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STAFF FILE PHOTO Running back Josh Clemons runs into the end zone in the 2011 season opener vs. Western Kentucky. He suffered a torn meniscus in his right knee on Oct. 8, 2011.

The audience was en-tranced during the first everUniversity Idol as 12 contest-ants put on performances.

The AcoUstiKats openedwith the national anthem, fol-lowed by New York music di-rector Bryan Carter whojoined the a capella group insinging one of the songs hehelped put together for theevent, “Can’t Take My EyesOff Of You.”

Jeremy Lewis, presidentof the fraternity Sigma AlphaEpsilon and member of theAcoUstiKats, hosted theevent. He encouraged the au-dience to vote online by “lik-ing” the contestants’ photoson the University Idol Face-book page during the show.

Created to raise money forthe Lexington Cancer Founda-tion and St. Jude Children’sHospital, Laura Eastes, thecancer foundation’s executiveassistant, spoke to the audi-ence.

“LCF is honored to bechosen as a beneficiary,” shesaid.

Emily Dicks, the Tri Deltasorority’s philanthropy chair,and Lesley Francisco, the TriDelt president, also spoke onbehalf of St. Jude’s and TriDelt’s campaign to earn $15million in 10 years.

“The performances weregood overall,” said John Todd,an SAE member.

Deliberation was tough,according to the judges, whoselected four finalists.

“It was more similar to‘American Idol’ than Ithought,” said Amy Kovanda,a member of Tri Delt. “Thelineup and performances aregreat.”

Finalists were Briana Pas-trano, John Logan, HannahEllis and Ron Wilbur. They allperformed their own versionsof The Beatles song “Let ItBe” to determine first- andsecond-place winners.

In third place was Pastra-no, with Wilbur taking secondplace and the $500 cash prize,and Ellis taking first place and$1,000.

Not everything went asplanned, according to Carterand Lewis.

“But that’s live entertain-ment, and that’s what makes itfun. Even if all the seats arefull you still want more,”Carter said. “The most impor-tant thing is helping peopleand helping kids with cancerand that’s what we did. Hope-fully there will be even morenext year.”

The event was an all-around success, Carter andLewis agreed.

“There was wonderful tal-ent discovered and connec-tions made,” Carter said.“There were people I wouldwant to work with in the fu-ture.”

Ellis, who graduated fromUK in December, lives inNashville, Tenn., and has herown album out.

“I was super excited. Iwas really surprised, too. It’snot normal for me to win acompetition,” Ellis said. “Iwas more nervous after Imade it into the top four, be-cause it’s the same song, it’san even playing field. I wasshaking.”

Ellis said winning theevent will help her in futureendeavors.

“I’m constantly writing andproducing. This will help mepush forward,” Ellis said. “It’sgood for your career and goodfor publicity. It will make yourfans more interested.”

12 battlein ‘Idol’knockoff

By Megan Ingrosnews@kykernel.com

UK graduateHannah Ellis

takes first place

Five hundred and sixtydays, or 80 weeks, havepassed since sophomore run-ning back Josh Clemons laststepped onto the field atCommonwealth Stadiumsuited with cleats, shoulderpads and a helmet, ready toplay football.

On Saturday morning,Clemons finally returned.

Saturday’s scrimmagewas Clemons’ first live foot-ball action inside Common-wealth since Sept. 24, 2011,against Florida.

Clemons has not formal-ly suited up in blue and whitesince Oct. 8, 2011, at SouthCarolina, where he suffered atorn meniscus in his right

knee.The sophomore from

Athens, Ga., attempted towork through the lingeringeffects of the knee injury ear-ly last season but swelling inhis knee forced Clemons toredshirt and miss the entireseason.

Clemons said his rightknee, which has not swelledthroughout spring practice, is

“the best” it has felt since hisinjury, a sure relief after ayear-and-a-half journey ofrepairing and rehabilitating alingering injury.

No matter what Clemonsdoes throughout the rest ofhis career at UK, he will al-ways have a special memoryinside Commonwealth Stadi-um.

In his first ever homegame vs. Central Michigantwo seasons ago, Clemonsrushed 14 times for 126

yards, including a Common-wealth Stadium-record 87-yard touchdown run thatgave the Cats the lead in thefourth quarter.

The touchdown is hisonly score in three games athome.

On Saturday, Clemonsreportedly found the endzone in the intra-squadscrimmage more than onceas part of what was termed

By Nick Grayngray@kykernel.com

Ready to run againRunning back Clemons feels 100 percent after injury

See CLEMONS on page 2

No. 7 UK baseball suf-fered its first series loss ofthe season at the hands of thesecond-ranked LSU Tigers,who completed the sweepSunday with a 11-4 win inBaton Rouge, La.

