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UK’s equestrian team hopeful for upcoming competitions

By Echo Gotsick news@kykernel.com

MICHAEL REAVES I STAFF Trainers, jockey’s and stablehands prepare horses for opening day for the fall meet at Keeneland Racetrack on Oct. 2, 2014, in Lexington, Kentucky.

Keeneland’s Fall Meet: What’s in store for UK students

By Rick Childress news@kykernel.com

Changing leaves, sweater weather and pumpkin spice latte ads all signal that fall has finally overtaken the Bluegrass.

The cooler weather also shows that it’s time for another Central Kentucky tradition: Keeneland’s fall meet is right around the corner.

On Saturday, Oct. 6, Keeneland’s bugler will play his first “Call to Post” of the fall season.

“I think students love coming to Keeneland because it’s a wonderful way for them to experience what the Bluegrass is all about,” said Kara Heissenbuttel, Keeneland’s director of employee and patron experience.

“I think that we’re all so lucky to live in the Bluegrass,” Heissenbuttel said.

“It’s such a beautiful area and I think that Keeneland really highlights the beauty of the Bluegrass and southern hospitality.”

Keeneland’s southern hospitality is often directed at UK students. The track has several promotions specifically for college students.

College Scholarship Day on Oct. 20 will give students with a valid college ID free admission to the track, Heissenbuttel said. There will be free food, live music and after each of the day’s 10 races, a $1,000 scholarship will be awarded to a lucky student. Heissenbuttel said there will also be one drawing for a massive $10,000 scholarship.

The SeeBlue Day at the Races on Oct. 27 will give free admission to UK students, alumni, faculty and staff, along with reserved Grandstand seating, Heissenbuttel said.

According to Keeneland’s website, the UK cheerleading team, mascot and band will also be there to inspire the Keeneland crowds the day before the football team’s kickoff against rival Tennessee.

Many students go to Keeneland specifically for the track’s tailgating lot, Heissenbuttel said. The lot has a jumbo-sized TV, access to wagering and several food trucks.

LexTran also offers a shuttle that travels to Keeneland every day of the fall meet.

For $1, patrons can board the Keenland trolly and travel to the track from the downtown transit center, LexTran’s website said.

“So, if [students] are not from Lexington and came to UK for college, this is one of those things that they remember about their time spent here,” Heissenbuttel said. “It’s a tradition that they start as students and then after they graduate, they come back and have reunions and meet up with their old college friends.”

Keeneland’s general admission tickets cost $5. The gates open at 11 a.m., and the first race will begin at 1:05 p.m.

UK’s mascot may be a Wildcat, but it’s horses are going to bring home the blue.

The UK equestrian team looks strong this year with a new facility, a large team and a great track record from years past.

The equestrian team competes in the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association against several large schools in the region, like the University of Louisville, Midway and the Universiy of Cincinnati.

UK has the largest team in the region with 38 members.

The team members ride in several different levels: low, novice, intermediate and open.

The lower level competes in flat events at shows, while the other levels compete in flat and over-fences events.

“I do think we’ll be successful this year,” said team president Mackenzie Mentzer. “Last year we were fourth at zones, and the year

PHOTOS BY ARDEN BARNES I STAFF Team president Mackenzie Mentzer rides with other members of the UK Equestrian team on the morning of Tuesday Sept. 26, 2017, in Lexington, Kentucky.

before that we went to nationals and got fifth out of 13 teams.”

The team just moved into a brand new barn. Head trainer and owner Diana Conlon had it built.

Mentzer said it is an upgrade.

“Just being at a brand new barn is awesome,” she said.

She said the team is settling in after moving into the barn on Labor Day. Students can attend competitions throughout the

year. The team will compete in Cincinnati on the first weekend of October and in Georgetown the third.

The team will finish out the month in Louisville.

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I do think we’ll be successful this year. Last year we were fourth at zones, and the year before that we went to nationals and got fifth out of 13 teams.

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Team president Mackenzie Mentzer prepares her horse, Gucci, for her practice on the morning of Tuesday Sept. 26, 2017, in Lexington, Kentucky.

rider draws a horse through a lottery system. UK owns four horses, and about six team members own their own horse. The team can also practice with Conlon’s horses.

Every team member is required to practice at least once a week, if not more.

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Bringing Appalachian music and history to the bluegrass

By Brenna Taylor news@kykernel.com

It is no secret that college students love two things: anything free and live music. The UK College of Fine Arts has figured out a way to satisfy both of these guilty pleasures for students on a weekly basis.

Every Friday at noon, the UK College of Music brings in musicians to perform live to students and anyone else from the Lexington community who wishes to join. This is a part of the ongoing series known as Appalachia in the Bluegrass.

