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PHOTO BY SCOTT HANNIGAN | STAFFUK's Terrence Jones celebrates a three made by Brandon Knight to extend the lead over Notre Dame in the second half at Freedom HallWednesday night.

Jones, Knight power Cats past Irish

For full story see JONES on page 6

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The final seconds

were still ticking off theclock, but freshman for-ward Terrence Jonesand freshman guardBrandon Knight werealready heading in for avictory hug.

More college students aregetting their education onlinein a new, hybrid learning ex-perience.

UK hosted a series ofguest speakers from acrossthe country Wednesday inthe William T. Young Libraryauditorium informing UKprofessors about making col-lege a more digital learningexperience.

Cable Green, director ofeLearning and Open Educa-tion for the Washington StateBoard for Community andTechnical Colleges, spokeabout many issues concern-ing college students across

the globe, not just at UK. Green is pushing for

schools to start making learn-ing material for classes moreopen. He wants professors tobe constantly sharing infor-mation they have to the restof the world.

“We are developing aculture of sharing and receiv-ing open educational re-sources,” Green said.

Green said the benefit ofopen education will be pro-fessors using more onlinejournals to pass around andshare information.

He said this could helpput an end to the stress col-lege students face when pur-chasing books each semester.

Most of the course con-

tent will be downloadable forwhat’s viewed as a more af-fordable price for students.

Green found in his re-

search that textbooks accountfor about 25 percent of schoolexpenses.

Green has served as the

director of Educational Tech-nology for the Ohio StateUniversity College of Phar-macy.

He said students at OhioState are begging to organizeboycotts against certainclasses that require certaintextbooks. If there are fivemath classes and three don’trequire an expensive text butthe other two do, those class-es are being boycotted.

“By the time the bookgets published it is out ofdate,” Dr. C. Darrell Jenningsof UK College of Medicinesaid at the series.

Chris Huff, the seniorvice president of worldwidesales at Echo 360, said the21st century classroom is

changing the way college stu-dents learn in the classroomall together.

Some college professorsare pushing for classroomteaching to a hybrid learningexperience. Students have achoice between strictly learn-ing from a teacher online orin a physical class environ-ment.

Online teaching couldhave the benefit of a new fea-ture being tested right nowcalled Lecture Capture. Lec-ture Capture is when audio isposted in addition to theslides.

“The use of this tool hasreduced Ds and Fs by 20 per-cent,” Huff said.

By Charlie [email protected]

The hybrid learning experience

A new student organiza-tion is on campus that hopesto have an impact on stu-dents, the community andeven the world by contribut-ing to the aid of those impov-erished in developing nations.

What started off as a classproject for business majorshas developed into the start ofan organization for studentsin which they can developloans for entrepreneurs in de-veloping nations.

Kiva is a non-profit or-ganization that partners with

microfinance organizationsacross the world to fulfilltheir mission which, accord-ing to their website, is to“connect people, throughlending, for the sake of allevi-ating poverty.”

The microfinance organ-izations, which Kiva refers toas field partners, collect pro-files of their clients in devel-oping countries, includingloan details. From there, theprofiles are available onKiva.org and loans can bemade on the website in $25increments.

Field partners then are in

charge of distributing loansand collecting repayments.

Melissa Newman, part-time professor at UK andAlumni Affairs director, intro-duced her business studentsto Kiva as a way to demon-strate her lessons on smallbusiness principals as well asmicrofinance.

“[Kiva] makes lending apossibility for people whootherwise can’t get the moneythey need,” Newman said.“It’s not as simple as it wouldbe in the United States, goingto the bank to get a loan. Kiva

By Caitlin [email protected]

Finance club fights poverty

See MICRO on page 2

WASHINGTON — TheHouse of Representativespassed a bill Wednesdaynight that would provide aconditional path to citizen-ship for as many as 500,000children of illegal immi-grants.

While the House ap-proved the Development,Relief and Education ofAlien Minors Act by a vote

of 216-198, the fate of theDREAM Act remained un-certain as the Senate post-poned a test vote on themeasure.

With the lame duck ses-sion of the 111th Congressrapidly coming to a close,Senate Republicans havevowed to block any meas-ures from reaching the floorbefore votes on a spendingbill to keep the federal gov-ernment running andwhether and how to extend

Bush-era tax cuts.DREAM Act proponents

say Senate inaction or a voteagainst the measure wouldbe a major setback for thedrive for a comprehensiveoverhaul of the nation’s im-migration laws for years tocome because of the pendingRepublican takeover of theHouse and Democrats nerv-ous about their re-electionprospects in 2012.

“The prospect of anytype of immigration legisla-tion over the next two yearsis slim to none,” said JorgeMario-Cabrera, spokesman

By William DouglasMCT

Immigrant act past 1 hurdle

See DREAM on page 2

House passes DREAM Act, but Senate prospects dim

PHOTO BY SCOTT HANNIGAN | STAFFThe UK basketball team, with Coach Calipari, during a timeout in thethe game against Notre Dame at Freedom Hall on Wednesday.

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PHOTO BY TIM HOLAHAN| STAFFUK Information Technology hosts “Open and Captured Content:the Twenty-first Century Experience” on Wednesday in the W.T.Young Library auditorium.

