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Relax or have hard conversations at UK’s MLK Center By Marissa Bosco news@kykernel.com
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A new and improved resource of cultural sharing and interaction awaits UK students to use at their convenience. The Martin Luther King Center opened its new space on campus on Friday, Oct. 12, in the Gatton Student Center. The purpose of the center is to offer a space for students and local community members from all different backgrounds to feel comfortable to go to, according to the center’s website. Students can go just to lounge and do homework, or they can go to further expand their cultural awareness and have discussions with others. UK established the MLK Center in 1987. It began strictly as a place for students to go where they could feel safe and comfortable with others of different backgrounds. It has now evolved into a space where students, faculty members and community members can congregate in order to learn about each
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other’s cultures and exchange knowledge of backgrounds to create an equal understanding. “The MLK Center is and will be the state’s leading laboratory for multiculturalism, social justice activism, diversity education for the student population,” said Jason Brooks, the new director of the MLK Center. Brooks said the center is simply a safe haven for students and considered it to be the “living room” on campus and added that it was the “heart beat” of campus. That statement proved to be true for UK student, Charles Lenford Jr., as he explained how he used the center in between classes as a place to relax and do homework. “The MLK Center has been a place where I can come to and just take a breather in the middle of my day,” Lenford Jr. said. “I’ve already met a few people and we all enjoy what the center has to offer.” If you walk through the center that is exactly what you will find: groups of students
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Brooks expressed how great the turnout has been since the new space recently opened. This is just the beginning for Brooks, though, he said. He’s only been on campus for about four weeks now and already has plans for the future of this center. “My goal is to make this a place that students, faculty and especially community members can come to and just get information about anything that ranges from diversity to equity,” he said. Brooks and his staff wish to provide guidance to students of where they can go on campus for specific problems they’ve had in class and simply sharing their knowledge on a variety of topics. Brooks gave the example JORDAN PRATHER I STAFF of teaching students the difference between Students walk past the recently opened Martin equity and equality. Luther King Center in the Gatton Student Overall, Brooks expressed his dedication Center. to creating an educational space that will adinteracting with one another and simply en- vance anyone and everyone to a place they joying the little time they have to unwind be- strive get to one day, all while providing fore they have to hurry back to class. comfort and support along the way.
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By Rick Childress
Spin bikes, scooters may be answer to Lexington, UK parking woes
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Since the introduction of rentable Spin bicycles to Lexington streets and UK’s campus, transportation officials have heard one major complaint from citizens: They’re Tennessee orange. “I have heard some push back on the color,” UK Director of Transportation Services, Lance Broeking said with a laugh. “Why orange? Obviously in Kentucky we don’t like orange or red and those kinds of things.” Although they may be the wrong color— Broeking explained that the city and UK had no control over the color of the bikes— the rentable bikes and soon-to-come motorized scooters may be a part of the city’s and UK’s larger ongoing solution to solve the parking and urban accessibility issues that plague many of those who frequent campus and downtown Lexington. Spin bikes— bicycles with 26inch wheels that can be rented by anyone with the Spin app on their smart phone for $1 for every 30 minutes— began appearing around Lexington over the summer. As early as this upcoming spring, the bikes will be joined by rentable electric scooters from the same company. The city and UK entered into a one-year-long pilot program with Spin, during which officials will collect data on how to best reg-
JORDAN PRATHER I STAFF Spin bikes are parked in random locations all over UK’s campus and the surrounding area.
ulate and use the bikes and scooters. “The initial data has been really good,” said Scott Thompson, Lexington’s transportation planner. He said that 12,000 people have the Spin app, and the company is averaging 5,000 to 7,000 trips per month. Most of those trips are under a mile, which Thompson said is ideal. For UK students, many of whom have to walk some distance from off-campus housing or parking lots to get to their classes on campus, time saved by a rentable bike or scooter could mean more time
sleeping in, cramming or relaxing. “I mean a 20-minute walk is a three-to-five-minute bike ride,” Thompson said. “You really start to talk about time, and transportation is all about time, right?” Thompson said that Spin employees claim that the scooters— which require no peddling— get nine to 10 times more rides than the rentable bikes. “Their logic is that they see nine to 10 times the ridership because if it’s hot and you’re going to a business meeting and you don’t want to show up a sweaty mess— there’s options,” Thompson said.
