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UK historian gives ‘Bird’s Eye View’ of campus through blog

By Bailey Vandiver news@kykernel.com

A climb to the top of Patterson Office Tower or even William T. Young Library is not necessary to see a bird’s eye view of UK’s campus.

Instead, simply visit the Bird’s Eye View blog, which is the UK history blog of Terry Birdwhistell, UK Senior Oral Historian.

“I find the history and development of UK fascinating,” Birdwhistell said. “I enjoy having an outlet to share that history.”

Birdwhistell said that with a last name like his, “Bird’s Eye View” could “naturally” be the name of his blog.

Birdwhistell’s blog began

PHOTO PROVIDED Terry Birdwhistell, pictured above, writes a blog about the history and development of UK.

in 2010 when he became Dean of Libraries. During his seven-year period in that position, he said he used it as a way to communicate about UK Libraries to faculty and

staff, as well as to those who donate to UK Libraries.

In May of this year, he stepped down as Dean of Libraries to return to the faculty in the Louie B. Nunn Center

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for Oral History.

“My focus returned to conducting oral history interviews,” Birdwhistell said.

However, he decided not to let the blog go.

“After serving 16 years as University Archivist and doing considerable research and writing on UK history, I thought the Bird’s Eye View could become a good way to share university history with the UK community and beyond,” Birdwhistell said.

Topics that are featured on his blog focus on UK history, he said. For now, he has no regular posting schedule; he said he posts when something interests him.

“I sometimes tie entries with occurrences or events

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Over the past few weeks, students on campus have noticed a change in color with the leaves turning from green to red, yellow and orange; but that isn’t the only color students and faculty have been seeing.

Pink has been popping up on UK’s campus.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, so people across campus are showing their support by wearing pink.

The UK Police Department had special uniforms made with pink embroidery around the lettering of their names and on the brims of their hats to raise awareness about the disease which affects 1 in 8 women in their lifetime, according to the National Breast Cancer Foundation.

“The idea came to me

The UK Media Depot Club Student Film Festival celebrates student filmmakers on UK’s campus.

“We showcase all types of genres of film. We are interested in celebrating students who submit projects and are really excited about it,” said Eric Sanders, the founder and former president of the Media Depot Club.

The Media Depot Club has held a film festival to showcase student work each semester since the spring of 2016.

Submissions are currently being accepted. The deadline is Nov. 28, and the festival will begin at 7 p.m. on Dec. 5.

The Media Depot Club celebrates the efforts of students who seek to find

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about 10 years ago as a way to show support and to raise awareness in the community about breast cancer,” UK Police Chief Joe Monroe said.

Over the years, the police department has not been the only organization on campus helping bring to light a dis-

ease which also affects men.

Though rare, the disease can be found in males and is less common, but 1 in 1,000 men will still face a breast cancer diagnosis.

Another group on campus showing its support is

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“Beginning my 45th fall on the University of Kentucky campus gives me some perspective on its history,” he wrote in the blog post.

Birdwhistell came to UK in 1972 as a graduate student and obtained degrees in history and library and information science, as well as a doctoral degree in education.

“I’ve been here ever since,” he said.

He said he hopes the number of people who reads his blog, which is relatively new in its new branding, will increase. He shares his posts on Facebook and Twitter so more people will see them.

Birdwhistell’s blog is found at http://uklibrariesbirdseye. blogspot.com.

Campus media club to hold student film festival

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The UK women’s swim team wore pink caps for breast cancer awareness during the meet against Vanderbilt University on Oct. 4, 2017.

on campus to help give them a historical context,” he said.

“Other times, I just want to share what I think is an interesting aspect of UK history and its campus.”

When Playboy founder Hugh Hefner died, for example, Birdwhistell related it to campus by writing about how UK women have been depicted throughout history, particularly by different news organizations.

Water Week, which was October 7-13, prompted Birdwhistell to write about a drought in the region in 1930.

In August, he featured a personal experience: He attended a 1966 basketball game in which “Rupp’s Runts” beat Florida in Memorial Coliseum.

outlets for originality, expression and imagination through unique films that come directly from the students’ creative minds. The club is looking for films like this for its festival.

“You can’t make a film and not somehow, even accidentally, put a piece of yourself into it,” said Alexander Sabad, current president of the Media Depot Club.

“The festival, though, is really about glorifying the filmmakers and giving them an audience, from the person holding the boom mic to the person behind the camera,” Sabad said.

Past festivals have seen anywhere from five to ten submissions from students, who create the films entirely on their own. Sabad said one of the most special things is the work ethic of the members who produce content.

“We have people who

have to really go out of their way to make a movie, so those movies always end up being special journeys,” he said.

Founded in the fall of 2015 by Sanders and Sabad, the club was established to help students with their media projects.