Ron Pen, founder of the John Jacob Niles Center, is the mastermind behind the Appalachia in the Bluegrass series.

Beginning in 2006, Pen had the idea that students in his “Appalachian Music”

course should be exposed to live musicians playing the music they were learning about. Musicians were then brought in to perform for the students each Friday during class time. Word of these mini-concerts spread until a variety of people from the Lexington community began to attend.

“Kentucky has a long and rich history of music that draws from the culture of Appalachia,” said Revell Carr, assistant professor of Ethnomusicology. “This series brings a wonderful array of music to campus benefitting students and the wider community.”

Musicians from all over the nation have performed for the series over the past 11 years. Some of the most noteworthy performers have included the Grammy

Every Friday at noon, the UK College of Music brings in musicians to perform live to students and anyone else from the Lexington community who wishes to join. This is a part of the ongoing series known as Appalachia in the Bluegrass. award winning group Carolina Chocolate Drops, Rayna Gellert from the band Uncle Earl and J.D. Crowe & New South.

“It’s very different than

the type of music I typically hear, but I like it,” UK student Maddie Chambers said.

“I like the change in tone.”

On Sept. 22, Finn Magill, also known as “Finn the Fiddler,” performed a variety of songs for a full room of students and fans in the Niles Gallery in the Lucille Little Library. Magill’s music is heavily influenced by traditional Irish music and is said to reflect his childhood of growing up with music.

“I find the Appalachia in the Bluegrass series actually therapeutic,” UK student Lucy Coleman said. “I just get to sit down and appreciate good music and destress from a hectic week.”

The Appalachia in the Bluegrass series is a great opportunity to relish in Kentucky’s rich history of Appalachian music.

Students have opportunity at Senior Center

By Amanda Bryant news@kykernel.com

Students in the health care field have a new internship opportunity.

The College of Public Health will be offering students work experience with Dominion Senior Living in Richmond.

Dominion Senior Living of is currently under construction in the Heritage Place subdivision and will open in a couple of months, according to a press release.

The community will have 60

memory care and assisted living apartments.

The partnership came about through meetings between Dominion representatives and College of Public Health Associate Dean for Practice and Workforce Development Angela Carman and professors Beth Hunter and Graham Rowles from the UK gerontology program.

Both groups wanted to allow students to assist those at Dominion with assimilating into their community while also learning about the aging process, Carman said.

“We are anxious to be-

come a teaching community and to welcome students at every level,” said Tina Newman, executive director of Dominion Senior Living.

“The students come in and have fresh eyes and ideas.”

The internships will be available in the fall and spring semesters. Patient care is not a part of the internship; rather, it focuses on forming a friendship between the community of Richmond and the Dominion facility while also nurturing knowledge of the aging process, Newman said.

“We hope our involvement will promote the mental, so-

cial and physical well-being of Dominion Senior Living residents by encouraging their integration into the larger community, while giving our students the practical experience and empathy required to work with an aging population,” Carman said in a press release.

Dominion Senior Living is also hoping to develop internship programs with other higher education institutions, as well as to foster the atmosphere of learning and community with students for many years to come, Newman said.

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UK community responds to Bevin’s budget suggestions ton said, such as a new approach to financial aid and student advising and counGov. Matt Bevin recently seling, as well as added acurged universities to focus ademic advisers and mental on higher paying, in high de- health counselors.

Blanton said the number of mand programs as opposed to other majors, like dance health, science, technology, engineering and math graduand literature.

The Associated Press re- ates has risen 22 percent in the last six years. Some ported the Goverof UK’s most popunor’s comments, lar majors are biolowhich were made gy and business.

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“We are allocat“Find entire parts ing resources in of your campus … response ot student that don’t need to be demand,” Blanton there,” Bevin said. said, citing the re“If you’re studying cent $112 million Bevin interpretive dance, science building.

God bless you, but “Employers also there’s not a lot of jobs right now in America looking for tell us they need graduates people with that as a skill who communicate well, think critically and work set.”

Bevin justified this by ex- well in teams. These ‘soft plaining that too many col- skills’ are exactly what stulege graduates are unable to dents learn in majors and classes in English, history, find jobs.

UK Personal Relations Ex- the humanities and fine arts, ecutive Director Jay Blanton among others,” Blanton said.

Secondary English educaissued a response statement.

“Gov. Bevin is right to tion major Kelci Jones said challenge us to do more to she was put off by Bevin’s help students graduate on comments. She said she feels time, without debt and with college should be about passion, not money. opportunity,” Blanton said.