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UK is still trying to best accommodate for the Spin scooters. Sandra Broadus, UK’s alternative transportation manager, said university officials are uncertain on how the scooters will interact with the current campus infrastructure. “We don’t have scooter racks on campus. We don’t have scooter lanes,” Broadus said. “We’re just trying to figure out what that looks like and how we’re going to handle not only where they operate but how they operate.” But having a wider array of public transportation generally means fewer cars, less traffic and more open parking spaces. “We’ve seen the bike share model explode because there’s a desire particularly within urban environments to create car-free mobility options,” Broeking said. He added that the university is interested in a bike-share model like Spin first from a “sustainability perspective” but also from a “business perspective” as it may lessen parking congestion. “Parking is a scarce commodity on campus and so we’re always looking to find ways for people to get to, from and around campus without having to having to have that single-occupancy vehicle,” Broeking said. “If you go back 20 years, the only way to go three miles was to hop in your car and go three miles.” Now, he said, students can hop
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on any Lextran bus for free or they can ride a rented bike around the city’s bike lanes. “We’re trying to find ways to facilitate that movement without the need to have a car,” Broeking said. Beyond UK, Thompson said that onslaught of shared bikes, scooters, cars and buses nationwide is just the beginning of major changes in urban planning that is sweeping through the modern world. He said that city transportation planning is “going through change that we haven’t seen the likes of since the advent of the automobile. We as a community need to start thinking about how we plan our spaces. What happens to all this parking? How do all these things change? How do we manage scooters? How do we manage whatever vehicle may be next? We just don’t know.” Figuring out how to manage these new options in ways that are best for the communities that they serve is an extremely exciting challenge for current city and transportation planners. “It’s so cool,” Thompson said. “I’m so pumped I can hardly stand it.” But at least for now, students and citizens will have to deal with the color of their rentable shared mobility options. “If we were operating our own bike share, I’m sure they would be blue,” Broadus said with a laugh.
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Bill! Bill! Bill!
Beloved TV star to visit UK By Ryan Page lifestyle@kykernel.com
The year is 2008. You walk into your thirdgrade classroom and your body fills with excitement. The television is sitting on the cart, plugged into the outlet, ready to go. Your teacher puts a DVD into the DVD player and the movie plays. The very first sound you hear is: “Bill Nye the Science Guy” and the opening credits of his critically acclaimed children’s television show “Bill Nye the Science Guy” flash across the screen. Like many of your peers, Bill Nye was probably an integral role in your learning about science. His fun, interactive way of teaching grabbed and kept the attention of many young students, thus making the job easier on teachers. Nye will soon visit UK, allowing UK students to relive a piece of their childhood. “I would love to go see him,” said Jade Johnson, a sophomore at UK. “It would be so cool.” Nye is a science communicator, television presenter and mechanical engineer. His hit TV show “Bill Nye the Science Guy” ran from 1993 to 1998. During its five-year tenure on PBS, it captured the hearts of many young aspiring scientists and propelled Nye into international stardom. With its quirky humor and rapid-fire MTV-style pacing, the show won critical acclaim and was nominated for 23 Emmy Awards, winning 19. Nye graduated from Cornell University in 1977 with a B.S. in mechanical engineering. He worked as an engineer at Boeing Corporation then pursued a standup comedy career before pitching “Bill Nye the Science Guy” to KCTS-TV, a public television station in Seattle. “The blessing and the curse— the blurse— of Bill Nye is: What you see is what you get. I really am passionate about science and I really am a regular person,” Nye said in a 2017 interview with Smithsonian Magazine. “I can’t be ‘on’ like the way the guy in the Science Guy show is ‘on’ all the time. You can’t project that energy all day.” Nye is looking to project that energy on Nov. 19 when he comes and speaks at the Singletary Center as part of the Speak
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IF YOU GO Who: Bill Nye the Science Guy When: Nov. 19 Where: UK Singletary Center Tickets: Free for UK faculty, staff and students; $15 for general public
Blue Distinguished Speaker Series put on by UK’s Student Activities Board. The student organization is known to bring some big names through Lexington, and it is once again delivering. “UK SAB does a great job putting on events. I’ve been here for four years and all the events they have had are always amazing. Once I graduate in May, this is one of the bigger things I’ll miss about UK,” said Josh Green, a senior neuroscience major. Nye is a legend within the educational TV world. He taught science in a fun, humorous manner that made every kid want to imitate everything he was doing on his show. This event will be a true blast from the past, and a nostalgic one at that. Tickets are on sale now at the Singletary Center for the Arts box office and website. Tickets are free for UK faculty, staff and students with a valid UK ID and $15 for the general public. Follow @UKSAB on all social media platforms for more information.