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for the Coalition for HumaneImmigration Rights of LosAngeles, one of severalgroups that lobbied Congressfor the DREAM Act’s pas-sage.

DREAM Act opponents,who called the measure“amnesty,” said a rejection byCongress would cripple theeffort for sweeping immigra-tion legislation — one thatcontains a guest-worker pro-gram and a pathway to citi-zenship — well beyond 2012.

“If it doesn’t get throughthis lame-duck session, it willbe at least four to six years

before this cause comes upagain,” said Roy Beck, thefounder and CEO of Number-sUSA, a group that advocatesstrict immigration limits andenforcement of immigrationlaws.

The act would allow im-migrants who are youngerthan 30, entered the U.S. be-fore age 16, lived here forfive years without commit-ting a serious crime, graduat-ed from high school and at-tended college or joined themilitary, to be eligible for le-gal residency after meetingother criteria.

A Congressional BudgetOffice study estimated thatthe act would help from300,000 to 500,000 undocu-mented immigrants.

President Barack Obama

and congressional Democrat-ic leaders — who vowed toLatino voters during the 2008campaigns to change U.S.immigration laws — saidpassing the act is the rightthing to do to help the na-tion’s economy and militaryand a way to enhance thelives of those who may haveentered the country illegallywith their families but havebeen raised as Americans.

“These people coveredunder this bill are the childrenany parent would be proudof: our sons and daughters,neighbors, classmates, promkings and queens, footballplayers and cheerleaders whostayed in school, played bythe rules, stayed out of trou-ble,” Rep. Jared Polis, D-Colo., said on the House

floor. “If you are pulled overfor a speeding ticket and youhave a child in a car seat nextto you, that 2-year-olddoesn’t get the speeding tick-et. If there is a bank robberwith a toddler on his back,that toddler doesn’t spend lifein prison.”

Republican opponentscalled the DREAM Act “anightmare” bill that ignoresthe rule of law and could po-tentially take jobs away fromlegal American workers at atime of high unemployment.

They also claim the actwould lead to illegal immi-grants submitting fraudulentacademic records and papersto become eligible for the act.

Rep. Phil Gingrey, R-Ga.,said the bill would “open thedoors, yes, to criminal aliens

attaining permanent status tothe detriment of legal immi-grants.”

Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Texas, the ranking memberof the House Judiciary Com-mittee, said the act wouldtake jobs away from Ameri-can citizens, especially legalminorities struggling forwork.

“The percent of Hispanicsout of work last month roseto 13 percent and the unem-ployment rate for blackAmericans has hit 16 per-cent,” Smith said. “Don’t theDemocrats know this? Arethey listening to the voters?Do they care?”

But two Latino Republi-cans — Florida Reps. IleanaRos-Lehtinen and LincolnDiaz Balart — spoke in favor

of the measure. In all, eightRepublicans voted for thebill.

“This is not amnesty,”Ros-Lehtinen said. “This billis a sensible and pragmaticcompromise that reflects thegenerosity and the goodwillof this country and its citi-zens, a country that openedup its arms to me as a refugeechild, and my parents asCuban refugees.”

Wednesday’s votes endeddays of fierce lobbying byopponents and proponents ofthe act. The White Househeld a conference call Tues-day to stake out its positionand dispatched EducationSecretary Arne Duncan andHomeland Security SecretaryJanet Napolitano to tout itsbenefits.

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gives opportunities that werenever there before. It’s abouthelping people help them-selves.”

After showing a video toher two different sections ofclasses, Newman set eachsection up with their own ac-counts on Kiva.

Newman contributed$100 of her own money andgave each class the opportu-nity to look through profilesand pick which small busi-ness they would loan $25(two loans for each class).

One student showed aparticular interest in the classproject and decided to take itone step further.

Business managementsenior Derek Dennis was in-spired to start the club as away to use the skills ac-quired from his businessclass. He initially had lookedinto individually setting upan account on Kiva until hefound there were campuschapters.

Newman helped Dennisstart the club by becoming theofficial faculty adviser andassisting him in making theclub an official organizationat the university.

Dennis is now the presi-dent of the MicrofinanceClub at UK and is hoping toget the word out about Kivato students, faculty and thecommunity.

Before graduating in May,Dennis wants to build a foun-dation for the organization toensure its existence and suc-cess in the future. He ex-

plained that the club is bene-ficial for business students aswell as non-business students.

“There’s a lot of ways av-erage students can benefit byparticipating,” Dennis said.“Not only can they becomeactive in the club, but even ifthey join Kiva, they can learna lot and make a differenceby investing in these people.Students can also benefit byunderstanding the financialtrends in the global market-place.”

Newman agreed that theclub is not just an interest tobusiness majors as it is moreof a community service initia-tive, and a way for individu-als to get involved and makea difference no matter whatfield they’re in.

The first meeting of theclub was held Monday, Nov.29, and will continue everyother week.

Dennis said the first fewmeetings will focus on edu-cating members on both mi-crofinance and Kiva. Afterthe club is on its feet, themeetings will focus on usingKiva.org to search throughprofiles of small businessesto loan to as well as track theloans it has already made.

Newman explained thatclub members will be in-formed in the meetings of therisk factor associated with us-ing Kiva.

