looked at hy-drocodone given intravenous-ly compared to Oxycontinand morphine.

It was found that althoughhydrocodone was a ScheduleIII drug, it could not be dis-tinguished from agents in

Schedule II drugs. It was vir-tually identical in its pharma-cological profile.

“It is interesting that theFDA asked me to come be-cause the studies we con-ducted at UK are some of thefirst on hydrocodone over acourse of many years,”Walsh said. “Those studieswere a significant part ofconsideration of the commit-tee and it shows the researchhas gone on to contribute tonational decision-makingprocess.”

Walsh said that datashows people who abuse pre-scriptions are getting opiatesfrom friends or family mem-bers with prescriptions.

Data shows a smaller per-cent are using dealers, and thedrug's street-value has given

an avenue for dealers to sup-plement their income as partof their prescriptions.

Some question if it is thepatients who are the source ofthe trafficking, or if it is thedoctors who prescribe thedrug.

The Courier-Journal re-ported in 2011 that “pillmills” were the source prob-lem in Central and EasternKentucky.

It was reported that Dr.Frederick Cohn of Greenupand Johnson counties in East-ern Kentucky dispensed morethan 2.5 million tablets with aof controlled substances witha colleague, sometimes see-ing 120 or more patients in afour-hour period, according

FDA uses UK researcher’s findings

By Melody Bailiffnews@kykernel.com

See HYDRO on page 4

Walsh’s work with hydrocodonecould lead to its reclassification

PHOTO BY KIRSTEN HOLLIDAY | STAFFFreshman center Willie Cauley-Stein handles the ball against Texas A&M at Rupp Arena on Jan. 12.Cauley-Stein will be at full strength Tuesday after returning from a minor knee procedure.

PHOTO BY MORGAN EADS | STAFFPresident Eli Capilouto takes a look at one of the proposed plans Monday.

When Orlando “Tub-by” Smith was just begin-ning his career as UK’shead basketball coach,Mary Ann Vimont noticed

his dedi-cation tostudents.

TodayVimont ispreparingfor theUK Col-lege ofE d u c a -tion’s fif-

teenth annual “TeachersWho Made a Difference”program, which was in-spired by Smith’s act ofkindness.

So far, the program hashonored over 1,700 men-tors, from kindergartenteachers to college profes-sors, not only across thestate of Kentucky, but across the nation as well.

“I thought, ‘Wow. Weare the College of Educa-tion. We should honor peo-ple who make a differ-

Mitchellto speak

forteachers

By Amelia Orwick

aorwick@kykernel.com

See TEACHER on page 2

Michell

MKG suffers concussionUK in the NBA 3

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LOS ANGELES — A comedy about thefirst year of marriage, a documentary aboutStephen Hawking, and Joss Whedon’s adapta-tion of a Shakespeare play are among theeclectic mix of 109 films set to screen at thisyear’s South by Southwest Film Conferenceand Festival, organizers announced Thursday.

“I Give It a Year,” which makes its NorthAmerican premiere at the Austin, Texas, festi-val, is the directorial debut of “Borat” and“Bruno” screenwriter Dan Mazer, and starsRose Byrne, Anna Faris, Rafe Spall and Si-mon Baker in a comedy about falling out ofmarital love.

It’s one of many comedies premiering atthe March festival, such as the previously an-nounced “The Incredible Burt Wonderstone”(Dan Scardino’s magician satire starring SteveCarell, Steve Buscemi and Jim Carrey), and“Drinking Buddies” (Joe Swanberg’s work-place romance with Olivia Wilde, AnnaKendrick, Ron Livingston and Jake Johnson).

“We’re always strong on comedy,” saidSXSW Film Conference and Festival producerJanet Pierson. “But there’s a lot of joy and funin the program this year, and maybe a widerappeal.”

Another strength at SXSW is its documen-taries, and this year’s slate includes the world

premiere of “Hawking,” Stephen Finnigan’sportrait of paralyzed British physicist StephenHawking; “The Network,” Eva Orner’s chron-icle of an Afghan TV network; and “Milius,”Zak Knutson and Joey Figueroa’s story offilmmaker John Milius.