“We founded the club in order to help to create a media presence throughout campus. We wanted to help facilitate the creation and showcasing of student work and media,” Sanders said.

The club has done just that in the semesters since.

Beginning by taking over Wildcat TV, and then moving to MDTV, a local channel that publishes student work, the club has gotten student work into the community.

The club has also produced its own short films

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 3 the swimming and diving team. The members’ way of showing their support is by wearing pink caps instead of their regular season wear.

Rachael Freeman, a senior at UK, said she has been wearing the pink cap for as long as she can remember and knows the team has been doing it since before she started.

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 3 and created live-to-tape video productions called “Live at the Hub.” In its first full year as an on-campus club, the Media Depot Club won the Student Organization of the Year Award at UK. Sabad said the club is there to help students through the process of “actually pulling off a movie.”

said several other UK Athletics teams have honored Breast Cancer Awareness month as well.

Earlier in the month, the UK Football team and coaches displayed a splash of pink during the game against Missouri. The players displayed a pink ribbon decal on their helmets and the coaches wore pink ribbons pinned to their shirts.

The UK volleyball team wore pink hair bows during their Oct. 11 game against Texas A&M. Neely said the women’s basketball team normally does a “Pink Game” The club gives students access to film equipment that was purchased with grants from the UK Student Government Association. The club creates a professional production environment where students can hone their production skills.

“We are creating a place for students to gain interest in film and media at the basic level, and preparing students to move on into the industry,” Sanders said.

once its season gets started.

Sigma Lambda Gamma is holding a Pink Out week on campus and Delta Sigma Theta is planning to have a breast cancer vigil.

There are many ways for students and faculty to get involved in raising awareness for breast cancer. The National Breast Cancer Foundation is always accepting donations, which goes toward helping men and women get free screenings, education and programs to help them deal with the daily effects of having breast cancer.

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“Limit your language/ gore/sexuality - nothing grotesque,” says the club’s website when outlining rules for festival submissions.

Interested students should submit their films on the website, mediadepotclub. com, by the Nov. 28 deadline.

Entries will be judged and those selected will be showcased. Sabad said having your film work showcased is the ultimate reward.

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McAfee Knob in Virginia, Mount Katahdin, Maine and the Grayson Highlands of Virginia are three of the multiple landmarks Wright encountered along the Appalachian Trail.

Happy trails from former Kernel Editor Article and photos by Will Wright features@kykernel.com

My feet stared back at me and begged for mercy.

Days of hiking in wet shoes and socks had worn the skin of my toes to a red,

painful sheen.

I cursed as I forced my shoes back on and rose to my feet.

About four miles of trail separated me from camp, and every step hurt more than the last.

I hoped to set up my tent before dark, but the sun had other ideas. It slid behind the hills without a goodbye, and darkness crept between the trees.

As the last bit of light floated away, I heard a rustling behind me. I turned.

About 20 yards away a black figure floated through the brush and disappeared behind a tree.

I froze.

The bear remained hidden for a few seconds, then poked its head out from behind the tree like an impatient child playing hide-and-seek.

As soon as it saw me, it turned and booked it into the woods.

I followed the bear, hoping for a better look, but then thought better of it and returned to my hike.

This was my first bear encounter on the Appalachian Trail.

----About 6,000 people attempt to hike the entire Appalachian Trail

every year. According to the Appalachian Trail Conservancy, about 20 percent succeed.

The trail is 2,190 miles long and runs through 14 states on its way from Georgia to Maine. Thru-hikers typically take five to seven months to complete the trail. I took about six.

After graduating from UK in December 2016, an Appalachian Trail thru-hike just seemed like the right thing to do.

I spent many weekends in college exploring the Red River Gorge in Kentucky’s Daniel Boone National Forest. The Gorge rekindled my love for the outdoors, and as graduation approached, I knew I wanted to spend some time in the woods before jumping into the workforce.

To prepare for the trail I read one book, went on a handful of overnight backpacking trips and watched about

10,000 YouTube videos.

I bought a backpack, tent, sleeping bag, water filter and a handful of other do-dads which I hoped would save me if things took a turn for the worse.

Before long, it was March 15, and I was in Georgia with a backpack on my shoulders and a strange feeling in the pit of my stomach.

A soft layer of snow blanketed the forest floor, and the question, “What was I thinking?” played on loop in my head like an annoying kid who asks, “Are we there yet?” on a long road trip.

But I survived the first day, then the second and the third.

By the end of the fourth day, I thought I was Daniel Boone reincarnate. Boy, was I wrong.

Injury came down on me like the gavel of a judge in the Salem Witch Trials.

By day seven, my Achilles tendon, which connects the heel to the calf muscle, had swollen almost to the size of a golf ball. It felt like a hot iron shot up my heel with every step.