“Group members under-stand that with microfinance,there is always a risk of notbeing repaid in full,” New-man said. “But Kiva has a98.99 percent repayment rateso the risk is low. And, if itdoesn’t get repaid it’s consid-ered a donation so you feelgood still,” Newman said.

As for the future of theclub, Dennis said he plans tohave speakers, whether theyare faculty or otherwise,come to meetings to talk togroup members about micro-finance and its future.

Starting in the spring,group members and directorswill also look for opportuni-ties for fundraising cam-paigns on campus to encour-age individual colleges, facul-ty and students to donate.

Both Dennis and New-man said the biggest goals inthe future for the Microfi-nance Club are getting thecommunity involved, raisingawareness and setting upfundraising opportunities tomake loans.

Newman said microfi-nance is a new concept thatmost people have never heardof, so it is important to informthe public.

“Through microfinance,$5, $10 or $25 can make aworld of difference in some-one else’s life,” Newmansaid. “A little can go a longway. Hopefully we can getcontributions from people inthe community. Most peoplethink they won’t have an im-pact but with microfinanceyou can.”

The club is open to allstudents and requires a mem-bership fee of $10 that willcontribute to the funding forloans.

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But dessert is not what “Naticakes” isabout. When Sloan speaks of her reason forcreating “Naticakes,” her face lights up withexcitement.

Sloan described the overwhelming re-sponse her sister received after her daugh-ter’s death in Franklin, Tenn. Between foodand monetary donations, she said her sis-ter’s family did not have to cook for a year.

The Natalie Wynn Carter Foundationwas created to house all of the donatedfunds, which go to various charities. The fo-cus of the foundation is making children’slives better worldwide.

That is when Sloan had her “aha” mo-ment.

“I’ve got to do something for Natalie’sfoundation, I’ve got to raise a million dol-lars,” she said.

So the journey began to open the perfectplace to raise money. After months of re-search, Sloan opened her first Naticakesshop in Franklin in 2009, with cupcakes asthe main product. She thought a sweetsshop was the perfect tribute to Natalie be-cause she loved sweets and was always insearch of her next treat. Sloan pledged 10percent of the profits from Naticakes to go

to the foundation.So far the biggest project the foundation

has funded is a playground for an orphan-age in China. Sloan hopes to be able to help

more as funding becomes available. Shesaid the cost of the playground was about$30,000.

Sloan earned a bachelor’s degree injournalism and advertising at UK. She saidshe never left Lexington completely, keep-ing strong ties and coming “home” whenev-er she got the chance.

So when the opportunity for Sloan toopen a Naticakes on campus arose, she em-braced it.

The main product of the Lexingtonstore is “Nati*Crème,” which is frozen yo-gurt and a fast-growing trend across thecountry. Self-serve frozen yogurt shopsoriginated on the west coast and have slow-ly made their way here, Sloan said.

The atmosphere of the shop is reminis-cent of a little girl’s dream place. From thesparkly crystal chandeliers to the powder-blue colored walls, the intricate, fancy dé-cor, the overall ambiance lends to the per-ception of being in a fancy, elegant shop.Yet the overall feel of the place is relaxed.

When Sloan thought of how to deco-rate, she said she wanted “to appeal to achild’s heart even if you’re 87 years old. Wewanted to capture the heart and essence of aprincess, because that is what Nati was tous.”

Sloan chose to open the shop on cam-pus because she thought it was a strategiclocation that health-conscious students

would enjoy. She said the healthy side ofthe low or nonfat frozen yogurt has between80 and 140 calories.

Sloan said the most important reasonfor opening on campus is because she lovescollege students. She said she loves to shareher story because she thinks they genuinelycare.

“I think there is a growing trend amongcollege students to care beyond them-selves,” Sloan said. “They like that philan-thropic piece of it.”

With six different flavors of frozen yo-gurt, which are rotated weekly, and morethan 30 different toppings ranging fromgrains, cereal, nuts, fruits and candy, cus-tomers can choose to make their treats anyway they please.

“It’s all about you crafting your owndessert,” Sloan said.

Although she gives 10 percent of hercompany’s profits, Sloan said she also getssomething out of Naticakes.

“It’s really a selfish thing because I’mgetting so much out of it,” she said. “Youknow it’s long hours and it’s hard work, andI love advocating something, and what bet-ter thing to advocate than the life of myniece whose life was very short and havingan avenue to help kids? I mean who would-n’t be inspired by that?”

December graduates no longerhave to wait until spring to walkin their caps and gowns.

UK will be holding the firstfall commencement ceremonynext Friday. The graduate and pro-fessional student ceremony willbegin at 3 p.m. in the SingetaryCenter concert hall, and the under-graduate ceremony will begin at 6p.m. in Memorial Coliseum.

“Students and families havebeen requesting the opportunity tohave a fall or December com-mencement,” said Pat Whitlow, as-sistant provost for Academic Ad-ministration. “So, it just seemedlike it was time to respond to that.More than 500 undergraduateshave registered to participate, sowe’re really looking forward to it.”

One of those registered stu-dents is Travis Darden, an agricul-tural economics senior.