Starting left-handedpitcher Corey Littrelldropped his first game of theyear, moving his record to 4-1. Littrell surrendered a ca-reer-high nine runs (fourearned) on nine hits throughfour innings. The junior

struck out one batter andwalked three.

Sophomore right-han-der Chandler Shepherd re-lieved Littrell to start thefifth, logging three in-nings, two hits, one runand one walk. Senior right-hander Walter Wijas gotthe final two outs of thegame for UK in the eighthinning.

Offensively, the Catsrecorded nine hits. Sopho-more A.J. Reed belted a two-

strike, two-out, three-runhomer in the seventh inning,his eighth pitch hit out of thepark this season, good for theteam high.

Other UK hits camecourtesy of Austin Cousino,

Zac Zellers, Max Kuhn,Micheal Thomas, Kyle Bar-rett, Matt Reida and LucasWitt. Kuhn drove in Zellersin the first inning to put theCats on the board.

The Tigers came out hot

after UK took a 1-0 lead inthe first, scoring five runs totake a 5-1 lead into the sec-ond.

LSU scored a run in thethird inning, added three runs

Tigers rout Cats in 3 games;Littrell drops first game of year

Baseball suffersfirst series lossat No. 2 LSU

SPRING FOOTBALL

Great ideas are thoughtup every day, but it can behard to take an idea and turnit into a money maker.

Big Blue Starters, an en-

trepreneurial organizationdedicated to turning studentideas into realities, is host-ing a $100 Startup Chal-lenge.

The competition will be-gin at 7:30 p.m. on Mondayin the ASTECC building

and will run through April22.

Free to enter, the chal-lenge pushes students totake an idea, validate it asquickly as possible and gen-erate revenue withoutspending too much money:$100 to be precise.

Almost 60 percent ofsmall businesses are startedwith less than $5,000, ac-cording to bigbluestarters

.com. Matt King, the BigBlue Starters president, saidthe

“We want students tohave that validation ofachievement in generatingrevenue without taking toomuch financial risk,” Kingsaid.

This year’s competitionis the first of its kind for BigBlue Starters, but King saidhe saw a common trend in

young entrepreneurs oncampus.

“We had a lot of curiousyoung people who did notknow how to get started,”King said.

Big Blue Starters wasdeveloped in the early 2000sby Lee Todd, who precededEli Capilouto as UK presi-dent. A group of studentsjoined Todd in his goal to

By Anyssa Roberts

aroberts@kykernel.com

See BASEBALL on page 2

See STARTUPS on page 2

Big Blue Starters challengingUK’s young entrepreneurs

Club offering cash for best startup ideas

PHOTO BY JAMES HOLT | STAFFUK’s Max Kuhn sits on the bench after an unsuccessful at-bat in a game last month.

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LOS ANGELES — Fans of basic cablesavagery can let out a primal “Yawp” of de-light. History’s “Vikings” will be returningfor a second season.

The scripted one-hour drama is current-ly still airing its first season (there are fourepisodes still left to go in the nine-episodeseason), but it’s doing well enough in theratings to merit at least 10 more episodes.

The series premiere drew in an audienceof over 6 million viewers, topping all thebroadcast networks in the key 18- to 49-year-old demographic. And it’s continued todo well, averaging around 5 million view-ers per episode.

Travis Fimmel stars as Ragnar Lodbrok,the legendary viking warrior, who clashes

with his local chieftain, played by GabrielByrne, as he expresses his desire to discov-er new civilizations across the sea.

The series was created by MichaelHirst, who also created the Showtime series“The Tudors,” and is History’s first forayinto scripted drama.

In a statement, History EVP DirkHoogstra said, “‘Vikings’ is a win-win forus. As our first scripted series, ‘Vikings’ haspaid off in a big way with critical acclaim,strong ratings and a passionate, loyal fanbase.”

The show’s first-season finale will airApril 28.

‘Vikings’ to get a second season

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by offensive coordinatorNeal Brown as the first day“we looked like an SEC of-fense.”

When asked how manytouchdowns he had in Satur-day’s scrimmage, Clemonsgrinned and said “a couple.”Brown said Clemons “hit abig run up the sidelines” andhad a couple of good runs.

Clemons was noticeably,and understandably, upbeatSaturday morning.

“I’m just trying to get bet-ter,” Clemons said. “I’m hap-py to be back out here on thefield. It’s been a long timesince I’ve been hit so I’m just

enjoying the moment.”Brown said after the

scrimmage he was encour-aged byC l e m o n s ’progress.