“There’s no way I’m quitting this early,” I thought.

With a new pair of shoes and some encouragement from other hikers, I continued.

The tendon healed after several weeks. Though other injuries never ceased to assault me, I knew they would pass.

On and on I went. I eventually crossed the Mason-Dixon line, passed close enough to New York City to see the skyline on a clear day, and finally found myself in the wild mountains of southern Maine.

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By Rick Childress news@kykernel.com

aiting in line for a haunted house can be a little uncomfortable.

The nervous folks in line have to watch and wonder as other shrieking customers burst through the exit doors to the steady hum of chainsaws and clinking blades.

But when they’re done screaming—or crying—those frazzled thrill-seekers are usually all smiles and laughter.

“It was amazing. It really was,” said Kendel King a few moments after she

Usually each state has that big, big haunted house that everyone’s like, ‘You got to go to that one.’ We’re trying to be that one.

JEREMY KINLEY finished the Nightmare Haunted House at Wicked World Scare Grounds. “It took my breath away several times. It was beyond amazing.”

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Meatbag is one of the actors that is part of the Dark Forest haunt at Fright Nights at Jacobson Park.

attractions in Lexington, the Wicked World Scare Grounds and Fright Nights at Jacobson Park.

Terror on Tates Creek, owned and operated by Wicked World Scare Grounds, sits on private property about 20 minutes down Tates Creek Road from UK’s campus. Wicked World costs $13 for a single RICK CHILDRESS I STAFF haunt ticket.

Noodles the clown is one of the characters visitors encounter at Wicked World Scare Grounds.

“We want (people) to come out here and get a Halloween experience that they trying to be that one.” “pretty extreme, but family friendly as Fright Nights, Lexington’s other pop- well.” can’t get anywhere else,” said Jeremy Kinley, co-owner of Wicked World Scare- ular haunted attraction, sets up shop in “The goal is to interactively entertain Jacobson Park, a public park that is about people,” Nelson said. “We want them to grounds.

In a world of ultra-immersive horror a 15-minute drive from campus. Fright go through and experience everything video games and movies, Kinley said that Nights costs $18 per haunt. that’s going on out here and we try and “It was awesome. Better than expect- scare them as much as possible.” realism and detail in the sets and actors are necessary for creating “cool” haunted ed,” said Maddie Morgan, a senior at Nelson said that Fright Nights is a fun BCTC, just after she left the 13 Doors attraction for college students. house experiences.

Kinley said that Wicked World Scare- haunt at Fright Nights. “There was a part “I mean, you can go to the movies or grounds hopes to be the best in the state. with smoke and you can’t see anything— you can come out here and spend all “Usually each state has that big, big scared me shitless.” night and have some fun with us,” Nelson Tyler Nelson, the lead director at Fright said. “It can be pretty intense so make haunted house that everyone’s like, ‘You got to go to that one,’” Kinley said. “We’re Nights, said the attraction aims to be sure that you’re ready for that.”

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KERNEL EDITOR OPINIONS Kernel staff members visited both attractions in the same night to see which haunt truly is the best option for college students.

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As jumpy of a person I might be, I actually really enjoy the adrenaline rush of haunted houses (as if senior year isn’t scary enough). In small doses, the haunted trails and scary actors can be pretty therapeutic when it comes to having a good scream. After going to both Fright Nights at Jacobson Park and Wicked World Scaregrounds, I’d say they both do the job, but Wicked World gives more bang for your buck.

Jacobson Park was pretty scary, but almost more annoying than anything.

The line to get into each trail was long, but at least the actors walking around were entertaining. The trail itself was easily navigable but dark and littered with blinding strobe lights. That mixed with the forest setting, I’m surprised I didn’t wipe out on a tree root while frantically running away. Despite the pyrotechnics, there were plenty of hilariously scary moments and running away from a masked chainsaw murderer was a nice touch.

Compared to Wicked World, though, Jacobson Park could’ve been a lot better, especially considering the higher ticket price. For five dollars less, we waited a shorter amount of time and we were scared more. Unlike at Jacobson Park, each trail at Wicked World had a backstory that contributed to the scariness of each situation and made the entire trail more cohesive. Also unlike Jacobson Park, the actors at Wicked World weren’t allowed to touch you, which I definitely preferred even though I was still scared half to death at least 32 times. Being more scared while still feeling somewhat in control is a hard balance to achieve, and they did it.

The trail we chose at Wicked World was more fast paced than the one at Jacobson Park and had a better variety of absolutely terrifying situations.

McKenna Horsley - Opinions Editor

Haunted houses, hay rides, trails and other variations are just as much about the social aspect of being scared with your friends more than they are about the actual scare. Both haunts Kernel editors visited lived up to this expectation. Each of us had a great time and enjoyed laughing at the others’ yelling in terror.