“I am just ecstatic about fallcommencement,” Darden said.“When I was made aware of theopportunity to graduate early andparticipate in a ceremony, it gaveme extra motivation to hurry upand finish. Now I don’t feel pres-sured to spend an extra semesterenrolled when I could be devotingthat time towards starting my ca-reer, which is what I will be fo-

cused on in the spring.”A large number of students who

graduate in December do not havethe opportunity to return for Maycommencement. Obstacles like dis-tance and internships prevent themfrom traveling back to Lexington.

“There are an increasing num-ber of students that finish in thefall semester,” said Beth Barnes,director of the School of Journal-ism and Telecommunications andthe master of ceremonies for theundergraduate ceremony. “Theyare invited back for the May cere-mony, however some of them al-ready have jobs by then.”

Dr. James Holsinger, the mas-ter of ceremonies for the graduateand professional fall commence-ment, was a fall graduate him whocould not come back for a springceremony. This December, as hehosts UK’s first official fall com-mencement he will be able to seeone of his own doctoral students’academic careers celebrated. Shewould probably not have beenable to return to be recognized inMay said Holsinger.

“I am very pleased to havebeen asked to be the university or-ator for the first UK commence-ment in December,” Holsingersaid. “I was a proponent for hav-ing a fall commencement. I thinkit will benefit students by bringing

closure to their academic career atthe University of Kentucky in away that would probably not oc-cur otherwise.”

Students who are scheduled tograduate in August 2010 are alsoable to participate in this Decem-ber commencement.

Unlike May graduation, onlyone undergraduate and one gradu-ate ceremony will occur ratherthan a celebration for each indi-vidual college. However, individ-ual colleges will have their ownopen houses.

“We our having our own littleceremony for the College of Jour-nalism and Telecommunicationsthat same day from 1 p.m. to 3p.m., but I know all of the collegesare having their individual cele-brations,” Barnes said.

Barnes suggested that despiteits timing on the last day of finals,the fall commencement shouldstill be a viable option for stu-dents.

“Finals for undergrads end at 5p.m. on that day, so everythingshould work out,” Barnes said. “Ijust think a fall ceremony is longoverdue. It is so important andmeaningful to parents. I am inter-ested to see how it all comes off,and it is something to look for-ward to on a cold Decemberevening.”

By Joy [email protected]

UK to celebrate firstfall commencement ceremony

The Lexington Ballet will performthe Nutcracker, one of the most belovedballets, starting Friday.

Most are familiar with the tradition-al ballet that debuted in 1892, as it hasbecome an annual holiday treat forsome. The ballet, based on the fairytaleby E.T.A. Hoffman, has had variationsthroughout the years and has made thecrossover from stage to screen with Dis-ney’s Mickey Mouse stepping into theaction.

You will not see the familiar mouserunning around stage at the LexingtonBallet’s rendition of the famous play,however, audience members will bethrilled with the traditional score ofTchaikovsky, with a little more edgethan before.

The Lexington Ballet is not the onlycompany performing the ballet. TheBluegrass Youth Ballet will perform itsabbreviated rendition at the Lyric The-atre Dec. 17 and 18.

Director Adalhi Aranda Corn saidher dancers, ranging anywhere from 5to 18 years old, have been preparing fortheir upcoming performance for close toone month. The group also welcomesstudents from Butler University in Indi-anapolis to fulfill the main roles of thesugar plum fairies and the cavaliers,which are often roles for more accom-plished dancers, Corn said.

This will be the seventh year theBluegrass Youth Ballet will host theirperformance of the Nutcracker.

“It will be held in the Lyric Theatre

for the first year and we are very excitedabout it,” Corn said. “It holds 550 andevery year we have sold out. We hopewe can sell out again.”

The new location isn’t the onlything audiences can be excited about fornext weekend’s debut.

“It is a [performance] that has theawe factor, it’s not something you willsit there for a long time,” Corn said.“Things are changing, the costumes arebeautiful and the children are well-trained. And sometimes it’s exciting thatyoung performers do such a wonderfuljob and can do roles that older perform-ers typically do.”

The Lexington Ballet’s Nutcrackerperformance will be at 7:30 p.m. at theLexington Opera House and runs fromDec. 10 to 12 and then again from Dec.17 to 19. Door open at 7:30 p.m. on Fri-days, 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. on Saturdaysand 2 p.m. on Sundays.

Adult tickets are $30, senior ticketsare $25 and students are $20.

Door open for the Bluegrass YouthBallet’s performance at 7 p.m. on Dec.17 and at 3 and 7 p.m. on Dec. 18. Tick-ets are $12 for children and students,and $15 for adults.

By Candice Cruz and Allyson [email protected]

Tchaikovsky times two

Bittersweet SuccessWhen UK alum Nicole

Sloan’s niece Natalie Wynn Carter had a blocked coronary at 23 months, Sloan decided to turn herheartache and grief into something positive.

Teresa Smitt, a UK student and employee ofNaticakes, scoops toppings for a customer onWednesday.

Story by Najah Allouch | Photos by Ashley Jones

hus, “Naticakes” was created.Named after her niece’s nickname,the newest frozen yogurt shop has

opened near campus offering an abundanceof varieties and flavors.