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Travel back to the ‘80s at The Burl Arcade
Several arcade machines are lined up at The Burl Arcade, which opened in May 2018 in Lexington, Kentucky. By Kayleigh Conrad lifestyle@kykernel.com
KAYLEIGH CONRAD I STAFF Old television sets cover a wall at the Burl Arcade in Lexington, Kentucky.
One quarter per play starts up vintage video arcade games such as NBA Jam, Star Wars Pinball and Vindicators in The Burl’s newest project, The Burl Arcade. Located just off Manchester Street in the heart of the Distillery District, The Burl Arcade makes it feel like time travel might be possible. Enter the building that reads “Arcade” in neon red marquee lights and be greeted by an adult playground with more than 30 different old school video games. The Burl Arcade, which opened in May 2018, serves cocktails on draft and allows customers to party like it’s 1980 with an enormous selection of rare and old school electronic games. According to Cannon Armstrong, part owner in the venue along with Will Harvey and Jomo Thompson, the process of finding unique games such as PacMan, Defender and Donkey Kong included long hours on Craigslist, road trips to St. Louis, Cincinnati and Knoxville and searching through private “man caves” in the hopes of finding old school
video games that fit within The Burl Arcade concept of a trip back to a simpler time. Despite the arcade space being vacant a while after the opening of The Burl, the idea had been in the works for a while. “I saw the trend of these kind of bars open in other places and I liked the idea of a place to hang out that reminds me of my childhood. Once we got The Burl open and we had this space, it seemed like a cool idea that didn’t exist in the state of Kentucky,” Armstrong said. If old school games aren’t enough, The Burl Arcade also features console games on its one-of-a-kind large TV wall with more than 30 bulky old school television sets. A main focal point of the space, this TV set wall doubles as an art piece and a practical way to play more current games such as Guitar Hero and Nintendo 64. While the console games are on, customers can find their favorite movies playing on other monitors. Armstrong explained that inspiration for the wall came from “this MTV scene from my childhood that used to play before shows. The TV wall seemed like the perfect way to be practical and still be retro and artsy.”
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Even on a week night, many repeat customers can be found playing their favorite nostalgic games. Katie Stefanski, a recent customer to The Burl Arcade, made it apparent that she is a big fan of the arcade. “I love that it takes me back to my childhood. I like the atmosphere and the fact you can have a drink and hang out with friends while still playing arcade games from your childhood,” Stefanski said. She admitted that Pinball is her favorite out of all the games to play. Stefanski said the best part about the arcade is that “at night, you can go have fun and feel like a kid again and forget about all your adult responsibilities.”
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UP IN SMOKE Juuls put addiction in
UK students' pockets By Jacob Eads
If you’ve ever seen a cloud of smoke go up in the middle of a lecture, you’re probably familiar with the Juul. The popular brand of discreet and sleek e-cigarettes has exploded its way into the hands of thousands of college students across the country, and UK students have been busy buying into the trend. But in the haste of keeping up with the Juul’s rise to stardom, did anyone bother to read the box? Juuls are marketed as a nicotine alternative for adults who are trying to quit smoking, but some public health professionals are waging a war on the flavored e-cigarettes in an attempt to study potentially adverse health effects they might have on their real users: students.