“I think it’sa step that hethinks he is,because that’sthe hardestthing withknees is men-tally (gettingover the in-jury),” Brownsaid.

“I thinkhis knee is sta-ble. If he mentallyis there, that’s a huge break-ing point. I think there’sprobably some things he can

get better at. But I was big-time encouraged by him to-day.”

“I feellike I am(100 per-c e n t ) , ”C l e m o n ssaid Satur-day, refer-ring to thehealth of hisright knee.

Clemonsg r i n n e dagain, andcontinued tosmile untilhe walked

off the Common-wealth Stadium turf, shoulderpads and helmet in hand, withno limp in his step.

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I think hisknee is stable. If hementally is there,that’s a huge break-ing point.”

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create change on campus. Over the years Big

Blue Starters’ membershipgrew, but King said withinthe past few years the clubhas not been as popular asbefore.

Members of Big BlueStartup began their entre-preneurial adventures withhelp from the club.

“One of our members isworking with an entrepre-neur downtown working

with a home automationcompany to supply andtrack daily activity,” Kingsaid. “On the surface itdoes not look like we havea lot going on in the club,but we have great mem-bers.”

The $100 Startup Chal-lenge is open to all studentsand welcomes ideas frompeople of all majors.

King said about 10groups have signed up al-ready and include thosewith majors in architectureand engineering.

Teams will consist of

no more than three mem-bers and will be formed onthe opening night.

Projects will be judgedon return on investment,revenue model, scalability,feasibility and marketabili-ty.

First place winners willreceive $50 and secondplace will receive $30, butwinnings may be changedbased on interest.

For more informationabout the $100 StartupChallenge or to register forthe competition, visit bigbluestarters.com.

STARTUPSContinued from page 1

in the fourth and single runsin the seventh and eight,adding up to the final scoreof 11-4.

Sunday was more of thesame, as the Tigers outdu-eled the Cats 9-1 on Satur-day and 11-1 on Friday.

UK managed just fourhits on Saturday againstLSU’s ace Ryan Eades, whostruck out six and was oneout shy of a complete game.Eades improved his ERA to1.30 on the season.

Senior left-handed

pitched Jerad Grundy wasdealt the loss for the Catsand dropped to 5-3 on theseason. Grundy allowed ca-reer highs in hits (15) andruns (nine) through six in-nings of work.

On Friday, LSU rackedup 10 two-out runs throughthe fifth, sixth and seventhinnings to turn a 1-1 tie intoa 11-1 romp.

Reed started as pitcherand suffered the loss, mov-ing his record to 2-4 on theseason. Reed pitched five in-nings, allowing eight hitsand five runs (four earned),while walking two and strik-ing out three.

Cousino drove in UK’s

lone run in the top of thefifth, singling to centerfieldto drive in Reida from sec-ond base.

The Cats drop to 22-9,6-6 in SEC play, while theTigers improve to 30-2 and aleague-best 11-1 in SECplay. LSU is 22-1 at homeon the season. UK is now 5-4 on the road.

The Cats return to Lex-ington to face Austin Peayon Tuesday. First pitch is setfor 6:30 p.m. UK returns toSEC play Friday, when theCats host Tennessee for athree-game series.

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Both the men’s andwomen’s tennis teams fell toVanderbilt this weekend.

Trying to close out theseason strong, the No. 8men’s tennis team fell flatagainst the No. 14 rankedCommodores, losing, 4-2.

“Congrats to Vanderbilt,”head coach Cedric Kauff-mann told UK Athletics afterthe loss. “On my part, I amnot doing a good enough jobas a coach. Our boys by nowshould know the importanceof each point and the tough-ness we have to have to bechampions. We are far fromthat. We are giving pointsaway like it’s candy on Hal-loween night, and we are OK

with it, and they think it’sOK. It is unacceptable at(UK).”

UK won the doublespoint easily but came out flatin singles as both junior TomJomby and senior AnthonyRossi dropped singles match-es after winning their openingsets.

UK would go on to winonly one singles match, asfreshman Beck Penningtonwon in straight sets, 6-1, 6-4.

The UK men will nexttravel to Florida and SouthCarolina where they will faceoff with the Gators andGamecocks to close the regu-lar season next weekend.

The No. 47 UK women’stennis team has hit hard timesas it lost its fifth straightmatch, against No. 19 Van-

derbilt.Vanderbilt got out to an

early lead by winning thedoubles point thanks to twoeasy victories on courts oneand two.