The lineup is also heavy on theater entries,Pierson noted, with the U.S. premiere of Whe-don’s take on “Much Ado About Nothing,”and world premieres of “Some Girl(s)” (Daisyvon Scherler Mayer’s adaptation of the NeilLaBute play), “Improvement Club” (DaynaHanson’s tale of an avant-garde performancegroup) and “We Cause Scenes” (Matt Adams’documentary about the comedy troupe ImprovEverywhere).

The festival is light this year on one of itstraditional mainstays — genre films — withthe previously announced “Evil Dead,” direc-tor Fede Alvarez’s remake of the 1981 culthorror film from Sam Raimi, the most high-profile horror title. More titles will be an-nounced when the Midnighters section andshort film programs are finalized Wednesday.

The conference and festival is set forMarch 8-16. More information is available atsxsw.com/film.

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CorrectionAn article in Thursday’s Kernel spelled a name incorrectly. The ISC junior quoted in the article is Haeli Denton, not Hay-

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ence,’ ” said Vimont, an as-sociate professor in the Col-lege of Education, who con-siders the program “herbaby.”

Around 120 teachers arehonored at the annualbrunch, which takes place atthe Student Center.

Due to the fact that thereis limited space at the pro-gram, there must be a cap onthe number of teachers hon-ored.

If there are more than120 submissions, the submis-sions are kept and they’re thefirst to be honored the nextyear, Vimont said.

This year’s event willtake place on April 27 from9-11 a.m.

Each year the Collegeof Education selects aspokesperson to help spreadthe word about the pro-gram.

This year MatthewMitchell, UK Hoops coach,will be serving as spokesper-son for the second year in arow.

Mitchell’s players sur-prised him by honoring himduring last year’s program,said Margie Gallt, an admin-istrator in the College of Ed-ucation’s office of advance-ment.

Tubby Smith, John Cali-pari and Lee Todd have allserved as spokespersonsthroughout the history of theprogram.

To honor a teacher, stu-dents can call the College ofEducation or fill out a freeonline submission form with

their teacher’s name, addressand how he or she made adifference.

From there, the Collegeof Education invites teachersto attend the program.

If a teacher is unable toattend the program, they arestill mailed a certificate.

“Everyone is honored.

It’s not a selection process,”Gallt said. “It’s just a sub-mission.”

Vimont spoke of oneyear when a 100-year-oldwoman was honored by 27of her former kindergartenstudents.

“We don’t stop and saythank you to people untilthey’re gone, often,” Vimontsaid.

Submissions for thisyear’s program are due byFeb. 28.

“Most of the time, thething that we hear the mostis not that this person whotaught them was the best,”Vimont said. “They say,‘They believed in me. Theymade me believe in myself.They encouraged me and Iwould not be where I amtoday without this per-son.’”

TEACHERContinued from page 1

dents should not be heldback from choosing a majorbecause the student mustpass prerequisites like chem-istry and pre-calculus.

“(ENS) doesn’t have ayear’s worth of chemistry,there is no calculus, no biol-ogy and no physics,” At-wood said. “I think thosegateway courses have de-terred a lot of our studentsfrom picking up a naturalscience major.”

The major is designedfor students to easily earn adouble major with an ENSBachelor of Arts.

Atwood has been advis-ing a group of students wait-ing on the ENS degree tocome to UK; the group has

majors ranging from biologyto international studies.

Because ENS is de-signed to coincide withmany different and moredisciplined majors, he en-courages students to keeptheir main major.

“We have a bunch of mi-nors already that have beenwaiting for this degree tocome through. I probablywill get one email a dayabout people who are inter-ested in this new minor,” At-wood said.

The interest in environ-mental sustainability istrending among young peo-ple, ENS gives students alook into the future.

"Most campuses havecourses like this, it is abouttime we have one as well,"said Jim Krupa, biologyprofessor and ENS boardmember.

A&SContinued from page 1

We don’tstop and say

thank you to peopleuntil they are gone,

often.

Mary Ann VimontAssociate professor in the

College of Education

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tuesday 02.05.13 page 3kernelsportsalex forkner | sports editor | aforkner@kykernel.com

Week 14 in the NBA forformer Cats was headlinedby the injury suffered byMichael Kidd-Gilchrist ofthe Charlotte Bobcats. In thesecond half of the Saturdaynight game in Houston,Kidd-Gilchrist was fitted intoa neck brace to keep him im-mobilized and was carted offthe floor on a stretcher.