“Everyone has their own special skills and areas of Find entire parts interest. It’s not fair to force students into majors they arof your campus... en’t passionate about,” Jones that don’t need to said. “If that happens, you are just creating worker bees be there. If you’re who are passionless about studying interpretheir careers.” tive dance, God Brianna Winn, an integrated strategic communications Bless you... major with an English minor, said she feels removing arts GOV. MATT programs from colleges only BEVIN hurts the job market.

“People will just move He said UK’s retention to other states where their and graduation rates are ris- program is available,” Winn ing, with a goal of 90 percent said.

Winn said she is worried and 70 percent, respectively, that KEES money could be by 2020.

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U of L not funding future of journalism

Now more than ever, it is imperative that colleges across the nation prepare future journalists to be the eyes and ears of the public and protect its interests from corrupt individuals and harmful situations. One of the best and most meaningful ways student journalists can learn is by working at their campus newspaper. The University of Louisville has decided to ignore that responsibility to save a few dollars.

The university announced that they would stop buying advertisement space in the Louisville Cardinal beginning next year citing a troubling budget deficit. Last year, the university bought $60,000 worth of ad space and cut that amount to $20,000 for the 2016-2017 school year. The Cardinal’s Editor-in-Chief Kyeland Jackson told the Kentucky Kernel that he got the impression that the student paper wasn’t a top priority for university administration to buy marketing and advertising space and that his staff wasn’t surprised by the sudden move.

“They were used to things just not going our way,” Jackson told the Kernel.

Student journalism allows future reporters to not only practice gathering the news, but also capture and create stories that make waves. The Cardinal was at the forefront of reporting on the prostitution scandal surrounding the Louisville’s Men’s Basketball team in late 2015. Andree McGee, former director of basketball operations at Louisville, allegedly paid for and arranged prostitutes to

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The university announced that they would stop buying advertisement space in the Louisville Cardinal beginning next year citing a troubling budget deficit. Last year, the university bought $60,000 worth of ad space and cut that amount to $20,000 for the 20162017 school year. meet potential basketball recruits for roughly four years.

The newspaper also fairly criticized and investigated former university President James Ramsey, who came under fire after funds were mishandled by his administration and numerous other scandals during his 14-year term at the university. A university conflict of inter-

est officer accused Ramsey of knowingly committing official misconduct and allowing two employees to misuse funds for over a year.

The Cardinal reported Ramsey stepped down in late 2016 and continues to closely monitor the university’s search for a new president.

By not buying the ad space that the newspaper relies on, administration at Louisville says that it will not provide a public forum for student voice. A student newspaper creates space for its campus community to publish opinions and learn about issues affecting that community directly. As Louisville tries to fix major problems at the university, ranging from sports team scandals to possibly losing college accreditation, shouldn’t students have a space for input to criticize these problems? Louisville said no, and this move has a $60,000 price tag.

Every student newspaper is funded differently. Some newspapers, like the Kentucky Kernel, are largely financially independent but receive student fee money to help pay for professional staff advisers and training.

The advertisements Louisville’s administration used to buy was the way it chose to do it.

When Louisville created its last budget, maybe it did not realize what it was saying by cutting this funding, but it said it nevertheless: student journalism and student voice is not a priority for the University of Louisville.

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Bevin’s idea of innovation is less than innovative

Continuing with his trend of attacks on jor Bevin is not fond of, are paying to go to public education, Kentucky Gov. Matt Bev- school just like a STEM program student. If in is encouraging university officials to cut there was not a program for them here, they programs that don’t produce money-making would go elsewhere and that is a subset of graduates. In other wo rds, focus on STEM students that universities, such as UK, would programs that produce engineers and doc- lose. tors, and ignore liberal arts majors such as Another of Bevin’s comments suggested interpretive dance and French literature.

Kentucky public universities should be proAt the Governor’s Conference on Post- ducing large amounts of STEM students. secondary Education Trusteeship earlier this “I challenge you to say to yourselves, ‘If month, Bevin said, “Find entire we’re graduating 250 people out of parts of your campus…that don’t our engineering school…why is it need to be there. Either physically 250 and not 1,000?’” Bevin said. as programs, degrees that you’re This logic is littered with flaw, offering, buildings that…shouldn’t for one simple reason. If we are usbe there because you’re maintaining the scale he has presented, the ing something that’s not an asset fact is that not 1,000 students want of any value, that’s not helping to to be engineers. If you take away a produce that 21st century educated dance or art program, those students workforce.” are not going to magically decide Bevin The Governor’s remarks are aimed they want to become an engineer. at having postsecondary educators Shifting funding away from certain steer their students toward jobs that are more programs and shuffling them to others does in demand. The problem with this, however, not shuffle the minds of students as well. It is America’s job market is constantly chang- simply creates a larger number of woulding. While there will always be a need for have-been students who settle for minimum people like doctors and nurses, the countless wage positions. other jobs Bevin sees as unnecessary could In life, students will find that they have a fit a need somewhere in America. Unless he calling. If that is to be an engineer or save is a psychic who can see the future, it is un- lives, they have every right to follow down a realistic to predict what specifically students path to make that happen. If they want to be should be preparing for the workforce 20- a dancer or study literature, they should have plus years down the road. the right to study what they choose, regardless of whether our governor approves.