However, the Nightmare Haunted House at Wicked Worlds Scaregrounds was the more entertaining of the two haunts.

The actors and atmosphere provided a great themed attraction and story that guests could follow throughout the house.

While being scared and walking through the attraction, it was almost as if the haunt-goers were walking through an actual interactive story as well.

Rick Childress - Assistant News Editor

The Dark Forest at Fright Nights was fun, but not quite worth the price of admission. Sure, there were scary moments, but for the most part it felt like we were hiking in the dark while these masked-men popped out from behind trees. We saw the monsters long before they tried to scare us and after we passed we didn’t have to worry about them.

We moved through the trail almost mechanically. Our group didn’t slow down to edge around dark corners or evaluate whether a dead body would jump up and grab us.

Wicked World was a different story. The Nightmare haunted house felt like it lasted an eternity. We paced cautiously through the haunt. Every dark corner felt like a new battle and we flinched in fear at every doorway. The actors hardly felt like people in costumes, but more like the sub-human creatures they were trying to emulate. Their timing was excellent and they moved through the dark hallways like predatory animals. I am an adult—although just barely— and the stone-cold stare of a horrifying little girl sent me (and Arden) screaming into the next dark hallway. Go to Wicked World and bring an extra pair of underwear.

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Before going to the haunts at Fright Nights and Wicked World, I considered myself more of a “fighter” than a “flighter”-- I was wrong. The Dark Forest haunted trail at Jacobson park scared me, but it was a let down for the price. It felt like a hiking trail with a couple people in masks that occasionally got my heart racing and elicited a few screams.

Nightmare at Wicked World Scaregrounds on Tates Creek was the second haunt we visited.

It was actually my second time doing that trail this year, and it scared me even more the second time. The trail had a story line that helped move the experience along. The part of the house that I remember most vividly was when a (very talented) child scared me enough that once I saw her I ran away from our group, bumped into another scary person, ran back to the group and scared Rick because I was screaming.

While I was absolutely terrified multiple times throughout the trail, I had more fun laughing at the other editors’ reactions. I laughed the hardest when Rick got scared in the church part of the trail. He is a relatively easy going person, and where the other four of us weren’t particularly scared by the ghost in the chapel, Rick jumped a solid two feet off the ground. The actor in that room tried to talk to the rest of us, but we were laughing too hard to interact with her.

All in all, the trail at Wicked World was a much better deal, and much more fun, than those at Jacobson Park. It had a shorter wait, longer trail and better screams.

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todolist Monday, October 23

October Cooking Demonstration, UK Markey Cancer Center, 3 p.m.

Self-publishing the Smart Way, Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning, 5:30 p.m.

Emarosa, The Burl, 9 p.m.

Tuesday, October 24 Financial Aid Guidance Counselor Workshop, Boyd Hall 123, 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Connect: A Young Professionals Networking Happy Hour, Pivot Brewing, 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Lane of Roses Pumpkin Painting Night, Daily Offerings Coffee Roastery, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, October 25 Halloween Party: Decorate a POP!, Steel City Pops, 11 a.m.

Highgrove at Tates Creek Fall Open House, 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Lenore. with The Fabled Canelands, Green Lantern Bar, 7 p.m.

Thursday, October 26 Nicholas Kristof (New York Times) Talk, Grehan Building, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Handlettering Basics, Crank & Boom Craft Ice Cream, 6:30 p.m.

Friday, October 27 Field of Horror, Devine’s Corn Maze and Pumpkin Patch, 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m., continues through the weekend Keeneland See Blue Day, Keeneland

Saturday, October 28

Big Blue Soccer Tournament, Pieratt Recreation Fields 1-4, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Little Shop of Horrors, Fine Arts Building, 7:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.

Sunday, October 29 Octoberfest Horse Trials, Kentucky Horse Park, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

The Cemetery Crawl: History and Mystery of the Kentucky Horse Park, kentucky Horse Park, 4:30 to 7:30 p.m.

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Jennifer Johnson (left) and Lauren Sadler worry as fewer and fewer spots were left available during the student ticket lottery for the UK basketball games in Louisville for the 2nd and 3rd rounds of the NCAA Tournament. The lottery took place in Memorial Coliseum in Lexington, Kentucky, on March 12, 2012.

Try your luck at the basketball student lottery

By Megan Brown features@kykernel.com

What are your odds of winning the lottery?

Football time in the Bluegrass and the late nights at Kroger Field will soon be traded in for buzzer beaters, rivalries and the greatest tradition in the history of college basketball. Kentucky basketball is back.

Big Blue Madness occurred last weekend and with it came the unmistakable energy of BBN packing Rupp Arena and getting prepared for a season of cheering the Cats on to their 9th championship. However, being one of the best teams in the country, students can’t just purchase tickets; they will need to enter the lottery.