"It all happened so fast, Icouldn't tell what happened,''teammate Jeffery Taylor toldthe Charlotte Observer afterthe game.

Kidd-Gilchrist suffered aconcussion after a head-oncollision with the formerVanderbilt star’s right knee.The collision was a result ofthe 6-foot-7 small forward’sawkward landing after at-tempting to block Houston’sTony Douglas.

Kidd-Gilchrist was hos-pitalized overnight on Satur-day with the concussion, andthe X-rays and CT scancame back negative, accord-ing to the Bobcats. The rook-ie, who has started 44 gamesthis season, will likely missthe next few games as hemust pass the protocol set by

the NBA before returning toaction.

But Kidd-Gilchrist, whois known for his emotionalplay and toughness, sentsome positive remarks viahis official twitter account onSunday.

“God is Good! Appreci-ate everyone's concern.. Willbe back before you knowit..”

While Kidd-Gilchristwas the story of the 109-95loss at the Toyota Center, itwas another former Cat whohelped his team to victory.

Rockets’ power forward,Patrick Patterson scored 24points in the game whileshooting 10-of-12 from thefloor, including 14 points inthe fourth quarter alone, al-lowing the Rockets to pull

away from the depleted Bob-cats.

“He just caught fire,”Houston point guard JeremyLin told the AssociatedPress, referring to Patterson’sperformance in the finalquarter. “We just rode himall the way to victory.”

Terrence Jones, who hasplayed just 11 games thisseason with the HoustonRockets, has been selected toparticipate in the seventh an-nual NBA DevelopmentalLeague all-star game on Sat-urday, Feb. 16. The gamewill air live on NBA TV at 3p.m.

Another local name thatwill be involved in the gamehosted at Sprint Arena inHouston is former Butlerstar, Shelvin Mack. Mack isa Lexington native whoplayed his high school bas-ketball at Bryan Station,where he led the Defendersto a 30-3 season in 2008.

Tayshaun Prince, whowas recently traded from theDetroit Pistons to his newhome in Memphis, earned astanding ovation as he en-tered the game off the benchfor the first time as a Griz-zly.

That was not the onlytime the former UK starearned praises from his newfan base. The 10-year NBAveteran helped the Grizzliesdown the stretch to defeatthe Wizards, 85-76. Princefinished with 14 points, in-cluding two jumpers in theclosing minutes, and threeassists in 32 minutes.

“Getting the W was themain thing,” Prince told theAssociated Press. “Once wegot in a good rhythm, wewere able to pull through latein the game.”

By Nick Jones

njones@kykernel.com

Patterson scores 24 to topBobcats after injury

Kidd-Gilchrist carried off onstretcher, suffers concussion

With the commitment ofNiceville (Fla.) offensivelineman Nick Haynes on Sun-day, UK’s 2013 recruitingclass consists of 20 players,leaving five spots for whatthe NCAA calls “initial coun-ters.”

The NCAA allows for25 “initial counters” forFBS teams in a given yearto be given full scholarshipsand count toward the 85man scholarship limit. Aninitial counter is an athletewho is given financial aidfrom the institution that iscountable against the schol-arship limit.

SEC schools, namely Ala-bama in 2010 and 2011 andSouth Carolina in 2011, havebeen criticized for “over-sign-ing”. That is, more recruitswill sign national letters of in-tent than there are scholar-ships. Then, players who arenot able to receive a scholar-ship due to the lack of schol-arships available are encour-aged by coaches to walk onor greyshirt (enrolling in thewinter semester instead of thepreceding fall semester),

which is a designation usuallyfor those who struggle aca-demically.

UK has not been criti-cized publicly for such prac-tice, but as the program ele-vates their recruiting pool un-der head coach Mark Stoops,the Cats will be involvingthemselves in recruiting bat-tles against other schools whoare straining their scholarshipsupply.

Justin Rowland, a recruit-ing expert on Rivals.com,says he is okay with over-signing if the intent is well-placed.