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If you go

What: The NutcrackerWhen: Dec 10-12 and 17-19Where: Lexington Opera HouseAdmission: $30 adults, $25 seniors,$20 students for Lexington Ballet; $15adults, $12 children and students forBluegrass Youth Ballet

There is no place likeBirmingham in winter; atleast that’s what I’ll tell my-

self untilI’m out ofthere. Butwhile I workto keep mymorale up inthe laggingweeks be-tween theregular sea-son andpostseasonplay, theUK football

program’s spirits have poten-tial to slip.

If one thing is certain infootball, it is that teams canbe easily distracted by drama,and UK and its players couldput on their own rendition of“Hamlet” with the drama theprogram has stirred up recent-ly.

News like transferringplayers (or players contem-plating the NFL) and coacheswho will pack up come sea-son’s end may be detrimentalto the team’s focus, and thus,its performance in January, amonth which houses a gamethat has potential to salvagethe Cats’ lackluster year. Theyhave only been making ittougher on themselves to stayin the right set of mind beforetheir matchup with Pitts-burgh.

Typically, that’s what theoffseason is for.

Even if little informationwas released on the dischargeof running backs coach LarryBrinson and secondary coachChris Thurmond, UK can’thelp but keep those voidedpositions in the back of its

mind. In a time of “win-now-or-you’re-fired” sports, UKhead coach Joker Phillipsmust already be feeling theheat of a losing record, de-spite what the program says.

Though rumors have sur-faced regarding UK defensivecoordinator Steve Brown’s in-tentions to leave UK for theNFL (seems a little lofty afterthis season, Steve), the teamhas also assigned a co-defen-sive coordinator to assistBrown’s below averageSoutheastern Conference de-fense.

Fans shouldn’t mind thesudden adjustments, though.This season’s criticism con-stantly surrounding UK’sdreary defensive efforts final-ly gave way to some actionby Phillips, a move manyfans have been begging forsince about the fifth week ofplay. Again, perhaps it was amove made in the “hot seat,”but a move nonetheless. It issurprising Brown will evenstill be on the sidelines atCommonwealth Stadium nextseason after the fans distastefor him following this year.

Also, the news of sopho-more running back DonaldRussell transferring andfreshman defensive tackle El-liot Porter considering otherschools nearer to his home-town only stir up more com-motion. Though certain play-er progressions must be dealtwith on a strict timetable,those individuals must realizetheir teammates notice eventhe slightest restlessness andit carries over intopractice/gameplay.

While the importance ofgameplanning for upcoming

seasons can never begin tooearly, it’s true some parts can.The announcements of thesebig-time moves are some ofthose instances. Getting a legup on UK’s opponents isn’tworth going to the extent ofharming the team’s chancesof focusing its effort on itsupcoming Big East foe.

These changes, whichseem more important thancredited, give off too much ofan offseason feel while theteam is still in season andshould be preparing for its fi-nal outing.

But the Cats aren’t theonly ones out of luck. Withthe recent resignation of headfootball coach Dave Wannst-edt, Pittsburgh is facing dis-ruptions of its own.

So, at least Birminghamshould be fair this time ofyear.

Chandler is a journalismsophomore.

E-mail [email protected] or follow him onTwitter @KernelHoward.

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sports

LOUISVILLE, Ky. —Before Wednesday, it was dif-ficult to gauge exactly how

good thisyoung Catsteam was. Ithad beaten at o p - 2 0Washingtonin Maui,only to beedged outby a 4-3North Car-olina inChapel Hill.Wednesday

night, the team would findout.

UK head coach John Cali-pari stared at the scoreboardwith four minutes to play inthe first half against an unde-feated Notre Dame. His teamwas in an 11-point hole as hesat his big men in favor of asmaller lineup and by the timethe final seconds ran out onthe opening half, the gamewas tied at 40.

That momentum would

carry into the second half asUK would go on a 6-0 run,with Notre Dame not seeingits first points come until sen-ior guard Ben Hansbrough’sfree throws with 16 minutesleft to play. UK would holdthat lead for the rest of thegame, eventually handingNotre Dame its first loss ofthe season, 72-58.

Freshman forward Ter-rence Jones had his fifth dou-ble-double in eight games,continuing to be the core ofthe team’s offense. On a teamwith no true facilitator, Jonesseems to be a unconventionalpoint guard of sorts as UK ap-peared to ensure he got atleast one touch per possession.

Six of Jones’ 25 pointscame from behind the line.Notre Dame head coach MikeBrey said that’s exactly whyhe continues to be a nightmarefor coaches and defenders.

“Jones is an amazing tal-ent. He’s just really difficult todefend ... We tried to doublehim but then he’d kick it out

and they’d hit threes,” Breysaid.

Jones attributed his domi-nance to his teammates.

“I’d say it’s easy (to let thegame come to you) when youhave guys that can hit theirshots. It’s easy playing withplayers who can play likethat.”

However, the biggestchink in UK’s armor contin-ued to show with anemic playfrom the big men. Junior for-ward Eloy Vargas appeared tobe hiding behind defendersrather than posting up on themand senior forward Josh Har-rellson is yet to take a freethrow this season.

But what UK lacks in itspresence in the paint, it makesup for behind the arc. Shoot-ing 37.5 percent from behindthe line, true to form, it con-tinues to be an inverse of themodel of team it was last sea-son.