Vandy built its lead to 3-0with two straight set victorieson courts six and three. UKthen had to fight out of a holedown with four singlesmatches to play.

Vanderbilt would go on toclinch the match with yet an-other straight sets victory oncourt two.

Freshman Nadia Ravitaimproved her already impres-sive collegiate record, beatingNo. 61 Lauren Mira instraight sets, 7-5, 6-3. JuniorCaitlin McGraw also won instraight sets to give UK itssecond point of the match.

The UK women will hostFlorida and South Carolinaon Friday and Sunday in thefinal regular season weekendof play.

Both men’s and women’s tennis fall to Vanderbilt

By Tyler Spanyertspanyer@kykernel.com

UK volleyball will hostan interactive open practiceon April 19 in Memorial Col-iseum.

The practice will start at4:30 p.m. and last approxi-mately 90 minutes. Duringpractice, special programsthat explain volleyball terms,rules and drills will be madeavailable for fans who attend.

Following practice, UKhead coach Craig Skinner andhis staff and players will in-vite spectators to attend a re-ception where fans can inter-act with the team and takepart in a Q-and-A sessionwith the 2013 squad. Foodwill also be available.

“We are committed togrowing the sport of volley-ball here in Lexington andCentral Kentucky,” Skinnertold UK Athletics. “We’veseen a real passion to learnmore about the game we lovehere and the team and staffare really looking forward tothis event.”

Fans who wish to attendshould contact the UK volley-ball office by April 16. Reser-vations can be made at 859-258-2532 or by emailingmandy.robbe@uky.edu.

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UK volleyball hostingopen practice for fans

Team will help teach terms, rulesand drills to those in attendance

PHOTO BY GENEVIEVE ADAMS | STAFFJunior Whitney Billings spikes the ball during the game vs. Ohio Uni-versity in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Dec. 1. UKis hosting an open practice with special programs for fans April 19.

UK paid a little morethan $13,000 for players’families to travel to lastyear’s Final Four in NewOrleans, according to a sto-ry in The Indianapolis Star.

The school receivedpermission from the South-eastern Conference to usemoney from the Division IStudent Assistance Fund.According to the NCAAwebsite, “The purpose (ofthe fund) is to assist stu-dent-athletes with special fi-nancial needs. Most of thismoney is used for educa-tional purposes, with somealso going for needs such asclothing.”

UK paid for one addi-tional hotel room for threenights per each player’sfamily in New Orleans, as-sociate athletic director De-Wayne Peevy told the Star.

“These parents had topay for travel and lodgingto get to this point,” Peevytold the Star. “By that time,we thought it was justifiableto help them.”

Proper use of the fundsis at the discretion of eachconference, the Star report-ed.

Peevy said the fundsprovided a more significantimpact than just financialassistance. Parents wereable to stay in the same ho-tel as their sons, allowingthem to be closer to themduring the Final Four. Therooms were in a downtownNew Orleans hotel insteadof a hotel on the outskirts ofthe city, where families of-ten have to look for lodgingon short notice, he told theStar.

According to theNCAA website, the Stu-dent-Athlete AssistanceFund accounted for $66.1million of the $503 milliondistributed by the NCAA in2011-12.

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UK paidfamilies’expensesCovered travelfor last year’sFinal Four

UK gymnastics postedthe program’s highest-everNCAA Regional teamscore with a 195.575, goodfor fourth place and .45from second place. Thetop two teams from eachregional will compete atthe NCAA Championshipsin Los Angeles, April 19-21.

Junior Audrey Harri-son finished in a tie forthird for the individual all-around title with a score of39.2, just missing out onan NCAA berth due to tie-breaking procedure.

Harrison tied with Ne-braska’s Jessie DeZiel, butDeziel recorded a betterhighest single event score,finishing with 9.95 onvault while Harrison’shighest event score was a9.825 on balance beam.

Harrison finishes theseason with the secondmost all-around titles inDivision I.

Michigan won themeet with a 196.725 andIllinois finished secondwith a 196.025.

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Gymnastics earns 4th

in NCAA RegionalsScore of 195.575 is a team record in the postseason

PHOTO BY EMILY WUETCHER | STAFFAudrey Harrison, shown Feb. 15, was second in all-around titles this year.

PHOTO BY MATT BURNS | STAFFFreshman Beck Pennington takes a forehand vs. Alabama on March29. He won the only singles match for UK this weekend.

After dropping a mid-week showdown with No. 11Louisville, the No. 21 rankedUK softball team hit the roadfor a pivotal SEC matchupwith South Carolina. UK (27-10, 8-4 SEC) swept the seriesbehind good pitching and in-field defense.