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In the frenzy of keeping up with the latest craze, UK’s student body has seemingly become slave to the small e-cigarettes. And while the majority of students openly walked into the relationship, some say it’s becoming increasingly impossible to cut ties with their nagging Juuls. Junior marketing major Evan Dilbeck said he’s owned his Juul for about a year, and first decided to buy one after seeing all of his friends using their own, but now he wishes he could leave it behind. “I think it was kind of a fad to start out. Everyone got one, and now everyone is just super addicted,” Dilbeck said. “I’ve tried to quit several times because it’s $16 for a pack of pods, but it’s impossible when everyone around you has one.”
Nielsen data shows that Juul Labs sold almost $1.3 billion worth of Juul kits and accompanying pods from August 2017 to August 2018, which was more than half of the entire market share for e-cigarette products during that timeframe. So it’s safe to say the Juul has been a hit. Aside from their sheer popularity, there might be a scientific reason why Dilbeck and the rest of UK’s Juul owners can’t seem to put the e-cigarettes down. Tobacco treatment specialist and UK Associate Professor of Nursing Audrey Darville said that the key to the Juul’s recent success and its addictiveness is thanks in part to the chemistry behind its pods. According to Juul Labs, the e-cigarette’s manufacturer, a single disposable Juul pod,
which comes in enticing flavors like mint, crème brulee and mango, contains roughly the same amount of nicotine as an entire pack of cigarettes. “The company manufacturing Juuls has figured out how to deliver more nicotine effectively,” said Darville. Unlike other e-cigarettes, Juuls pack a punch comparable to traditional cigarettes. A hit from a Juul gives the body a jolt of nicotine at similar speeds to that of a cigarette, according to Darville. She said this almost-instantaneous rush is what makes the Juul so appealing. But while Juuls may outshine older model e-cigarettes, they still aren’t as efficient as traditional cigarettes, which may explain their addictiveness, according to Darville.
Monday, October 29, 2018 Because they aren’t as efficient with their nicotine distribution, e-cigarettes like Juuls promote continuous use, according to Darville. While a traditional smoker might light up every hour or so, an electronic smoker is more likely to habitually use their e-cigarette throughout the day. Considering how much is still unknown about the long term health effects of Juuls and other e-cigarettes, this level of habitual use is cause for concern among some of the nation’s top public health officials. “That’s the problem. We don’t know the 10-year effects,” said Darville. “People using electronic smoking devices, and especially Juuls, they’re the human lab.” She said information about the Juuls is coming through scientific evaluation— “but we all know that’s like the tortoise and the hare,” she said. The thought of being a walking lab rat might come as a surprise to the students who find themselves replenishing their Juul pod supplies weekly. Most say they never contemplated getting addicted before picking up their own Juuls. “People are already addicted,” said UK junior Jackson Gilbert. “For a lot of them, I feel like it was their first experience. That’s how it was for me… I’ve never done cigarettes or anything like that.” Health officials say the Juul’s potency is enough to sneak up on those who let their guard down. “I don’t think people really, truly appreciate how addictive nicotine is,” Darville said. “That’s the hook… Once you become dependent on nicotine, it can be challenging to get off of it.” And that seems to be the sentiment among UK’s vaping population: It’s hard to stop. That’s why the Food and Drug Administration recently launched an all-out assault on e-cigarettes in an attempt to keep them out of the hands of the “epidemic proportion” of minors who are becoming addicted. In April 2018 the FDA announced a nationwide blitz to crack down on the sale of e-cigarettes to minors at both brick-andmortar and online retailers. This came after FDA compliance checks uncovered 40 violations for illegal sales of Juul products to youth, one of which came from a local Lexington gas station. As part of their efforts to curb e-cigarette use among minors, the FDA also demanded that Juul Labs turn over pertinent documents related to its marketing strategy and youth