UK’s sixth man may havebeen the crowd, as UK fansfilled up their rival’s former

arena; Louisville’s FreedomHall was overrun with blue.Perhaps the enthusiastic, blue-haired season ticket holdersare the main reason for a sub-stantial increase in decibels,but Wednesday night insideFreedom Hall, it was louderthan your average game inRupp.

“It was a great atmosphere... this simulates a Big Eastweek for us,” Brey said.

Calipari said his teamneeded to lose to figure outjust how good it was.

“Only a crisis brings aboutchange, and that Carolinagame was a little bit of a crisisfor us because of how weplayed and how individualsplayed,” Calipari said.

At 9:30 Wednesday night,UK still wasn’t sure just howgood it was. Two hours later,the team was beginning to geta pretty good idea.

Matt is a journalism sen-ior. E-mail [email protected] or follow him onTwitter @KernelMurray.

Cats find identity with victory

MATTMURRAYKernel

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PHOTO BY BRITNEY MCINTOSH | STAFFMatt Roark pats Chris Matthews on the head after he ran down theline to score a touchdown in the second half of UK's 31-44 loss toGeorgia on Sat. Oct. 23, 2010.

Pre-bowl announcements a distractionPersonnel changes contribute to lack

of focus during regular season

CHANDLERHOWARDKernel

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UK will join Kansas,Michigan State and Duke aspart of the newly-created“Champions Classic” to startthe college basketball seasonthe next three years, ESPNreported Wednesday.

Teams will rotate playingeach other. UK plays Kansasin 2011 in New York, Duke in2012 in Atlanta and MichiganState in 2013 in Chicago.

The games will all beplayed in the middle of No-

vember to kick off the collegebasketball season.

UK received a boost fromMichigan State head coachTom Izzo in committing.

ESPN reported that Izzocalled UK coach John Cali-pari to make sure he was onboard; Kentucky committedin the fall.

“You schedule what’s bestfor your program and thereare a lot of reasons — recruit-ing, exposure and money,”

Kansas head coach Bill Selftold ESPN. “Sometimes youcan’t play too many roadgames due to money.”

“It’s hard to go home-and-home with Duke. It’shard to do that with Kentuckyor Michigan State. That’swhy this neutral site is a gooddeal. I don’t think any of thecoaches involved will seeanything negative with this,”Self said.

— Aaron Smith

UK to play Kansas, Duke,Michigan St. in next three years

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I found myself noticing a queer com-monality in the game’s cut scenes. Itseemed to me that there were an ex-sorbinate amount of low angle, over-the-shoulder camera shots. I wouldn’t havenormally questioned such a odd choice indirection, but it made me feel as though ineach of the cut scenes there contained ashot that fixated on the male characters’bums.

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rine booty. At the first instance I thoughtnothing of it, but as they became more fre-quent I began to sense that I was playing avery different video game than I had be-fore.

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opinions

When voters casted their votes on thefirst Tuesday of November, they were “an-gry.” On all the major television networks,radio stations, Internet outlets and news syn-dicates, we learned about the growing angstof the electorate.

Pundits and talking heads alike declaredthe donkeys (Democrats) as an endangeredspecies and paved the way for the leadingelephants (Republicans). The polls demon-strated that voters were angry with the terri-ble economy, more specifically the loomingdebt. GOP candidates used this political cap-ital and ran campaigns about “bringing backfiscal responsibility to Washington.” Inessence, as portrayed by the pundits, theelectorate fired the Democrats for not ad-dressing the escalating debt and replacedthem with Republicans to solve the issue.

The deficit, the debt, the deficit, thedebt; that is all we heard about leading up tothe 2010 midterm elections. What we didn’thear about was the largest contributor to thedeficit: the 2001 Bush Era tax cuts.

Some of Obama’s recent legislation(TARP, financial bailouts and health care re-form) do contribute to the amounting deficit.However, those pale in comparison to thetax cuts.

For example, extending the tax cuts forthe middle class (households earning lessthan $250,000 annually) over the next twoyears will add an estimated $3 trillion to the

deficit. Additionally, the extensions made tothe upper class (households earning morethan $250,000) will add an estimated $1trillion to the deficit. In sum, an extensionof the Bush Era tax cuts for the next twoyears will add $4 trillion to the expandingdeficit.

In 2001, when Bush passed the tax cuts,America enjoyed a surplus, not a deficit.Therefore, the tax cuts seemed like a goodidea for the GOP at the time. That is untilAmerica became involved with two wars,Afghanistan and Iraq. Wars cost money. Ingeneral, when America has gone to war ithas raised taxes, save Vietnam. The onlyway to pay for a war is to raise taxes. Dur-ing World War II the highest federal incometax bracket was 91 percent, almost triplewhat it is today. Thus, if you made $100,000during World War II you really only tookhome $9,000. By no means is Afghanistanor Iraq equivalent to World War II.

But my point is simple: You can’t go towar and lower taxes without expecting thedeficit to grow.

Since Republicans campaigned on “fis-cal responsibility,” they need to adhere totheir promise. How is advocating for taxcuts that will add a substantial amount to thedeficit “fiscal responsibility?” For almost adecade Americans enjoyed lower taxes atthe expanse of two wars. It is now time topay for these wars if America ever wants toachieve “fiscal responsibility.”