Bevin, who received his undergraduate This logic is littered with flaw, for degree in East Asian studies, wants to turn Kentucky into an engineering and manufacone simple reason. If we are using turing epicenter. This is fine and dandy, unthe scale he has presented, the til he starts taking aim at cutting programs that also encourage creativity and innovation fact is that not 1,000 students from students. Public universities should tarwant to be engineers. If you take get students with a range of talents and conaway a dance or art program, tinue to encourage diverse and well-rounded college campuses. There is so much we can those students are not going to learn from one another when we aren’t all romagically decide they want to bots learning the same curriculum. become an engineer.

One overarching thing, if nothing else, all should take away from Bevin’s actions and remarks regarding public education is that An even more important thing to note, is these decisions should be left to the school’s that this attack on liberal arts programs is un- themselves. Keep the governor and his crysjustified because of who it targets. The sim- tal ball out of our classrooms. ple fact is that students who choose to take courses that will graduate them from a maEmail opinions@kykernel.com.

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Pressure on the Press:

Journalism is under fire, and students are feeling it the most

Interim Director of the UK School of Journalism and Media Mike Farrell said budgeting concerns affect college and daily newspapers For 218 years, the press has been protected alike. in America. For longer than that, the press has “That is the question for every newspaper in been threatened. this country: How do we get more revenue to Many college newspapers claim to be the keep publishing?” Farrell said. oldest—The Harvard Crimson, Yale Daily The Herald also has potential money probNews, The Miami Student—but whichever lems. The paper has a reserve fund that has came first, journalism traditionally been reserved exclusivehas been practiced ly for the Herald, adviser Chuck Clark on college campuses said. But a new university policy alsince the beginning of lows the administration to take that rethe 19th century. serve money into the central budget if As for some of the it’s needed to cover deficits, the HerKentucky college ald reported. newspapers, the Ken“It’s a situation that we’re concerned tucky Kernel began about,” Clark said, because WKU curin 1892, the College Kyeland Jackson rently has a substantial budget deficit.

Heights Herald in 1925 and the LouisClark said those reserve funds are ville Cardinal in 1926. used to give student journalists the In the last year, each of those newstools they need; for example, the Herpapers have experienced threats from ald recently had to purchase a new detheir respective colleges’ administralivery van. tions, and they are not alone.

“There are a lot of challenges for The threats range from budgetary news organizations generating reveconcerns to lawsuits to accusations of nue right now,” Clark said. inaccuracy.

Despite the importance of revenue, Most recently, the Carmaking money is not the goal of a Mike Farrell dinal’s advertising budget student newspaper. Instead, its goal was cut when the U of L is to report accurate information, ofadministration announced ten with the help of open records and it would no longer buy adopen meetings. But more challenges vertising from the paper. arise when the administration and The administration had a other public officials resist the free long-standing commitment flow of information. to purchase $60,000 worth The Kentucky Open Meetings Law, of advertisements. passed in 1974, mandates that meetNow, Cardinal adviser ings concerning public policy cannot Ralph Merkel said the Cardinal is be conducted in secret. The Kentucky Chuck Clark “as bare bones as you can possibly get Open Records Law, passed in 1976, without just going out of business.” makes public agencies’ documents An example: An initial call from the open records. More details about each Kernel to Merkel did not go through law can be found on the Attorney because all but one of the newsroom General’s website. phone lines have been disconnected, Open records are the issue in the he said. lawsuits between the Kernel and UK, When he first heard the news, ediWKU, and Kentucky State University, tor-in-chief Kyeland Jackson felt like as well as the subsequent lawsuit bethe newspaper was being targeted spetween the Herald and WKU. cifically for budget cuts. After learn- John Fleischaker Chair of the First Amendment and ing that the university has a $48 million Media Practice Group Jon Fleischaker deficit, he changed his mind, but he still said universities have always resisted felt like the Cardinal was “low on the ladder” releasing information. of the administration’s priorities for advertis“I think it’s because administrators are sort ing funding.