appeal in its products. “The new and highly disturbing data we have on youth use demonstrates plainly that e-cigarettes are creating an epidemic of regular nicotine use among teens,” said a statement from the FDA. “It is vital that we take action to understand and address the particular appeal of, and ease of access to, these products among kids.” While Juul Labs claims it turned over 50,000 pages of documents to the FDA after its April request, the FDA recently followed up with a surprise inspection of the company’s headquarters on Oct. 2. The FDA announced it seized more than a thousand documents from Juul Labs that were relative to the company’s marketing practices. While Juuls continue to sell left and right, Juul Labs says it is committed to working with the FDA to eradicate youth use of e-cigarettes. “We are committed to preventing underage
use, and we want to engage with FDA, lawmakers, public health advocates and others to keep JUUL out of the hands of young people,” said Juul Labs Chief Executive Officer Kevin Burns. Juul Labs has also pledged to establish its own youth prevention campaign with the help of a $30 million investment intended fund youth education and independent research. But while the gesture of a $30 investment sounds promising, some public health officials say they’re still not buying it. “That’s pocket change to them, but they make it sound so wonderful,” said Darville. While the FDA is doing its best to stymie new students from picking up Juuls, that doesn’t give much help to those who have already succumb to its addictiveness. But there are some resources available at UK for those who are hoping to set their Juuls down for good.
Darville recommended that students who want to ditch their Juuls visit the UK Counseling Center for help with tobacco cessation, or even Student Health where students might be eligible for nicotine replacement therapy. If you find yourself clinging to your Juul on campus, there might be some bad news around the corner. Juuling is actually outlawed on campus under UK’s Tobacco-free policy. Any students who are found to be juuling on campus may even be subjected to corrective action like community service in accordance with student conduct regulations. But while public health officials and university leaders continue to keep a watchful eye on the Juul, UK’s students say there really isn’t much they can do. With his Juul in hand, Dilbeck only had one thing left to say. “All I can say is ‘Bro, can I hit your Juul?’”
PHOTOS BY QUINN FOSTER LEFT: Liz Donohoe blows a cloud from her Juul while posing for a figure drawing session at the School of Art & Visual Studies on Oct. 2, 2018, in Lexington, Kentucky. RIGHT: Adam Harter takes a hit off a Juul while watching the UK-Florida football game on Saturday, Sept. 8, 2018, in Lexington, Kentucky. These photos and the cover photo were shot on film.
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Amy McGrath right for UK students, 6th district
KELLSIE KENNEDY Columnist
It seems that one of the most likely reasons why millennials had a voter turnout of only about 50 percent for both the 2012 and 2016 elections is because many of the issues seem to not address our age group. Even though it seems this way, Amy McGrath’s platform especially reflects on the lives of those
graduating or recently graduating college. If you are an education major, you were likely thrown back by the end of teacher and state employee pensions, particularly Gov. Matt Bevin’s response to the protests and criticism that followed. If you are related to or are a friend of a teacher, you were probably outraged. If you were ever taught by a teacher, you were probably outraged. Now recent graduates must make the choice to either leave Kentucky or work much longer before retire-
ment. For those of us planning on having children, the deterioration to the education system in Kentucky should be catching up roughly around the time those children would start attending school. With such an unjust system, many young teachers are leaving Kentucky for states that offer them better benefits. The issue of teachers’ pensions should be a concern for all. In an effort to amend this atrocity, McGrath’s website states, “When elected, I will do everything I can to educate my colleagues in Congress of
the critical importance of this issue for teachers in states like Kentucky, and will help work to make this a more fair system moving forward.” Another major component, probably the largest, of McGrath’s platform is addressing health care issues. Republicans offered a relentless string of criticisms to the Affordable Care Act, but then did not offer a better alternative when they gained control of Congress. McGrath states on her website, “I believe strongly that basic health care is a fundamental right that should be
guaranteed for every American. Similar to our guarantees of a basic education to every child born…” Being students at UK, many of us have the opportunity to utilize Student Health Services for minor issues such as strep throat or getting a prescription for birth control. For more dire situations, many of us rely on our parents’ insurance. However, the required health fee raises the cost of tuition for each UK student by a couple hundred dollars. This is insignificant compared to health insurance obtained from a full-time job.