The lotteries happen for highly anticipated games such as with rivals Louisville and Florida. There are three lotteries throughout the season which take place in Memorial Coliseum at 9 p.m. on Oct. 30, Nov. 13 and Jan. 22.

The first lottery is for Virginia Tech, Louisville, Georgia and Texas A&M. The second lottery is for the Florida, Missis-

underground uk sippi, Vanderbilt and Tennessee games and lastly the third lottery will be for Alabama, Missouri and Ole Miss.

Before attending the lottery at Memorial Coliseum, students will receive an email to register themselves or their groups online through their “My UK Student Ticket” account. Groups can be no more than four people and one leader will make the account where other members of the group can join. After the registration window closes, groups will be randomly selected and the winners will be able to attend the lottery at Memorial Coliseum. Once arriving at the lottery, students will be given a number which will establish where they sit during the games through a drawing. Students will also receive emails when

registration closes and if they won or not.

However, the best way to get tickets is to skip the lottery all together. When students download the BBN rewards app they can earn points toward skipping the lotteries and also prizes by checking in at athletic events. The top 600 users in the window for that particular lottery will be able purchase their tickets ahead of time. For example, the first lottery window is points earned from 9/23 to 10/15. If a student earned 70 points total but not within the window, they will not be able to skip the lottery but if another student earns 30 points within the lottery window, they will most likely be able to purchase their tickets early.

Rewards are based on how many points students earn for the window; therefore, there is no set amount of points for students to be in the top 600.

All of the tickets not sold during the lottery or by BBN Rewards go on sale the day after the lottery. Try your luck at the basketball lottery and see if you can experience the electric atmosphere of Rupp Arena for yourself.

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EDITORIAL

Queerslang continues to spark conversation, awareness

Imagine a college campus and surrounding community where straights, gays, lesbians, bisexuals, transgendered individuals, and anyone anywhere in between on the spectrum can walk around freely, in unison, knowledgeable of one another and accepting. WRFL’s Queerslang festival allowed UK and the Lexington community to do just this, and sparked further conversation and awareness of the existing LGBTQ community right here among us.

For one week, an array of events took place on UK’s campus and around Lexington that brought awareness and tolerance about the LGBTQ community right to the surface and allowed students, faculty, staff and locals to learn more about a subject many people shy

away from.

It is not uncommon to come across an act of hate and intolerance in the world we live in today with the current political climate, whether it be in regard to race, religion, gender or sexuality. It has become the norm to hear about yet another incident on the news in relation to racial discrimination or religious intolerance. It is not as common, though, to hear on the news about the teenager who committed suicide because of homophobic bullying or the homeless youth who was kicked out of their home because of their sexuality.

According to speakforthem.org, suicide is the leading cause of death nationally among gay and lesbian youth and 30 percent of gay youth attempt suicide around the age of

15. In addition, approximately 1.6 million youth in America experience homelessness each year and 40 percent of these individuals are members of the LGBTQ community, according to truecolorsfund.org.

Queerslang sought to bring this issue to light for those unaware and uneducated about the LGBTQ community, but it also served as a celebration of pride for the local community and its allies.

Many LGBTQ individuals do not grow up in an environment where their differences are accepted and celebrated, which leads to depression, homelessness and attempted suicide. This festival allowed these individuals to experience an overwhelming amount of support that they may not have had before, letting them know that there are people

out there who acknowledge, accept and praise their unique sexualities.

WRFL kicked this year’s Queerslang off with an informational event at the Bowman’s Den walkway that allowed those walking by to take the time to stop and learn more about LGBTQ issues in the community. A lot of the problem in today’s society surrounding the LGBTQ community comes from a general lack of education about it.

This informational session was a productive and effective way of educating and raising awareness that people otherwise may never take the time to get on their own.

Later in the week, Jim Gray, Lexington’s openly gay mayor, held a panel discussion for students and locals to ask questions about LGBTQ issues in the community in

an open setting. This platform was an efficient way to start a back and forth discussion, giving individuals the opportunity to bring forth their questions regarding sexuality and LGBTQ issues and have them answered by someone who has experienced them firsthand, making it an eye-opening experience for those who were in attendance.

Over the years, WRFL’s Queerslang has continued to make an impact on UK and the local Lexington community. It is an essential event to spark the continuance of an open, educated and tolerant discussion about a community that exists and thrives among us. It should continue to raise awareness for many years to come.

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DC Comics not offered fair chance in superhero genre DALTON STOKES Kernel Columnist

As a fan a of superhero movies, I’ve had something on my mind for quite a while: Two main comic book companies that dominate and own most of the market– Marvel and DC Comics.

In the past decade or so, it really seems like there is some favoritism between the two.