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Most recently, the Cardinal’s advertising budget was cut when the U of L administration announced it would no longer buy advertising from the paper. The administration had a long-standing commitment to purchase $60,000 worth of advertisements.

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The Finance Issue of convinced that it’s their university and they can do with it what they please and it’s nobody else’s business,” Fleischaker said. “And that’s not true, that’s just not true.”

Farrell said that while he and the School of Journalism and Media are on record disagreeing with the UK administration, he does not see open records and open meetings issues as an ongoing threat to journalism. He said it does not necessarily affect the paper’s ability to report; for example, the Kernel reported the sexual assault without the cooperation of UK. Farrell said that one challenge to journalism that is specific to college newspapers is editorial control.

“There always seems to be one or two or three college newspapers that are under the gun from administrations,” Farrell said.

Even though student newspapers are editorially independent from their universities because of the First Amendment and many

This is the last year The Louisville Cardinal will receive financial support from university administration, which has slashed the newspaper’s income by 40 percent. The long-standing commitment to buy ads, as much as $60,000 just a year ago, will evaporate at the end of this academic year.

On July 25, acting Provost Dale Billingsley wrote to the newspaper that the president and provost’s office would commit to $20,000 in advertising this academic year. “Please note that due to the tight budget situation, this will be the final year for this commitment,” Billingsley wrote.

The Louisville Cardinal was established in 1926, becoming independent from the university in the 1970s. The university has no control over the newspaper’s content, allowing it to be objective.

The Cardinal is run by a volunteer board of directors and operates completely separate from U of L. The Louisville Cardinal Board Chair Jenni Laidman said the paper has traditionally received $40,000 a year in ad sales from the President’s office. In the 1990’s, that amount was augmented by $20,000 from the provost. The funds have been critical to keeping the newspaper afloat.

“If we can’t find more funding, we could become the only school in the ACC without a student paper,” Laidman said.

Despite the potentially detrimental effects of these budget cuts, Laidman is clear that this not the university picking on The Louisville Cardinal. “The univer-

sity is in crisis,” she said.

The Cardinal board met with Billingsly last December to talk about the impending cuts. Laidman says Billingsley was sympathetic, but explained that the university’s financial situation left no “wiggle room.”

The business manager for The Louisville Cardinal explained how The Cardinal has coped with these cuts. “We’ve had to slash our budget in an unbelievable way,” Lisa Potter said. These include no new equipment, no special training for students, reduced salaries and the number of printed pages reduced. “We’re barebones,” said Potter. “Anything that we provide at the Cardinal for the student experience was going to have to be drastically changed.”

Kyeland Jackson, the Cardinal’s editor-in-chief, said the lost funding erases valuable experience opportunities for students and staff.

“Without that money, journalism conferences, training sessions, speeches and materials will come out of pocket. It’s too much for most college students,” Jackson said. “This newspaper is the only door to journalism for most students, so I think this cut hits deep.”

In February, interim president Greg Postel announced that $48 million in expenses will be cut from the university. The Louisville Cardinal is feeling the effects of those cuts.

While $60,000 is a grain of rice in the $48 million overall, it is creating a mountain of issues for the university’s student newspaper.

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court decisions, administrations can still try to interfere.

Additionally, administrations may not see the importance of student newspapers, Clark said.

But student newspapers are crucial, Clark said, because no other publication covers the university like its own students do.

Without student newspapers, Farrell said, universities lose a watchdog and a medium for the student voice.

College students are meant to hear diverse voices, and an open, free discussion is better for everybody, Fleischaker said.

“The whole premise of the First Amendment is ‘Let it all hang out and let it see the light of day,’” he said.

Despite the challenges, it continues to be the role of student journalists to report the news accurately and fairly.

“It is the role that the Constitution sets up freedom of the press to deliver,” Clark said.

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The search for U of L’s next president is about to begin, but its candidates will be secret.

Board of Trustees Chair David Grissom issued a statement during a board of trustees meeting Friday, saying a national search firm would begin the search for another president. Search firm R. William Funk & Associates said the university could name a new president by spring, but Grissom’s statement says the search will be confidential.

“This will enable us to develop the strongest possible pool from which to find our next leader,” Grissom’s statement read. “The Board will seek a candidate with strong academic ex-

perience who can inspire the campus community and help us attain even higher levels of academic excellence.”

Grissom explained the decision is to not scare away potential candidates who may come under public scrutiny.

Asked about constituents’ input on the search, Grissom cited the new committee, staffed by representatives for the students, faculty and staff, created Friday to gather opinions from campus.