McGrath believes that we should follow in the example of other countries who have seen success with a better health care system. She states, “I believe firmly that the goal must be universal coverage for all Americans.” These two issues alone show that Amy McGrath has in mind what is best not only for older Americans but also for those of us just looking to begin our careers. On Nov. 6, if you care about better health care and better education, vote for Amy McGrath for the Sixth Congressional District Representative.
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UK should close on every election day, not just for presidential elections HANNAH WOOSLEY Asst. Opinions Editor
A little over two years from today, UK will close its doors for classes on Tuesday, Nov. 3, for the 2020 presidential election. While the presidential election is considered an academic holiday at UK, midterm elections are not; class will still be in session. This is not right. Midterm elections are just as important as presidential elections. The ability to vote for federal, state and local offices without stressing to get to the polls between school, work and other extracurriculars should be mandatory. Some will say that if voting is important, you’ll find a way to get to the polls– but unfortunately, this isn’t true for everyone. Take my situation, for example.
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Polling stations are open from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. I live in Georgetown, Kentucky, and commute to Lexington for classes. On average, it takes one hour to commute each way due to traffic. On Tuesdays this school semester, I have class continuously from 9:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. and a mandatory editor meeting for the Kernel at 8:20 a.m., meaning I leave for campus at 7:20 a.m. Obviously with needing to leave by 7:20 in the morning, I must wake up before that to get ready, which is usually around 6:20. I might have time to vote if I were to wake up at 5:45 a.m. and arrive at my polling station by 6, but should this be necessary? Including travel time, I already have a 15-hour day on Tuesdays– I should not have to worry about adding an additional hour to my already too-long day to vote. I also don’t have time to make the drive home due to traffic and short breaks between classes.
My editor-in-chief at the Kernel will graciously allow me to skip the mandatory editor meeting that Tuesday to vote, but I shouldn’t have to. I understand my unfortunate circumstance probably isn’t widespread at UK, but I know this situation doesn’t just include myself; there’s someone else at UK struggling with this same issue I am, and it isn’t right. I will do everything I can to exercise my right to vote, for every election, no matter my circumstance. Voting is a right we should all be able to easily exercise, and UK should understand that midterm elections are just as important as presidential ones. Give students the same one-day break you do for the presidential elections for midterms to relax and vote without worrying about getting to their polling station in time. I don’t think this is too much to ask. And maybe the number of college-aged voters will increase, too.
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Safety first for Halloween, Nov. 3 game festivities
Halloween is coming, and soon after the toilet paper comes out of the trees and the costumes are thrown away, UK football will play the Georgia Bulldogs on Nov. 3. Holidays are usually prime time for drinking and partying, not to mention the hype surrounding UK’s football team this season. We at the Kernel want to take this opportunity to remind the students on this campus to celebrate these events responsibly. Reckless celebrations have led to tragedies already this year, and we want to caution all UK students not to repeat the same mistakes. In September, after the UK football team ended a 31-year losing streak by beating the Florida Gators 27-16, students took to State Street and rioted. They ended up flipping and totaling a car, causing unnecessary personal damage and distress to Matt O’Hara, the car’s owner. They rattled stop signs, threw trash cans and dispersed when authorities arrived. No one took responsibility for the damages caused, leaving others to clean up the mess and a local car dealership to replace the destroyed car. Later that month, on Sept. 15, a 4-year-old boy was struck by an 18-year-old driver who “showed signs of impairment” after a football game. The child died a few days later. As a result of the incident, the driver’s fraternity, Alpha Tau Omega, suspended him, and the UK chapter was later suspended pending investigation. There are lasting ramifications to drunk driving, underage drinking and blindly following a rowdy crowd. Already this year, a young child has lost his life, an 18-year-old student has ruined his future, a fraternity has been suspended and a person’s car has been destroyed. Families are hurting thanks to careless partying and dangerous peer pressure. There has been too much tragedy this year. Around the upcoming holiday-and always– please be mindful of how your actions affect others. Don’t drink underage. If you are legal to drink, set a limit before you go out. Decide ahead of time that you will party responsibly and not go along with damaging activities. Ask a friend to call an Uber for you when you’re ready to go home. These extra steps may seem like hassles, but partying ceases to be fun when people start getting hurt.