The companies have been competing for control of the comic and superhero genre market for just short of a century.

In recent years, they have both been trying to expand their money making tactics onto the big screen. Marvel has been infinitely successful at doing so while DC has met some challenges. One factor attributes to this: the media has a huge bias toward Marvel.

The tactic Marvel has found success with in manufacturing success is creating a cohesive universe where all or most of their heroes exist and interact with one another. Marvel started this strategy in 2008 with the first Iron Man film.

Through the years, Marvel has slowly built upon this universe with each hero’s stand alone movies that included small details that hinted at

them being tied together. Marvel tied all of the big name heroes together and then three years later released a collaborative Avengers movie featuring all of the heroes, inspired by the comic giant’s Infinity War comic book series.

Every step of the way, the movie franchise has received nothing but praise in the media and from the fan base, and movie sales are record breaking. DC on the other hand has only begun to build up its cinematic universe in the past few years starting with Man of Steel.

Many contrasts between Marvel and DC have been met with scepticism and criticism.

While its approach to creating

a cinematic universe showed much less finesse and cohesiveness, I would argue that Marvel movies are really not any better than that of DC. Admittedly, I am a DC fan, but I try to remain objective in saying that the Marvel Cinematic Universe is extremely overrated. While I think the movies are good, I find them to be extremely formulaic and over-the-top films that rely far too much on comic relief.

Despite this, every time Marvel pumps out an Avengers film, critics and fans go nuts. Yet when DC releases Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, it gets a record low 27 percent on Rotten Tomatoes.

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perman wasn’t good. It deserved a low rating, but what it received was a little excessive. Even when DC makes an attempt at a less conventional movie like Suicide Squad, it got a 25 percent from Rotten Tomatoes.

Suicide Squad wasn’t a masterpiece, but it wasn’t a movie deserving such harsh criticism. It was much better than Batman v Superman, and if there was a superhero movie deserving of a 25 percent it was Avengers: Age of Ultron, which was formulaic and the definition of mediocrity in cinema. It covered up for its lack of plot with big explosions and sarcastic comments.

The movie also managed to

ruin one of the Marvel universe’s best villains.

Also, an extremely underrated side of superhero films is animated films. Some of the best superhero movies are animated, and DC’s animated films remain far superior to that of Marvel.

Don’t get me wrong, I love Marvel movies and I love Marvel comics. It is important to have a bitter rivalry between the two companies because we are all in it for the same thing, but DC has not been offered a fair chance and there is a huge favoritism at play in this.

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Zombies, ghouls, goblins and ghosts; it’s Halloween time! Halloween is all about having fun and dressing up to be different characters for a night. Yet, costumes can get pretty pricey. Instead of buying a new costume, there are plenty of ways to make your own perfect costume.

Creating the perfect costume first comes from the idea. If you want to spice up a Halloween costume that you have previously had or are creating, there are a couple steps that you could take.

The first thing that will make or break a Halloween costume is the makeup. Even if you have basic attire, having a full face of fun makeup will take your costume to the next level. There are fun Halloween makeup kits in the costume store or you can watch Youtube tutorials to create a masterpiece. To top it off, buying different style contacts could really make your costume pop. Interesting makeup ideas for Halloween are: a sugar candy skull, regular skull, clown, zombie, baby doll, mermaid, deer, Cleopatra, a cat and more.

With the right makeup, the possibilities are endless.

To make Halloween even more interesting, buying crafts from Michael’s or Joann Fabric could help create the perfect DIY costume.

You could buy accessory pieces like rhinestones, feathers and glitter to accent the costume that you are already

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rocking. You could even start fresh and create an entire outfit for Halloween. For example, instead of being just a plain cat, you could buy a leotard and bedazzle it with diamonds and glitter to be a glitz cat. You could also make diamond cat ears for an eye-catching experience.

If cats aren’t your thing, here are some DIY Halloween ideas that you can make yourself.

Goddess All you need is a long flowy dress in the color of your choice and hair jewelry. To spice it up you could bedazzle the dress and have your makeup very dramatic with lots of highlight to give you a glow effect. You could make a head piece with lots of rhinestones or buy one at Forever 21.

Boxer All you need is a sports bra, athletic shorts, a robe and of course boxing gloves. You could make this outfit more interesting by creating a zombie makeup look and making yourself a zombie boxer.

Having fake blood on your outfit could make the look even better.

Vampire You could get very creative with your makeup for this costume. Inserting fake teeth and contacts would spice up a simple outfit with a black dress, black shoes and a leather jacket.

Emoji If you want to emulate an emoji on your phone, it is really simple to do. Say you want to be the heart eyes emoji. A yellow dress or a yellow oversized shirt would do and some fabric markers

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Makeup can be used as an integral part of Halloween costumes.