“Over-signing is a badthing when it is done decep-tively; when a school con-vinces a kid he has a spotthen at the last minute askshim to wait a year,” Row-land said. “There is a na-tional misconception thatthe SEC greatly benefitsfrom this. That's off basebecause the SEC now hassome really strict rules withstiff penalties. I see no prob-lem with over-signing ifkids know they have to waita year and coaches honortheir word.”

As for who will fill thefive remaining spots for the

Cats, Stoops and his staff willbe on edge at 1 p.m. Tuesdaywhen Franklin County (Ky.)three-star wide receiver RyanTimmons makes his decision.Timmons’ top three are UK,Florida and Ohio State, andeach school visited Timmonsat his home last week.

Florida already has fivecommitted wide receivers inthe class of 2013 according toRivals. The Cats have threereceivers committed accord-ing to Rivals, but one is a jun-ior college player (JavessBlue) who has two years ofeligibility remaining.

Ohio State has 23 com-mitments overall, but onlytwo receivers are committedto the class, and one (CoreySmith) is from the junior col-lege ranks and will have twoyears of athletic eligibilityleft.

The issue with the Buck-eyes would be scholarshippenalties that date back to the2011 NCAA Infractions re-port which forced the 2012undefeated team to forgopostseason play. Ohio Statewill be 3 scholarships short ofthe 85 man scholarship limitas a result.

No matter where Tim-mons lands, he will be a puz-zle piece for three programstrying to assess their situa-tions as National Signing Daycloses in.

Football staff awaiting signing dayOffensive lineman committment

leaves five initial spots leftBy Nick Gray

ngray@kykernel.com

PHOTO BY DAVID T. FOSTER III | CHARLOTTE OBSERVER/MCTCharlotte Bobcats’ Michael Kidd-Gilchrist (14) screams after losing control of a loose ball as IndianaPacers’ Paul George (24) defends in the first half at Time Warner Cable Arena on Jan. 15.

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to court records. Dr. Cohn is one of many

doctors in Eastern Kentuckythat has been convicted forthe practice of “pill mills” inthe last ten years.

Paintsville Mayor BobPorter stated in 2011 that pillmills are an epidemic that iskilling the community.

“What we end up doing isarresting all these 'victims'...and the doctors who createthe problem continue to prac-tice,” Porter stated in an inter-view with the Courier-Jour-nal.

“In some places this willhurt people that need it. Lawsvary by state and in most therequirements for Schedule IIdrugs are strict, you musthave a paper prescription soyou have to have a means toget to the doctor,” Walsh said.

“Also the prescription forSchedule II are 30 days withno refills, opposed to a six-month supply a patient mayobtain with a Schedule IIIprescription.”

Also to help regulatethose who “doctor shop” toobtain prescriptions somestates have instituted pre-scription monitoring pro-grams.

These may reduce theamount of people who are notlegitimate patients by alertingdoctors if the patient has morethan one doctor for prescrip-tions.

The procedures follow-ing the Jan. 25 vote will re-quire the FDA to considerthe recommendation of thecommittee and then proposeits final recommendation tothe DEA.

Walsh said it is impossi-ble to predict the outcome ofthe DEA’s decision but some-thing should be known in afew months.

HYRDOContinued from page 1

siderable redevelopment. Well known UK

buildings such asFunkhouser and Kirwanand Blanding towers werementioned as possiblestructures to be doneaway with in this plan.

“Some of the sites ofhistorical buildings heremay be more valuable ifused for other purposes,”Havens said.

How students andcommunity membersmove around campuscould change as well ac-cording to some plansshown at the openhouse.

“We’re looking at mo-bility, we want to makecampus more pedestrian-ized,” Havens said.“We’re looking at possi-bly having no vehicle traf-fic on Hilltop and morerestricted vehicle trafficon Rose.”

Havens stressed thepossibility of alterationsto the proposed plans.

“Nothing is set instone, we have to getmore feedback and seepeople’s reactions,”Havens said.

Finding out what mat-ters to those on campus isa delicate process, Havenssaid.

“It’s really kind of anart as well as a science,”Havens said.

When it comes to datacollection and formulatinga draft for campus plans,Havens hopes the compa-ny will be done by theend of the semester.

This draft will be usedto help coordinate actionsas campus is renovated,Havens said.

In light of possiblechanges to historic struc-tures, president of the His-toric South Hill Neighbor-hood Association LeeThomas was in atten-dance.