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Zan Payne is excited to get healthy and play By Erika Bonner sports@kykernel.com
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Meet Zan Payne: A 6-foot-four, 240-pound Kentucky freshman guard/ forward and graduate of Lexington Catholic High School. Oh, and also the son of Kentucky associate head coach, former Louisville Cardinal and Philadelphia 76er and one of the top recruiters in the nation, Kenny Payne. Zan was a three-year starter and averaged 19.3 points and 8.7 rebounds per game at Lexington Catholic as a senior. Unfortunately, the standout suffered a knee injury in February of his senior season that ended his high school career. Kentucky was willing to give him a shot, though, and announced his addition to the roster in May. Fast forward several months to October, and Zan is living the dream on the Kentucky men’s basketball team— getting to play for his dad, being surrounded by elite teammates and being coached by Coach John Calipari while he gets healthy and rehabs his knee. Zan said his dad is his biggest influence and that he enjoys having him as one of his college coaches. “It’s actually really nice, he just tells me what I need to learn and the expectations that they have for me and that he expects a lot since I’m hurt right now,” Zan said. “He just wants me to keep fighting hard.” Because of Zan’s injury and not being able to fully participate, he said his dad hasn’t really gotten the
JORDAN PRATHER I STAFF Freshman Zan Payne spins a basketball during Photo Day in Memorial Coliseum Thursday, Sept. 20, 2018, in Lexington, Kentucky.
chance to get onto him yet, but the time will come. “It’s more serious, he doesn’t like, he hasn’t really said much to me yet but it’ll probably come later on,” Zan said of their relationship on the court. Playing basketball with your dad in the backyard versus playing for your dad at a Division I program are two vastly different things, and Zan said Kenny’s coaching style shifts between the two. “Here it’s more strict, you gotta take it more serious, you gotta go way harder here,” Zan said. He prefers the stricter coaching style from his dad because he believes it will make him a better player in the long run. Kenny is the main reason Zan chose to come to UK, and he said that because he’s from Lexington, it’s “kind of weird” playing basketball for Kentucky now. Aside from the weirdness,
the freshman said it’s been a really cool experience so far and he likes it a lot. As of now, Zan’s regimen has been sticking to physical therapy, icing and stretching to get back to 100 percent, and he won’t be cleared to play until around March. In the gym, he’s limited to standing shooting drills like free throws and form shooting. Despite the bad news, he’s tried to remain positive through the hard times. “I was sad a little bit, but then I was still in good spirits, though,” Zan said. He said the injury motivates him to go harder, take everything more seriously and work hard to get his body where it needs to be to help his team on the court, and he has a specific vision for what his role will be on the team. “When I get healthy, probably just like help the other players become better players and competing against the other players as hard as possible,” Zan said.