Susan Jarosi, president of the local American Association of University Professors, said that was not enough representation. Jarosi said Grissom’s decision to make the search secret was “disturbing,” comparing the decision to former president James Ramsey’s tenure.

“The search being closed was our biggest worry,” Jarosi said. “The issues that we have been through in the past year or more, I think, make it very clear that the community wants an open search.”

Previous surveys by faculty and staff outlined ideal traits for the next president and Student Government Association President Vishnu Tirumala said a student committee will be created to outline presidential traits students want.

U of L’s Interim President Greg Postel was interested in the position and would apply for it. In the board meeting Friday, representatives from R. William Funk & Associates said local candidates could be referred to their offices to be part of the search.

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The Cats will also avoid contact in certain situations, which can be both positive and negative. Through their first nine games, they averaged the second-lowest number of fouls in the conference, only netting 11 per game during that span. It keeps the Cats out of trouble, but it also takes away from setting any tone of aggression.

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“Is (Bevin) going to only let people who have suitable majors to him use it?” she said.

English professor Pearl James said Bevin’s comments were “unfortunate.”

“Universities are for maintaining traditions and developing new knowledge,” James said. “They are for preserving and extending knowledge in

all fields.”

She said the arts community is part of what makes Lexington great.

“Art is good for the economy-- it is good for society,” she said.

She said students are paying for their education, not the governor, so they should choose their own major. She said there is no way to know which parts of a student’s education will end up being most important.

“Universities are not factories,” she said.

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UK Dining Finally, UK Dining introduced a new meal plan this year called “VIP.” As a part of the “VIP Program,” each month restaurants that normally only accept flex dollars, accept meal swipes.

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Fusion Erikson Hall which is home to the School of Human Environmental Sciences, also houses a hidden restaurant. Fusion is a variety restaurant providing students with anything from chicken alfredo pasta to a chicken quesadilla to sandwiches. Whatever students are craving, Fusion’s eclectic menu is sure to provide exactly what they need.

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At the beginning of the semester meal plans may seem like the Holy Grail, offering the promise land of “free” Chick-fil-A and other popular fast food chains to UK students.

However, within the first month of school the lines at Bowman’s Den seem to grow as fast as the hair on a Chia Pet and the unhealthy food options only make the negative sentiment worse.

While Bowman’s Den is one of the most advertised locations to use Wildcat Deals, plenty of other restaurants across campus also allow students to use meal swipes.

(Patterson Office Tower), Intermezzo offers students a high quality breakfast all for the price of a meal swipe.

Their breakfast menu includes omelets, French toast, eggs, and biscuits and gravy.

For lunch students can have made to order sandwiches along with a variety of other dishes including a grilled cheese, soup of the day and a grilled chicken cobb salad.

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Engineering building is also open for lunch, providing students with their signature staples such as their “Cadillac Chicken Sandwich” and the “FireCracker Chicken Sandwich.”

Along with Freshii, Rising Roll uses Tapingo which will save students time throughout their day.

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his team’s biggest offensive weakness was the lack of “willingness to get into the box on crosses, the willingness to go in where it hurts, the willingness to take a man on.”

Yet, despite the occasional offensive struggle, this team has largely improved despite the heavy losses they took last year. Because of the success this team has found in its youth, it wouldn’t be a shock if the ceiling for the group’s level of achievement is very, very high.

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Help Wanted CHASE PHILLIPS I STAFF Kentucky linebacker Josh Allen sacks the Florida quarterback with help from defensive end Denzil Ware during the game against the University of Florida on Saturday, Sept. 23, 2017, in Lexington, Kentucky.

UK Football’s Blitz bros are a dynamic duo on and off the field

By Chris Leach sports@kykernel.com

Kentucky football players Josh Allen and Denzil Ware, also known as the “Blitz Bros,” have been a key part in revitalizing Kentucky’s defense.

Allen and Ware have been coming up with timely sacks and tackles all season so far and will likely continue to do so. What has led to their uptick in production this year? Something as simple as communication.

“We just got that communication, that’s my brother, we talk about everything,” Allen said. “We are always talking about who’s going to get the sack first, who’s going to make a play. Everything we do, we are always going back and forth.”

Allen and Ware’s communication can be seen at all points during a game. If one makes a big play, usually the other is right there to give him a high five.

After practices, the two can be seen talking, or some times picking on each other before giving interviews. If

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one finishes before the other, usually they will do what they can to distract the other during his interview.

It’s obvious that Allen and Ware’s relationship is strong, however it took some time to build the relationship to what it is now.

“The funniest thing about it was that me and Josh weren’t even as close as we were when he first got here,” Ware said. “The relationship built over time, I’m glad that I got a good relationship with him because I look at him as my baby brother.”