“I’m thrilled about thesharing of these planswith the public and I’mexcited about where Capi-louto wants to take theuniversity,” Thomas said.“This all makes it a morecohesive experience.”

President Eli Capi-louto also made an ap-pearance at the openhouse.

“I’m pleased that weare having people herecommenting and givingideas,” Capilouto said.“The more input from thecommunity the better.”

Some of Capilouto’sconcerns were addressedwith the plans, he said.

“I am glad to seecommon themes,” Capi-louto said. “We’ve want-ed campus to be morepedestrian friendly and tohave more opportunityfor mass transit that is re-liable.”

Capilouto said he wasnot prepared to choosewhich plan he liked bestout of those presented, butexpressed tentative opti-mism about the plans.

“It looks as if theyare going in that direc-tion,” Capilouto said.“We’ll just have to waitand see.”

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Hyrdocodone Facts:- Hydrocodone is a painkiller sold as Lortab, Vicodin and under 200generic brands.- It sold over 120 million scripts last year, making it the highest sellingdrug on the market.- Drugs under Schedule III are defined as: the drug has a potential forabuse less than the drugs in Schedules I and II. The drug has a currentlyaccepted medical use in treatment in the United States.- A move to Schedule II would redefine hydrocodone as: a drug with highpotential for abuse, is currently accepted with severe restrictions, andabuse may lead to severe psychological or physical dependence.- FDA’s briefing materials for the meetings of Jan. 24-25 indicated thatin 2011 there were approximately 131 million hydrocodone prescriptionsand 47 million patients received hydrocodone-cantaining products.- By students’ sophomore year in college, about half of their classmateswill have been offered the opportunity to abuse a prescription drug.(www.talkaboutrx.org)

DURHAM, N.C. —Duke University phi-losophy professor Wal-ter Sinnott-Armstronghas unusual interactionswith his students thesedays.

One contacted himwith an excuse for whyshe was behind in class.She had suffered a per-sonal calamity: Herhome in Fiji had beenhit by a cyclone. An-other claims to be agoat farmer inAfghanistan. And twostudents — a 12-year-old and her mother —sent the professor aChristmas card fromGermany.

They are among the180,000 students whoregistered for a classcalled “Think Again:How to Reason and Ar-gue,” co-taught by Sin-nott-Armstrong andRam Neta, a philoso-phy professor at UNC-Chapel Hill.

When it launched inNovember, “ThinkAgain” was the largestonline class offeredthrough a California-based company calledCoursera, which has alineup of more than 200online courses from 33partner universities, in-cluding Duke. OnCoursera’s site, there isa smorgasbord of aca-demic pursuits — quan-tum physics from theUniversity of Maryland,startup engineeringfrom Stanford orPrinceton’s “A Historyof the World since1300.”

All for free, for

anyone who wants tojump in to the wild newfrontier of global dis-tance education.

“Think Again” iswhat’s known as aMOOC, or a massiveopen online course, anexperiment that becamea runaway phenomenonin 2012, when top uni-versities rushed to joinforces with startupcompanies promising ahigher education revo-lution.

Sinnott-Armstrongjust sees students, lotsof them, learning.

“There are millionsof people out there whowant better educationand can’t get it,” hesaid. “This is a way tohelp them.”

Just thinking aboutthe numbers makesS i n n o t t - A r m s t r o n ggiddy. He might teach100 to 200 students ayear in his regularclasses, or roughly8,000 over a 40-yearspan.

“I’ve got almost amillion downloads ofmy videos already,” hesaid in December dur-ing the second week ofthe course. “I mean,c’mon. That’s justamazing! This is over20 times as many stu-dents as I would reachin my career.”

Serge Doussan-tousse, a 60-year-oldFrench-speaking stu-dent from Laos, is aresearcher who carvesout three hours a nightfor his work. Hewatches the videoswith subtitles. He took“Think Again” becausethe subject, logic, isimportant, though it

won’t impacthis career.

“Logic isno fun,” hesaid by email.“I do that tohave a betterunderstand ofthe world andhave a bettergrip at prob-lems.”

S i n n o t t -A r m s t r o n ghas lots ofloyal follow-ers, judgingfrom 24,000posts on theclass discus-sion forums.With 180,000people regis-tered, therewas bound tobe a significantdropout rate. In fact,about 70,000 neverwatched the first video.