In the first game, fresh-man Kelsey Nunley was thestar yet again as she pitched acomplete game, allowing onerun on six hits for win num-ber 16 on the year. Her 16wins put her in a tie for fifthon the single season wins list.Graduate assistant ChandaBell holds the record with 19in 2009.

UK got run support fromfreshman infielder ChristianStokes and senior outfielderAlice O’Brien, who each hithome runs to spur the Cats toa 3-1 victory.

In the second game theCats got another gutsy per-formance from Nunley, whopitched seven innings to pickup win No. 17 on the year in

a 9-4 win. After giving upfour runs in the first inningNunley kept the Gamecocksscoreless over the next six in-nings, helping the Cats to theseries-clinching win.

Junior first baseman Lau-ren Cumbess went 2-3 with atwo-run home run to tie thegame in the third inning.Eight other UK playersrecorded hits in the game.

In the final game of theseries the Cats pulled out aclose one to complete thesweep, winning 4-3 thanks toa complete game by Cumbesson the mound.

Cumbess allowed threeruns on seven hits with fourstrikeouts on the day, whilealso carrying the team at theplate with her two-hit, two-RBI performance.

The win was head coachRachel Lawson’s 66th SECwin as UK head coach, whichis more conference wins thanthe entire program had beforeher arrival six years ago.

The win was also the

Cats’ sixth straight SEC vic-tory, tying the school record.

UK hosts Marshall onTuesday in a rescheduledgame to make up for a rain-

out. First pitch is set for 5p.m. After a Wednesday dou-bleheader at Eastern Ken-tucky, UK will host Floridafor a three-game weekend se-

ries to officially open thenewly renovated UK SoftballComplex.

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Cats extend SEC win streak at USC

PHOTO BY MICHAEL REAVES | STAFFLauren Cumbess pitches vs. WKU last month. Her pitching and hitting led the Cats to a win Sunday.

Next weekend closes out regular season for the teams

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Memorial Hall rang withthe twang of country musicon Friday as David AdamByrnes and Brian Davis per-formed for hundreds of UKstudents during a benefit con-cert.

Kappa Kappa Gammahosted the event to raise mon-ey for one of its philanthro-pies, Holly’s House. HollyDunn Pendleton, the co-founder of the nonprofit safehouse for women of intimatecrimes, was a member of the

sorority when she attendedUK in the 1990s. She was in-spired to start the house aftersurviving an attack by the no-torious “Railroad Killer.” Thehouse allows victims of inti-mate crimes to share theirstories in a non-intimidatingenvironment.

All of ticket sales fromthe event, called Kappa Kap-pa Jamma, went to Holly’sHouse.

“I think it benefited ourphilanthropy by spreading theword about Holly’s Houseand proving that disasters canhappen to anyone, including

people our age,” said Mau-reen Neal, the Kappa KappaGamma philanthropy chairand co-coordinator of theevent.

Byrnes opened the con-cert with songs from his latestalbum, including “Sweet Dis-traction” and “She OnlyWanted Flowers.”

“I love it, and I wouldn’ttrade it for a day,” Byrnessaid of traveling around thecountry to perform.

Students and other audi-ence members gathered at thefoot of the stage as Davisopened with a high-energyperformance of “Pull Up ATailgate.”

Davis took requests fromthe crowd and performedacoustic covers of BlakeShelton’s “Sure Be Cool If

You Did” and Old CrowMedicine Show’s “WagonWheel,” a crowd favorite.

“ S o m e -thing aboutmusic, tome, was anoutlet earlyon,” Davissaid. “Itkind of es-calated to apoint ofplaying inarenas andthings likethis.”

F o rDavis, per-forming isjust half ofthe job. Hegreeted concertgoers after theshow, taking pictures and

talking to anyone who want-ed to meet the rising countrystar.

D a v i scommentedon the tradi-tional “Meetand Drink”that he hostsbefore hisc o n c e r t s ,which in-cludes invit-ing fans ontohis tour busto have adrink withhim and bandmembers be-fore eachshow.

“ F a n scome up on the bus and hangout with us,” Davis said.

“They wind up being some ofthe most fun we have.”

This is the first time Kap-pa Kappa Gamma has put ona concert to raise money forHolly’s House. Normally thesorority hosts a 5K race.

“I think that it went reallywell, especially for its firstyear,” Neal said. “I reallyhope that it could continue togrow in the future.”