Now, after forming their friendship, the two call themselves the “Blitz Bros.”

However, there is a certain Blitz Bro that views himself as the big brother and has to take care of the other.

Ware, who is a year older because of his redshirt freshman year, feels like a mentor to Allen and does what he can to take care of him.

“That’s my baby brother, I’m going to make sure he’s straight no matter what, going to make sure that he is in good hands at all times,”

Ware said. “I’m always looking out for him, I always have his back till the day we die.”

Allen is 15 pounds lighter than Ware, but is three inches taller than his fellow Blitz Bro. Allen recognizes he is the baby brother in the Blitz Bro relationship, but that doesn’t mean that he under performs compared to Ware.

“I’m still over there competing with him, and he knows that,” Allen said.

Regardless of who’s bigger, or who gets the most tackles, Allen and Ware are both out there competing for Kentucky. They might have a special relationship, but that special relationship benefits UK’s defense in terms of production.

However, that doesn’t mean that the Blitz Bros use each other for motivation.

“I know when I look on the other side, he’s right there lined up and just ready to play,” Ware said. “As long as I know I got him, I don’t really care about anything else because I’m just going to play hard for my brothers.”

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ProTip: College of Engineering McKENNA HORSLEY Kernel Blog Writer

The word “professional” can mean many different things to many different people. With so many career fields out there, and so many majors at UK, this series will try to define that word.

With a higher focus on STEM education, many UK students are choosing to become engineers or computer science professionals. A total of 3,148 students were enrolled in the College of Engineering last spring.

The College of Engineering’s Director of Career Development and Associate Dean of Administration and

Academic Affairs Kimberly said. “When they are here Anderson had some advice to in school, mainly the classes their students about preparing they take are with other engifor careers post-graduation. neers, the projects they work Balk, a member of on are with other ena three-person team gineers. When they in the college’s Caget out there in the reer Development real world, they are Center, works maingoing to have to exly with employers plain to people like who want to recruit myself—I am not an UK engineering engineer—why they students. She finds want a budget for a Anderson that even freshmen part they think they who are just beginneed.” ning their college education Balk and Anderson both are recruited by potential em- said that they believe engiployers for co-ops and intern- neering students must get inships. volved with their campus and “I think if there is anything their community while they that some of our students— are completing their undercertainly not all—but some graduate studies. They recunderestimate how import- ommended finding a club or ant it is to communicate student activity early in coland to function and interact lege. Getting as much expewith non-engineers,” Balk rience as students can while

in school can lead to students finding what they are truly interested in.

Anderson encourages students to find their passion and figure out what they want to do while in college.

“My one piece of advice is make sure that you are happy. And to be honest, we get some in here who are not here for the right reasons,” she said. “They are here because Mom and Dad want them to be an engineer or their grandmother was an engineer and they want them to follow in her footsteps and they really aren’t satisfied with that path. There is nothing wrong with realizing yourself that engineering may not just be what you want to do and getting into something that you really want to do.”

Transition your apartment to the new season into your apartment this season.

1. Get cozy with some new bedding or blankets. Nothing gets me more excited than snuggling up with a new, fluffy blanket on a crisp fall evening. Urban Outfitters has a bedspread in gold that is similar to that of Pantone’s Autumn Maple and is sure to create a homey mood.

2. Add an area rug. I know it’s fall when my hardwood floors are cold in the morning. Adding a rug beside my bed has created a much

more comforting environment in my bedroom, and I am currently on the hunt for the perfect living room area rug. I’ve had my eyes on one from Wayfair.

2. Tapestries are an easy way to cover a large portion of wall space. There is a navy and gold UO tapestry that is intricately tranquil, and they have so many other options as well. Don’t want to shop online? Shop local by visiting stores like sQecial media to see their large selection of tapestries.

HOMECOMING WEEK Monday, October 2

Starfinder Society, D20 Hobbies, 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Tuesday, October 3

Royalty Showcase, Memorial Hall, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Drive-by Truckers, Manchester Music Hall, 7 p.m. to 12 a.m.

Wednesday, October 4

Law School Fair, White Hall Classroom Building, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Mr. and Ms. Black UK, Time and Location TBD

Thursday, October 5

Homecoming Street Fair, Wildcat Alumni Plaza, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Podcasting Together: Basic tools for Building Stories, Lexington Public Library Main Branch, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Friday, October 6

Laughter Yoga and Drums, Woodland Park, 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Saturday, October 7

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Kroger Tailgate Experience, BCTC Front Lawn, 8:00 am to 10:00 p.m.