By week eight,26,000 people wereclassified as active inthe class, meaning theyhad watched a videoand worked an exercisein the past week. Only13,000 had taken thequiz.

That’s OK, saidSinnot t -Armstrong.“They just don’t havethe time or the motiva-tion or the stamina todo the entire course.They can do what theywant and what fits theirinterest.”

What’s unclear ishow Coursera will fig-ure out the businessmodel for offering freeclasses. Among the op-tions are charging feesfor certificates, match-ing high-achieving stu-dents with employersand licensing courses

to universities thatcouldn’t afford to hiretop faculty on theirown.

Scott Sandell, a Sil-icon Valley-based ven-ture capitalist whosefirm kicked in $8 mil-lion to Coursera, isn’tyet worried about mak-ing money. The key fornow is to develop agood product and apassionate following,he said.

Coursera’s costsare low because thepartner universitiesspend the money todevelop the courses.Sinnott-Armstrong isnot paid extra forteaching the course,though he did receivemoney from Duke topay his assistants.

Coursera signs con-tracts with its partnerschools. According tomedia reports onCoursera’s contractswith public institutions,the universities stand to

gain a small percentageof any profits the com-pany sees.

Sandell said he isn’ttroubled that only 14percent of those whosigned up for “ThinkAgain” are still activelytaking the course aftereight weeks.

“That’s more thantwice the population ofStanford University ina single course,” hesaid. “That’s neverhappened in historybefore, and those peo-ple are from all overthe world. It costCoursera preciselyzero to attract them,not one nickel.”

Sinnott-Armstrongis dangling an incen-tive to those who fin-ish the course: If one-third of the studentscomplete “ThinkAgain,” he’ll shave hishead on camera andpost the video for thegraduates to see.

So far, 400 students

have submitted their fi-nal arguments. Onefrom Moscow postedhis by video, positingthat everyone shouldcarry a sausage at alltimes to ward off ag-gressive dogs.

One student is con-cerned about Sinnott-Armstrong’s hair. Sheposted: “Now I think itis fine that he has of-fered us a reward fordiligence, but hey, waita minute! ... Cut offthat gorgeous head ofhair? NO NO NO!Must I choose betweenbeing a good studentand thereby lendingmy support to the de-struction of his fetch-ing fluffy halo, or, be-coming a drop-out insupport of the preser-vation of his charminglocks?”

Not to worry, saidSinnott-Armstrong.

“It looks like myhair is going to sur-vive.”

By Jane StancillThe News & Observer MCT

For free, students learn at own pace

Duke professor teaching onlineclass of 180,00 students

PHOTO BY TRAVIS LONG | RALEIGH NEWS & OBSERVER/MCTWalter Sinnot-Armstrong is doing something that hasn’t been done in higher education. Hisonline course, a logic-based course, had 180,000 students register for it.

MINNEAPOLIS _ Withpolice officers and troopersin uniform gathered behindhim, President Barack Oba-ma on Monday pitched hisproposals to curtail gun vio-lence with an appeal for"common sense" and biparti-sanship, even as he down-played the prospects for keyparts of his plan.

Speaking to law enforce-ment officials at a Min-neapolis police facility, Oba-ma said he saw a consensus

emerging in Congress to re-quire background checks ofall gun buyers, one of threecore proposals in the plan heannounced after the shoot-ings at an elementary schoolin Newtown, Conn., Schoolin December.

Eliminating loopholesthat allow sales without suchchecks at gun shows or byprivate dealers has broadpublic support, Obama said.

"There's no reason whywe can't get that done. Thatis not a liberal idea or a con-servative idea. It's not aDemocratic or Republican

idea. That is a smart idea,"he said.

But the president was notas upbeat about two other el-ements of his proposal _ re-instating bans on assaultweapons and high-capacitymagazines. Rather than call-ing for their passage, Obamamerely said they deserve "avote in Congress."

Obama's emphasis was atelling reflection of wherethe gun debate has gone inseven weeks since an as-sailant killed 20 first-gradersand six adults in the Con-necticut school. While De-mocrats in Congress havepressed the assault-weaponand ammunition bans _ pre-vious versions of which ex-pired in 2004 _ most Repub-

licans remain firmly op-posed.