“I was really impressedby both artists,” said LizJohnson, a Kappa KappaGamma sophomore. “Theywere really talented and Ican’t wait to see him (Davis)next weekend at Auburn.”

Country fans can catchDavis as he opens for Brant-ley Gilbert during the HellOn Wheels tour. The tourstopped at UK in October.

Kappas’ country show benefits nonprofitDavid Adam Byrnes, Brian Davisperform for hundreds on campus

By Emily Canternanews@kykernel.com

Students played, promot-ed and celebrated “Dun-geons and Dragons,” “Mali-faux,” “Pathfinder” and liveaction role playing (LARP)at UKON, a gaming conven-tion hosted by the Miskaton-ic Student Union, on Fridayand Saturday at the Student

Center.Many of the games are

considered role-playingtabletop games, in whichplayers combine classicboard games with improvisa-tional acting. Each playeracts as a different characterwith his own personality andskill set.

Laughter and constantcompetitive banter could beheard from the different

groups of gamers, althoughattendance was low.

The president of theMiskatonic Student Union,Reuben Fleming, said theevent was “dead” comparedwith previous years.

A total of 33 people at-tended the event over thecourse of the weekend.

“People just aren’t gam-ing anymore,” said Fleming,an international studies andpolitical science senior.“Table-top gaming since the’80s has been frowned uponin popular culture.”

The club needs more

members to survive, Flem-ing said.

“Here in the StudentCenter we’d normally haverooms reserved here on cam-pus during the week, but wejust don’t have the commu-nity.”

A computer science soph-omore and the president-electof the Miskatonic StudentUnion, Jason Nall, said thegroup is looking to turnthings around next year byhosting events in the StudentCenter where students can eatpizza and learn what gamingis all about.

“It’s going to be an uphillbattle to get it back where itused to be, but we’re readyfor it,” Nall said.

“You’re introduced tosomething that is new andforeign, and I think it’s a lotof fun. We have to be produc-tive in both finding gamersand introducing people tothis.”

Nall said these eventswill take place early next se-mester.

“We want to give peoplean unbiased view on gaming,and how it’s been misrepre-sented in popular culture,”

Nall said.Fleming said tabletop

gaming has picked up a rep-utation of “a bunch of nerdssitting around eating junk-food, and it’s not like that atall.”

“People don’t encounterit a lot. They don’t knowabout it, and it’s kind of anoddball thing to them,” Nallsaid.

Gaming is, more thananything, a social function,Fleming said.

“We’re trying to bringgaming back to the universi-ty,” Nall said.

Convention aims to put focus back on gamingEvent saw low attendance, butstudents are hopeful for future

By Will Wrightnews@kykernel.com

I think that itwent really

well, especially for itsfirst year. I really hopethat it could continueto grow in the future.”

MAUREEN NEALKappa Kappa Gamma

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Whenher brother,David, andhis girlfriendmeet themfor support,they are

shocked when they discovera secret cellar is filled withremnants of witchcraft andsatanic ritual.

When the rest of thegroup returns to help Mia

with her violent withdrawal,Eric’s curiosity leads him toan old book wrapped inbarbed wire. After ignoringseveral warnings etched onthe page, Eric reads a pas-sage aloud that will unleashan unspeakable evil.

Meanwhile, Mia’s detoxhas unleashed a madness thatdrives her deep into the heartof the woods. This desperatestate leads her to believe thata girl is chasing her and shefrantically tries to evade thefaceless figure. Mia thenstumbles in a tangle ofthorny vines that ensnaresher with no hope of escape.

To Mia’s horror, the fig-ure catches up and reveals it-self to be a demonic versionof herself. It opens its mouthand releases a thorny vine

that enters Mia’s body andtakes control.

In 1981, writer and direc-tor Sam Raimi released “TheEvil Dead” on a $350,000budget with a burning ambi-tion to change the genre for-ever. It was a fiercely origi-nal piece of moviemakingthat earned him two sequelsand a cult following. Itsunique blend of humor andterror created an entirely newexperience that is still rele-vant today.

Unfortunately for fans ofthe original, the 2013 remaketakes a much different ap-proach. Despite top-notchproduction value and gut-wrenching special effects,“Evil Dead” brings nothingnew to the table.

It’s a cookie-cutter horrorflick that will evaporatequickly as audiences arethrowing away their popcorn.It’s almost as if director FedeAlvarez crammed really hard

for a “how to make a scarymovie” exam and just regur-gitated the answers to get theB and move on.

It’s very well made, andthe elements of a great horrorflick are all on display. It’sjust far too derivative to real-ly resonate.