Homecoming Game, UK vs. Mizzou, Kroger Field, Time TBD

Sunday, October 8

2017 Kidney Walk, Coldstream Park, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

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In depth with UK Football’s Austin MacGinnis

By AJ Harris

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Austin MacGinnis, the senior kicker for UK’s Football team, went from soccer to football in high school and has shown pure dominance ever since.

MacGinnis only decided he wanted to be a kicker during his freshman year in high school. Growing up in Georgia he played soccer until he moved to Alabama where there is no soccer team, so MacGinnis gave kicking a football a try.

“My friends [said] why don’t you try coming and kicking a football...They got me to play JV Football and I kicked for the varsity team and then I just fell in love with the atmosphere,” MacGinnis said.

All MacGinnis knew was that he wanted to play football and received an offer from UK in the summer of his junior year. MacGinnis came to Kentucky with high goals and expectations and is

My friends [said] why don’t you try coming and kicking a football...

They got me to play JV Football and I kicked for the varsity team and then I just fell in love with the atmosphere.

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UK’s young men’s soccer team finds early success

By Chase Campbell sports@kykernel.com

CHASE PHILLIPS I STAFF Kentucky kicker Austin MacGinnis misses the game winning field goal during the game against the University of Florida on Saturday, Sept. 23, 2017, in Lexington, Kentucky.

now a redshirt senior.

“I came to Kentucky because I wanted to play in the SEC. I just knew from being around the dominant Alabama and Georgia that the SEC was the best,” MacGinnis said. “I just want to be the best.”

MacGinnis’ practice/game prep isn’t what one would expect of a typical football player. In fact, his routine is more like a baseball pitcher, and how they pitch once every five days. MacGinnis normally only kicks and lifts for two days a week, the other days are treatment days where he focuses on running, stretching, rolling out his muscles and ice baths.

He also does metallization, which is just studying his kicks. When MacGinnis lifts or works out he just does sprints, bench presses,

leg extension exercises, leg curls and pull-ups. MacGinnis stops his workout regimen two days before game day and shifts all of his focus to mental preparation.

“I only kick two days a week,” MacGinnis said.

“The two days a week I kick, I also workout on those days.”

On game day, MacGinnis sticks to his same warm-up regimen that he keeps during the week, as far as pre-kicks go. He also focuses on getting his mind right.

Sometimes one can see MacGinnis practicing his kicks on the sideline during the game. He says this helps him basically to stay in his right mind and prevent him from getting bored.

“I try to focus on my breathing and staying in the moment,” MacGinnis said.

“Games are long and you can go an hour without kicking so you just got to stay focused because anything can happen and you have to be ready to go at any point in the game.”

MacGinnis is close to breaking UK’s record for alltime career points and has most of the season left to do so. MacGinnis believes that he will accomplish this feat before the season’s end.

“I think it’s cool. It’s definitely something I want now,” MacGinnis said. “Yes, I’ll do it.”

MacGinnis is a graduate student at UK and is in his final season as a redshirt senior for the Wildcats. He hopes to end up in the NFL. “I want to try and play in the NFL, so that’s my number one focus,” MacGinnis said.

It isn’t a fluke – UK’s men’s soccer team is still that good. Most that watched the team last year assumed that with the loss of fundamental seniors Napo Matsoso, Jordan Wilson, Charlie Reymann and Paul Sime, the team would skip a beat and take a season to rebuild.

So far, this has not been the case. In their first nine games, the Cats started 6-12, and already had as many wins on the road as they had during the entirety of the 2016-17 season. They only allowed multiple goals in a game one time during that period, in Louisville, where they tied with their in-state rival.

This came about due to excellent team soccer and excellent goalkeeping. Freshman goalkeeper Enrique Facusse has already won C-USA Defensive Player of the Week multiple times and has showed no signs of slowing for the Cats early in the season.

In those first nine games, the Cats also had eight different players score their 15 goals, and four more contributing assists to the cause.

The young team, under sixthyear coach Johan Cedergren, has meshed together on both ends of the pitch, ending roughly half their games without allowing any goals.

“I think this year, we’re more of a collective unit,” sophomore standout Connor Probert said. “We’ve got some players that are ready to step in to Napo’s role and Jordan’s role.”

The roles of Matsoso and Wilson last year were extremely vital to the Cats’ success. Matsoso was regarded as one of the best goal-scorers in the conference, while Wilson was in the conversation among some as one of the top d efensive players in the nation. With their absence, the team has still been able to find success due to the outstanding play of young players like Probert and JJ Williams.

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CARTER GOSSETT I STAFF Sophomore Connor Probert gets fouled in the box during the game against Xavier on Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017, in Lexington, Kentucky. Kentucky tied Xavier 1-1.