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Seidt excels in the classroom as well as in the pool By Chris Leach
sports@kykernel.com
Kentucky swimmer Asia Seidt has a near-perfect academic track record, but you might have a hard time believing that if you factor in how many times she’s almost been late to her 5 p.m. statistics class. Seidt’s stats class is in the Don and Cathy Jacobs Academic Science Building, about a half-mile away from the Lancaster Aquatic Center, where Seidt practices with her teammates every day. Kentucky’s swim practices go past schedule, leaving Seidt hardly any time to get to her stats class. On those days when practice lasts longer than expected, she’s had to sprint the half-mile across campus to make it to class on time, but she hasn’t been late yet. “The doors lock at 4:59 and I’ve had to use my ID to swipe in once,” Seidt said. There have been times, especially after a hard practice, that skipping the class would be the easier option for Seidt, but that’s not the type of student she is. Seidt has maintained a 4.0 GPA her entire academic career, dating back to her time at Sacred Heart High School in Louisville. Seidt probably isn’t the only one in her stats class with a 4.0 GPA, but what makes Seidt’s GPA so impressive is that she’s maintained it while doing the things she’s done in the pool. Seidt is a 10-time NCAA All-American swimmer and a five-time NCAA First Team All-American in her two seasons at Kentucky. As a freshman, Seidt became the first UK newcomer to win an event at the SEC Championships as she won her signature event, the 200 backstroke. A couple of weeks later at the NCAA Championships, Seidt broke the 200 backstroke school record en route
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Galyer also taught Seidt pool are over. how to be a leader, which is Originally Seidt was chasimportant for her now that ing a degree in biology when she’s an upperclassmen and she came to UK, but after takthe top swimmer on the team. ing a plant biology class her Galyer was a great leader for freshman year, she realized the team when she was at that did not interest her and UK, and Seidt’s head coach made the switch to kinesiolbelieves Seidt can be just as ogy. good of a leader herself. Seidt is enjoying kinesiolo“It’s great when your gy much more now because of best swimmer is also a real- how it relates to athletics. ly good leader, it makes any “I’m able to apply the coach happy,” Jorgensen said. things that I’ve learned to “When your best athlete is not swimming and athletics, and a great leader, it makes your then take that into the future job difficult, so she is now, as with me,” Seidt said. “I realfar as leadership concern, has ly like real-life application, so stepped up and kind of fulfill- I’m sticking with that.” ing or even exceeding what If everything works out, Danielle did in terms of that.” Seidt will be a physical therJORDAN PRATHER I STAFF Seidt is trying to match apist after she qualifies for the Junior Asia Seidt watches for times to be posted during the meet against LSU on Tuesday, Oct. Galyer this season in terms Olympics in 2020. Seidt has 23, 2018, at Lancaster Aquatic Center in Lexington, Kentucky. of something that Seidt has been training for the Olympics to a third place finish, her first 2016, the year before Seidt lyer were teammates, Galyer yet to accomplish, winning a ever since arriving to UK, and podium finish at the national came to UK. pushed Seidt not only in the national title. Seidt also wants after making two USA Nachampionships. Seidt went Galyer was also an excel- pool, but also in the class- to maintain her 4.0 GPA this tional Swim teams, the chancsemester and every semester es of her making an Olympic on to finish the meet with five lent student, as she won the room. team are real. All-American honors as just a NCAA Elite 90 Award her “Danielle was awesome, until she graduates. Seidt knows that swim“I definitely have goals and freshman. junior and senior seasons. The especially coming in my freshming won’t last forever, deaspirations to be on the team, The following season, award is given to the athlete man year, she was a senior, spite her level of talent. Seidt so looking forward that’s my Seidt became the first UK with the best GPA at all 90 and she pushed academics so swimmer to win consecutive NCAA Championships. much, we talked about it every is majoring in kinesiology and plan, that’s where I’m going SEC titles in one event after During the 2016-2017 week as a team of how big of a hopes to become a physical to be and hopefully it works therapist when her days in the out,” Seidt said. winning her signature event. season, when Seidt and Ga- deal it was,” Seidt said. Seidt also secured five more All-American finishes at the NCAA Championships a couple weeks later, including a second place finish in the 200 back in a school record time. “Being with Lars (Jorgensen) and the entire coaching staff and my teammates, you’re pushed to something you never thought you could get to,” Seidt said. One of the teammates that has pushed Seidt is Danielle Galyer, a former UK swimmer who graduated after Seidt’s freshman year and has since gone to law school at the University of Florida on scholarship. As an athlete, Galyer had a lot of success herself, finishing as an NCAA First Team All-American four times and winning the program’s first MICHAEL CLUBB I STAFF ever national title in the 200 Junior Asia Seidt diving into the pool during the meet against LSU on Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018, at Lancaster Aquatic Center in back in her junior season in Lexington, Kentucky.
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