Case Fedor Political science senior

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“Pharming” may sound like somethingthat is done near a barn with a tractor in afield, but to many college students, it has a

more serious definition.It is commonly known

as taking prescriptionmedications that are notprescribed to you for a va-riety of reasons.

There are several typesof prescription drugs thatpeople in the UnitedStates commonly abuse,and they fall into threemain categories: pain re-lievers/narcotics, stimu-lants and depressants.

A popular type of medication collegestudents abuse are stimulants, which in-clude Adderall and Ritalin, or other com-mon names such as Concerta, Focalin,Dexedrine and Vyvanse. Approximately 34percent of UK students use stimulantswithout a prescription.

Whatever the reason for using prescrip-tion drugs for non-medical reasons, the factremains: it is illegal. People who sell orgive away their prescription medicationsand those who use them without a prescrip-tion are breaking the law.

There are not only legal consequencesof abusing prescription drugs, but healthconsequences as well.

Adderall is an amphetamine, which is alegally prescribed drug that is classified ashaving the highest potential for dependence

or abuse. Stimulants such as Adderall canlead to dangerous side effects, including ir-regular heartbeat, increased blood pressure,heart attack and stroke.

These drugs can cause people to feelanxious, hostile or even paranoid. Takingstimulant medications in combination withalcohol and other drugs can be lethal.

If you are a student currently taking orthinking about taking a non-prescribedstimulant in the future for academic rea-sons, try following these tips to help withyour success.

• Find a quiet study area where thereare few distractions.

• Begin studying early — do not waituntil the night before to cram for a test.

• Study in short chunks of time, suchas 30-45 minutes, followed by a 10-15minute break.

• Study with friends. Actively study-ing and discussing the concepts with peerscan help you retain information.

• Find the time of day that is best foryou to study.

• Reward yourself for studying. Cre-ate a schedule and, if you stick to it, re-ward yourself.

For more studying tips, speak to youracademic adviser or a professor. If youhave questions about stimulant abuse, con-tact University Health Service’s BehavioralHealth Clinic at 323-5511.

Brandy Reeves is a health educationcoordinator for University Health Services.E-mail [email protected].

Prescription drug abusehinders academic success

BRANDYREEVESGuest

columnist


In response to Mr. Patrick T. Sullivan’sarticle, “Fraternity member charged withdrug trafficking,” I am deeply appalled andoffended at how Mr. Sullivan has attempt-ed to slander and vilify a young man andan entire fraternity. As the article states,Mr. Milam was charged with selling mari-juana out of his fraternity house, and be-cause he was in a fraternity this story wasa major news article to the Kentucky Ker-nel.

With unemployment at an all-timehigh in decades, financial instabilityplaguing the country and a governmentout of touch with its people, the Kernelfocuses on a young man who made a mis-take. Not only does this young man havelegal ramifications he has to deal with be-cause a simple lack of judgment; on top ofthat he now has to deal with being humili-ated and vilified in front of the entire stu-dent body of his university by Mr. Sulli-van.

I highly doubt this is the first time aUniversity of Kentucky student has brokenthe law. The fact that Mr. Milam sold some“pot” to a couple of friends should not be amajor news headline. While I recognize

that selling drugs is not legal and shouldnot be tolerated, the reason why this articleis even relevant is because of the KentuckyKernel’s lack of stories. Its six-page news-papers consist of full-page ads and picturesthat take up all the blank space its staffcannot fill because of the lack of decentand relevant articles.

University newspapers are supposed tobe the voices of the students they represent;I see it highly unlikely that students at thisuniversity would like to be publicly humili-ated like Mr. Milam has been in your arti-cle. Mr. Sullivan, you did not uncover theColombian drug cartel of college campusesor even anything remotely close, you tookpolice reports and copy and pasted theminto an article. Congratulations on your finejournalism skills.

Mr. Sullivan has the audacity to remindhis readers of the past alumni who havegraced the halls of Delta Tau Delta, who inno way were involved with this isolated in-cident with a certain fraternity member. Irecommend that the Kentucky Kernel dosome reporting that truly has merit andmeaning to its readers instead of runningfull-page ads of Google Chrome or slander-ing students.

Greg W. ScottClass of 2011


| Thursday, December 9, 2010

sports

The UK fan who called outRicky Lumpkin and the rest ofthe UK defense for their inabil-ity to stop the run during agame earlier this season willhave one more chance to seehis favorite team offer a re-deeming performance in theBBVA Compass Bowl againstPittsburgh.

“Sometimes they love you.Sometimes they hate you …especially behind the defensivebench,” Lumpkin joked.

The fifth-year senior defen-sive tackle said he will miss thefans when he graduates, eventhose that have been particular-ly vocal about their displeasureof the Cats’ run defense, ranked11th in the 12-team Southeast-ern Conference and ahead ofonly a two-win Vanderbiltteam.

However, pitching astaunch defensive effort againsta vaunted Panthers rushing at-tack may help UK fans forgive,

if not completely forget, thetimes the UK defense has beenporous.