An expansion of thebackground check system,which reviews records toensure that guns are notsold to felons and peoplewho are mentally unstable,is increasingly seen as alikely step.

Legislation in the Dem-ocratic-controlled Senate islikely to focus on universalbackground checks. Foursenators _ RepublicansMark Steven Kirk, Ill., andTom Coburn, Okla.; andDemocrats Joe Manchin III,W.Va., and Charles E.Schumer, N.Y. _ are draft-ing a bill.

In the Republican-ledHouse, any gun legislation

will face serious obstacles.But notably, Rep. Paul Ryan,R-Wis., the party's 2012 vicepresidential candidate, hasindicated he is open tostrengthening the back-ground check system. Houseleaders have otherwiseavoided discussing the issuein detail.

The shifting momentumwas visible this weekendwhen Senate MajorityLeader Harry Reid, D-Nev.,a longtime backer of gunrights, said he was likely tosupport the measure. Telling-ly, he said only that he wouldtake a "look" at the assault-weapon and high-capacitymagazine bans.

Obama and Vice Presi-dent Joe Biden continue to

push for an assault-weaponban. "Our law enforcementofficers should never be out-gunned on the streets," Oba-ma said Monday.

The president spoke afterholding a private roundtablediscussion with law enforce-ment and local leaders at theMinneapolis police specialoperations center. The visitto this Democratic city washis first outing outside Wash-ington to advocate his gunmeasures.

The White House pickedMinneapolis for the back-drop because its law enforce-ment officials and politicianshave called for better back-ground checks and institutedprograms to curb gun vio-lence.

Obama calls for ‘common sense’ on gun controlPresident says he sees consensusfor background checks of buyers

By Kathleen HennesseyTribune Washington Bureau (MCT)

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An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind. Well, David Morrissey will be looking to retaliate with

several eyes after the cliff hanger ending in season three'smidseason finale of “The Walking Dead.” The Governor nowsports a menacing eye patch to cover the epitome of his se-crets and to rally his community against the dangers that liebeyond the town of Woodbury, setting up an eminent battlebetween himself and Rick Grimes.

Season three left us with Daryl and Merle ready to fightfor their lives, a confused Andrea who is conflicted betweenher former group of friends and her new love interest and amentally-deteriorating Rick inside prison walls.

I have had withdrawals from not watching “The WalkingDead” for almost two months now, and I am ready for oneheck of an end to an already outstanding season. The show-down between the Governor and Rick is the moment I ammost looking forward to, because we have not seen a greatman versus man battle since the stand-off between Rick and

Shane to end season two. I seriously hope that Rick bests the Governor ten times

better than when he took out Shane, because honestly theGovernor is a nut job; he crossed the line of mental stabilitywith the aquarium of walker heads and his zombie daughteras a keepsake of his former life, mimicking a Norman Bateswith his mother's skeleton kind of mentality. Needless to say,the Governor must go; and I really hope that Glenn steps in todo the dirty work after having his girlfriend nearly raped bythis psychopath.

Meanwhile, prison life just becomes increasingly compli-cated for the more domestic characters (Hershel, Beth, Carol,and baby Judith) as new survivors find their way into theprison; and Carl must take the lead to determine if they aretrustworthy or not. More than likely, this new group will fit inwith the main cast because their leader Tyreese is level-head-ed and seems to want peace and shelter instead of startingtrouble.

The new dynamic will pan out once Rick and the othersreturn, but we already know that Rick's group has becomeincreasingly cautious with every unfamiliar person theymeet.

AMC has not disappointed so far with this series in termsof action, gore, drama and even love. The show is slowlymoving away from its focus on zombies as the antagonists inthis post-apocalyptic world; and the writers have really shownhow much humanity is lost when everyone is fighting for thesame thing: Survival.

Even though all of the characters are living in same zom-bie-filled world, they still find a way to exclude, rather thanembrace, the other remaining men and women on the planet.AMC may be the best channel in all of television right now;and this Sunday at 9 p.m., I will be firmly planted on mycouch to watch the rest of this season unfold.

Collin Ray is a human nutrition sophomore. Emailopinions@kykernel.com.

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