Luckily for us, “EvilDead” has a fresh, relativelyunknown cast that should beexciting to watch develop inthe industry. Lead actressJane Levy nails the dynamicrole of a possessed junkieand really sends a chill upyour spine.

This young ensemble doeseverything right for what wasasked of them and makes theexperience somewhat worth-while. Thanks to the lean 91-minute runtime, “Evil Dead”is fun enough and will makeyou squirm around just fromthe gore alone. Just don’t ex-pect it to sink in very deepwhen it’s done.

‘Evil Dead’ revamp, despite topproduction value, is a step back

Big-budget remake can’t match classic

The UK Black VoicesChoir sponsored a SpringFling clean comedy showfundraiser Saturday night atMemorial Hall.

All proceeds went towardpaying for the Express Your-self Youth Fest, which willtake place in July.

The show included per-formances by comediansSpike Davis and Slo Yo Roll,gospel and inspirational mu-sic selections, and a fashionshow.

Nicole Johnson, thefounder of Nicjo Productions,hosted the event as a way toraise money for the ExpressYourself Youth Fest, an op-portunity for young artistsand musicians to showcasetheir talents.

Johnson said Nicjo Pro-duction’s mission is to bringentertainment to Lexington.

“With Nicjo Productions Iam trying to have it so wedon’t have to travel down to

Louisville to see a play or goto Cincinnati for a concert. Iwant us to be able to enjoythe art and entertainment wehave here in Lexington,”Johnson said.

A performance by theBlack Voices Choir kicked offthe event. The group per-formed its rendition of “I WillBless the Lord,” by award-winning gospel artist ByronCage.

Immediately after thechoir’s performance, Thun-derous Praise step team fromTotal Grace Baptist Churchtook the stage with a step thatgot the crowd moving.

Young models worked thestage during the fashion showwearing the latest T-shirt de-signs by Chris Hudson, thecreator and owner of Life’sJourney clothing brand.

“Life’s Journey is an in-spirational clothing line, andit’s all about empowering in-dividuals and getting youth topursue their dreams, so itkind of ties into what thisprogram is doing as far asbringing the community to-

gether,” Hudson said.A final musical perform-

ance by Tracy and AshleyWilliams, a singing duo fromCincinnati, loosened up thecrowd for comedian Slo YoRoll.

Slo Yo Roll, who hasbeen featured on BET come-dy shows, kept the crowdlaughing with his old-schoolstyle comedy. A few minuteswith him opened the crowdup for Spike Davis.

Davis is a Louisville na-tive who now lives in Atlanta.The comedian, actor, writerand musician has toured withJamie Foxx and performedstandup on popular showslike BET’s “Comic View”and HBO’s “Def ComedyJam.”

Davis made light ofchurch, race and commonmisconceptions about blackpeople, but in good taste. Henoted how much he loves andsupports people of all racesand denominations.

“I like playing in front ofcrowds where we have a nicemix. Black, white, Asian,Middle Eastern; none of themare bad, just different,” Davissaid.

After the show, Daviswas outside selling DVDs of

his clean comedy standupshows. Davis explained howhe got the opportunity toperform at Memorial Hallthat night, and his ministrythrough comedy.

“Nicki and I were Face-book friends, and when shetold me the show was goingto be for the kids I was onboard,” Davis said.

“I just try to do comedythat lifts people’s burdens. Alot of people come out for acomedy show because theywant to laugh and stop think-ing about their problems for acouple hours. So I feel likethat’s my ministry to lightentheir load, make them laughand also to put a positivemessage out there.”

Johnson said although shewas busy running around formost of the show, she heard alot of laughter and good mu-sic coming from inside.

“I think we did well. Ihave so many people to thankfor their donations and theirhelp in making this show asuccess,” Johnson said.

“All of the performanceswere amazing. I do not knowhow much money we raisedtonight yet, but ... I thankeveryone for their support bycoming tonight.”

Black Voices Choir hosts event withcomedy, music, fashion, stepping

Variety show features local talent

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Every Kernel editor remembers how heor she covered the NCAA Tournament.

Eight seasons have ended in the ulti-mate victory of a title, many have been

otherwise successful, andsome have been totalduds.

But Jack Guthrie sawan entirely different per-spective during the bas-ketball season when hewas editor, when his staffadvocated for the integra-tion of UK athletics, orfor the school to “divorceitself from the segrega-tion policy which domi-nates the SoutheasternConference.”

On March 22, 1963, in the midst of theNCAA Tournament 50 years ago, the staffpublished an editorial titled “Integration ofUK sports vital key to progress.”