“It’s going to be fun andyou know they are going to runthe ball at you, so the thing iscan we wrap and tackle?”Lumpkin said. “We’re alwaysthere in the right position tomake the plays, now it’s justfinishing, and if we can do thatwe’ll be just fine and we’ll singthe fight song at the end of thegame.”

The inkling might be thatPittsburgh will rely on pound-ing the ball in the cold weather,but whom the Panthers will se-lect from play-to-play is moreof a mystery.

Sophomores Dion Lewisand Ray Graham are the BigEast version of a tandem run-ning back system, such as theone used in the SEC by Ala-bama with Mark Ingram andTrent Richardson. Lewis aver-ages 87 yards per game whileGraham averages 76 yards pergame and both players averagemore than 10 carries a game.

“(Pittsburgh is) a balancedteam,” UK head coach JokerPhillips said. “They’ve got areally strong running game,two good running backs. Lewisran for 260 yards (at Cincin-nati) in the snow with a mascotthrowing snowballs at him, sowe’re excited about having anopportunity to play him.”

Phillips’ mascot referencemade light of the situation in-volving the Cincinnati mascot,the Bearcat, who engaged in asnowball fight with fans duringPittsburgh’s regular season fi-nale on the road at Nippert Sta-dium.

Although snowballs werenot actually thrown at Lewis,he has been a feature tailbackin his short collegiate career.

Lewis was third in theNCAA in rushing yards as atrue freshman in 2009 andbroke Tony Dorsett’s Big Eastfreshman rushing record with1, 799 yards on the ground and17 touchdowns to boot.

This year, the emergence ofGraham in the backfield has

kept Lewis fresher and has re-duced his workload by 128 car-ries thus far.

Lumpkin said one morechance to make a defensivestatement would end his careeron a high and set a differentstandard following the seasonand moving into spring prac-tice.

“(A good defensive per-formance) would be good be-cause it will show a lot of peo-ple that we can do it and it willshow a lot of the younger guysthat they can do it becausethey get down, people misstackles and that’s where ithurts us,” Lumpkin said.“They get in the backfield, hebreaks a tackle and next thingyou know he’s 30 yards downthe field.

“Just to end on a great de-fensive performance will send(my teammates) into the springhaving a good feeling of whatthey need to do next year. Theycan only build on it.”

Follow Nick on Twitter@KernelCraddock.

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Cats want to pounce on Pitt running game

After carrying UK to awin, Jones headed off thecourt and straight towardKnight on the sidelines. Thetwo embraced as the buzzersounded on No. 16 UK’s 72-58 win over No. 23 NotreDame in a blue-filled FreedomHall, an atmosphere Jones saidfelt like a home game.

Jones scored 27 points andgrabbed 17 rebounds, postingup and dominating from theleft block all game. With UKstaring at an 11-point deficitand four minutes left in thefirst half, Jones was back inthe post.

He spun toward the bas-ket and viciously dunked theball through three defenders.

“They really put the pres-sure on us,” Jones said. “Wehad to get control of the game

and get it back.”The play ignited the

crowd, and fueled a 13-2 runto close the half that tied thegame at 40. UK kept the rungoing with six straight pointsto open the second half, and itwouldn’t trail the rest of thegame.

“I was proud when wewere down 11 and foughtback,” UK head coach JohnCalipari said.

Jones and Knight, whoscored 20 points and had fiveassists, combined for 47points. Nobody else on theteam scored more than sevenpoints.

“Brandon ran the club.That’s the best he’s run theclub all year,” Calipari said.“Terrence rebounded likethat, and everybody else kindof fills in.”

When UK found itselfstaring at that 11-point deficit,it seemed as though the gamewas ready to slip away. Notre

Dame senior guard BenHansbrough scored 19 pointsin the first half. He was feel-ing it and filling it from thethree-point line, making five,cocking his wrist and staringdown the crowd after everymake.

“He was incredible. Hetook one almost at halfcourt,”Calipari said. “I thought it wasin, and so did he.”

Then UK tightened up thedefense. Notre Dame scored18 points on 20 percentshooting. Hansbrough scoredjust two points, and was asvisibly frustrated with theway the second half was go-ing as he was in the first halfwhen he was lighting it up.

“They really took Benaway from us in the secondhalf and face-guarded him,”Notre Dame head coach MikeBrey said. “They were veryaware of him. They made agood adjustment at halftime.

UK was able to maintain

its lead, which closed to with-in five points at one point be-fore Jones buried a three fromthe corner to lock in a win.The ability of UK to finishthe game stood in contrast tothe previous game, when itheld a single-digit leadagainst North Carolina beforelosing by two points.

“Coming off a loss,coach’s past teams, the nextgame he said they would winby 25 or 30 points,” Jonessaid. “So, there was no waywe were coming off that lossand losing.”

Follow Aaron on Twitter@KernelASmith.

JONESContinued from page 1

PHOTO BY SCOTT HANNIGAN | STAFFUK's Stacey Poole looks for an open pass against Notre DameWednesday night at Freedom Hall.

PHOTO BY BRANDON GOODWIN | STAFFSouth Carolina quarterback Stephen Garcia is sacked by sopho-more defensive end Taylor Wyndham during the second half ofUK's home game against South Carolina, Saturday, Oct. 16, 2010.

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