Halloween makeup kits are available in costume stores and tutorials are available on Youtube.

or paint. You could just draw the heart eyes and the smile on the dress or t-shirt and then you are an emoji!

Starbucks drink Clothes-wise all you need is a brown dress. Then, you print out a Starbucks label and iron it onto the dress and buy some cotton balls or white tulle and attach that at the top of the dress. Lastly, the straw could be made out of a toilet paper or paper towel roll painted green and glued on. To make the straw more interesting, you could paint a color around the tip so it could look like lipstick on the straw.

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 5 night, and hiked between 15 to 18 miles a day in good terrain. I went to bed when the sun went down, and woke up when it rose, give or take the occasional night hike.

Contrary to some people’s ideas about the trail, I did not live off squirrel meat and wild mushrooms. My diet consisted mostly of candy bars, ramen noodles, tuna, Spam, rice and Pop-Tarts bought in grocery stores. I got to those stores by hitchhiking and hoping for the best.

With the physical injuries came other pains. Fits of loneliness, boredom and fear were not uncommon, but like the tendon, I knew the swells of emotion would eventually cool and return to their proper size.

I made friends with other hikers of all ages and backgrounds. Most were young people, but I also met an 82-year-old man called Greybeard who was attempting to become the oldest person to thru-hike.

The other hikers and I

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player so far this season has been junior running back John Kelly. He will give the Wildcats fits with his powerful running if they don’t adequately prepare for him.

Kelly is putting together a great year running the ball and is easily Tennessee’s most dangerous offensive player. Not may teams have found an answer for how to stop him.

Tennessee now has a new quarterback after Josh Dobbs went to the NFL, how has the quarterback play been this year, specifically with Quinten Dormady?

swapped stories about animal encounters, traded recipes for on-trail dinners and shared equipment with each other if one of us was in need.

Residents of nearby towns fed me, gave me shelter and drove me to grocery stores, and would not accept a penny.

Generosity was about as common as the trail was long.

More than once I found myself out of food and about a day’s hike from the nearest town. I knew I would survive, but I also knew carrying a 35-pound pack through the mountains with nothing to eat is a lot like writing a last-minute midterm paper without coffee — it can be done, but it will not be fun.

Just as the misery settled on me like dew on a cow pasture, a pickup truck full of locals would pull up to a trailhead with sandwiches and hot coffee. They would not let me leave until I ate my fill.

----Hiking the Appalachian Trail was the perfect post-college adventure. It applied the finishing touches to lessons learned and skills

developed during my time at UK. Like college, the trail fosters independence and self-reliance. It forces hikers to make new friends and find new experiences. It requires hard work and dedication to reach the finish line.

Unlike college, it requires quite a bit of hitchhiking, regular hiking and the occasional scare-the-bear-away scream.

The trail provides a buffer zone between college graduation and that first “real” job.

It allows time to think about career decisions, relationships and long-term goals in life before diving into adulthood.

It also allows time to jump off bridges into deep pools of clear water, and opportunities to participate in fullfledged conversations with squirrels who have no interest in anything you have to say.

Adventure is worth finding. Your toes may ache and your stomach may growl in anger, but you will never play hide-and-seek with a bear until you go looking for one.

The Vols’ quarterback play this season has been disappointing, to say the least. Quinten Dormady started the first five games but was benched for Jarrett Guarantano, who started against South Carolina.

Guarantano wasn’t very effective, but didn’t play poorly either. Guarantano seems to be the starter moving forward, but appears to need more experience before becoming the standout player many fans hope he will be.

cus on stopping the run in order to be successful against Kentucky. Tennessee has been gashed by opponents’ rushing attacks all year despite having several key defensive linemen return from injury. The secondary has improved throughout the course of the season, but it won’t matter if the defensive front can’t stuff Kentucky’s running game.

Tennessee’s defense has looked vulnerable at times, what’s it going to take to stop Kentucky’s offense?

The Vols will need to fo-

What’s your prediction, with a final score?

While Tennessee has defeated Kentucky handedly in the past, this team hasn’t proven that it can beat any SEC teams. I predict Kentucky to win by a score of 21-17.

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Knox’s decision has led to a positive challenge

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By Chris Leach sports@kykernel.com

Kentucky basketball usually makes headlines when it comes to the recruiting trail, but the biggest news surrounding UK recruiting might’ve been Kevin Knox’s decision.

It was widely believed that Knox would choose to go to Duke, but he wound up choosing the Cats on May 6.

“My family and I, we just sat down and talked about, communicated with each other, prayed about it,” Knox said. “We just felt Kentucky was the best place for me to get to where my dreams and my goals are.”

The choice to come to Kentucky was tough for Knox considering that most of the “blue blood” schools recruited him. Knox said having hall of fame coaches come to his house and talk about their basketball programs made his recruiting decision.