With the Final Four set to take place inLouisville that year, the piece caught fireacross the state and the South. The Couri-er-Journal and Louisville Times inLouisville came out in support of the Ker-nel’s stance, and the Lexington Herald-Leader followed soon after. The editorialwas referenced in The New York Times asa significant development in Southern col-lege athletics.

UK students should be proud that someof their own took a hard stance on themost important issue of the day, in themidst of the civil rights movement.

“It just gave us a reason to come towork on the Kernel every day,” Guthriesaid. “We were making a difference, and itwas a positive difference.”

But the fight for a policy change didnot come without flak. Guthrie receivedracist letters from across the South sug-gesting that if the school agreed with theKernel’s stance, many would bid UK goodriddance from the SEC. Many said Ken-tucky was a disgrace to the South for thestudent paper at UK to advocate such a

policy. “Thank God for Ole Miss,” readone negative letter, from a self-described“disgusted Kentuckian.” “You intellectualsshould go back north.”

“It just added kindling to the fire,”Guthrie said about the negative letters.“We were doing exactly what we want to,getting people to think, getting people tocomment and realize what a mistake theyhad been making.

“And I printed every one of these let-ters — made them think about their ac-tions.”

Yet UK’s president at the time, FrankDickey, himself supported racial integra-tion of UK athletics. However, he said theschool faced an “ethical problem” in with-drawing from the SEC right away. He andother Athletics Association board memberssaid the conference was bound to desegre-gate before long anyway. In a poll con-ducted shortly after the editorial, 59 per-cent of students said they favored integrat-ed athletic teams, while 20 percent op-posed.

The Kernel’s editorial board kept push-ing for an immediate change. And in earlyApril, the Board of Trustees recommendedthat the subject be given the top priority atthe Athletic Association’s next meeting.

On May 29, the university desegregat-ed its athletic team, becoming the firstmember of the SEC to do so.

Although UK is not returning to thenational championship game Mondaynight, fans can celebrate the anniversary ofanother kind of victory — not just the onethat happened on April 2, 2012, but onefrom half a century ago, when equality insports was finally achieved at this institu-tion.

Becca Clemons is the Kernel’s editor-in-chief and the first recipient of the JohnR. “Jack” Guthrie Editor’s Scholarship.The scholarship is endowed by JackGuthrie, the 1962-63 Kernel editor andfounder of Guthrie/Mayes Public Relationsin Louisville. Email bclemons@kykernel.com.

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The time has come fornew and existing student or-ganizations to register and re-register for the 2013-14 aca-demic year.

Student organizations arenot required by the universityto register, but student affairsofficer Todd Cox said it is intheir best interest to do so.

“Every year student or-ganizations are required toregister if they want to enjoythe benefits offered to studentorganizations,” Cox said.“These include graphic de-sign services, T-shirt dis-counts, room reservations andfunding from Student Gov-ernment.”

The student organizationregistration process includesthree steps.

Step 1 is education. Thisstep requires one student offi-cer, new or returning, to attenda 30-40 minute orientation onbehalf of the group. Orienta-tions will be in the room 106of the Student Center. Re-reg-

istering groups will receive acode number for their organi-zation at this session.

Step 2 is the application.This process involves com-pleting the proper applica-tions for new and existing or-ganizations.

Step 3 is verification. Thefinal step of the registrationprocess takes place once theapplication is completed andsubmitted. The Center forStudent Involvement will ver-ify the information and ap-prove the organization’s ap-plication.

This same process can beused for students looking tostart a new organization.

“If students want to start anew organization they wouldgo through the same processas one that has been aroundfor 30 years,” Cox said. Hesaid an organization needsthree students, a faculty ad-viser and a constitution to beconsidered for registration.

Cox said new organiza-tions register each year, in-cluding Greek organizationsand specialized groups. This

past year a record was set, as504 student organizations reg-istered. Cox said if a studentcan think of any hobby, thereis probably an organizationfor it, but there is alwaysroom for more.

“The range of organiza-tions is enormous. We have40 regular organizations, 40Greek organizations, 30 med-ical organizations and 20 laworganizations,” Cox said.“Some are really broad organ-izations, and some are spe-cial-interest groups.”

Cox encourages groups toregister as soon as possible.

“The best time is to regis-ter now, so they can reap thebenefits of being set up early,”Cox said. “Especially whenevents like K-week comearound, they can start buildingtheir membership. Instead ofworrying about paperwork,they can just get started meet-ing as an organization.”

For more information onthe student organization regis-tration process or to register,visit getinvolved.uky.edu/register.

Student groups can registerBy Anyssa Roberts

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