However, Kentucky had something that not every other blue blood could offer.

“I want to get pushed to the max and get outside of my comfort zone, that’s something that Cal (John Calipari) and KP (Kenny Payne) are really known for doing is really pushing kids,” Knox said. “Cal was yelling at us and we haven’t even started the season yet, that’s something I wanted, was to be pushed.”

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would face in practices.

“That’s something you can’t really go wrong with,” Knox said. “You practice against five, six McDonald’s All-Americans every day so of course you’re going to get better and that’s something I like.”

Now, Knox is an integral member of UK’s team, as he figures to be one of the top players on the roster. Knox was the 11th best recruit from the 2017 class, according to 247Sports, and is the second best player that committed to Kentucky, behind Hamidou Diallo.

There are five players on the roster, including Knox, who are a similar height and play the same position as Knox.

All five deserve consideration for minutes, which leaves many wondering how Calipari is going to use all his talented forwards. Knox isn’t worried about earning minutes over his teammates,

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he instead thinks of how UK can use that depth to their advantage.

“We can get rebounds, push the basketball, we don’t have to look for a point guard, we can all dribble the ball,” Knox said. “There’s no real position we have, that’s something that coach Cal has really told us a lot.”

It’s because of this that Knox might be used at a guard position. It’s rare to see a 6-foot-9-inch player play guard, but when you have a bunch of talented forwards with guard-like skills, that’s a luxury Calipari is going to use.

Luckily for Calipari, Knox would be a fitting player to play the two-position, as he’s one of the better shooters on the team It will likely take some time for Calipari to figure out how to use Knox and the other forwards, but that’s a puzzle Calipari is likely willing to solve.

During the Media Day for the UK men’s basketball team, head coach John Calipari emphasized the fact that his team would be “ugly early.”

This isn’t a new idea for UK basketball. The young Cats teams of the past decade has mostly been freshman-heavy, so it means that the young players have usually needed a learning curve. However, this is an extraordinarily young UK team, even by Calipari’s “one and done” standards.

“We had a really good practice yesterday, and Kevin Knox was unbelievable. He made a little bit of a breakthrough yesterday. I had hope,” Calipari said. “I took my foot off the panic button yesterday after practice. I still got both hands on it, but my foot is no longer on it after yesterday’s practice.”

Knox’s breakthrough, Calipari said, was due to his increasing tendency to drive the

basketball when he gets it, in- team was going to be “ugly stead of shooting jumpers. He early.” said Knox “just got it.”

“But,” Calipari said, “We “I’m getting used to [Cali- always build toward March.” pari’s] practices, getting used According to Calipari, to his coaching style, the team just starteverything’s started learning zone ing to come to me,” defense and pickKnox said. “I’m a and-roll coverage. guy that picks up ofThe young squad fense really quick.” hasn’t even started The 6-9 freshman the press defense from Tampa, Florand guarding out of ida, is just one of bounds that teams Calipari the several highly like Louisville and touted high school West Virginia are seniors Calipari brought in to known for, two teams the play amazing basketball for a Cats will have to play this year and be sent to the NBA. season.

Every year, it seems, Calipari “It’s going to take Cal a little is pushing down hard on his longer than we expected for panic button early in the sea- his hands to come off,” Knox son. said. “I think this whole seaHowever, this year, there are son, he’ll have it on there. Evno seniors to lead the young ery game’s a big-time game, freshmen. The oldest player is and every school is trying to walk-on redshirt junior guard beat us of course, because evDillon Pulliam, who has seen eryone’s our rivalry.” extremely limited minutes his Only time will tell whether entire career. Even at Big Blue or not the young Cats will be Madness, Calipari told the polished enough to get Calisold-out crowd at Rupp Are- pari’s hands off the panic butna that this extremely young ton at any time this season.

Q&A with the Daily Beacon’s Sports Editor Tyler Wombles

By Chris Leach news@kykernel.com

As UK Football continues on with their great start to the season, they’ll now get ready for the Tennessee Volunteers, who will be coming to Kroger Field this Saturday.

Before the SEC showdown, the Kernel asked Tyler Wombles, the sports editor for the Daily Beacon, a few questions about the game. Here are his answers to some of the main topics heading into the game: What do you think is the

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one thing that’s led to Tennessee’s struggles as of recent?

Tennessee’s struggles have mainly come from its poor offensive play. The team’s defense has improved from week to week, but the

offense has stayed stagnant, if not regressed. The Vols haven’t been effective in the passing game despite playing two different quarterbacks, and haven’t scored a touchdown in their last ten quarters of play. If Tennessee is going to succeed down the stretch, it has to fix its offensive problems.

What’s the biggest challenge that Tennessee offers to UK? Tennessee’s most standout

See WOMBLES on page 10