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PHOTO BY LATARA APPLEBY | STAFFTerrence Jones dunks against Vanderbilt. The Cats came back from a halftime deficitto capture the SEC regular-season championship with two games left.
PHOTO BY QUIANNA LIGE| STAFFUK senior Keyla Snowden entertains the fans during a ceremony in Memorial Coliseum to celebratethe Cats’ SEC title. UK clinched the title with a win Sunday afternoon against Mississippi State.
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Rallying for peaceMuslim Students Association gather to support Syria
UK Hoopsclinchestitle inseasonfinale
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A glimpse into theinner workings
UK Engineering Day, orE-day, showed the many as-pects of engineering on Satur-day, for future UK studentsand their families.
The day consisted of con-tests, demonstrations and or-ganizations throughout theCentral Campus EngineeringComplex, showing the variousopportunities engineering pro-vides.
“E-day is not limited to anacademic department, but it isa wide variety of things thatpeople can use to learn aboutengineering,” said Bob Ed-wards, the director of market-ing for the College of Engi-neering. “People can use theopen-house environment toget a sense of what engineer-
ing and computer scientistsdo.”
E-day comes at the end ofEngineers Week, which is a acoalition of more than 100 pro-fessional societies, major cor-porations and governmentagencies that come together topromote math and science lit-eracy, according to the E-daywebsite.
In its 66th year, E-day alsofeatured a contest for a $4,000scholarship to a future engi-neering student at UK. Ed-wards said the winner will beselected in May.
“Not only is engineeringimportant for society, but it's agood career choice for stu-dents,” Edwards said. “Youdon't necessarily have to go tograduate school upon gradua-tion because you can make
By Steven King
See E-DAY on page 3
Engineering Day features contests, demonstrations
From courtside to primetime, theSchool of Journalism and Telecommu-nications is hosting a sneak previewscreening of the new ABC series“Missing,” starring UK alumna AshleyJudd.
Free and open to the public, thescreening will be 5:30 p.m. on Tuesdayin the Worsham Theatre.
“The screening has been arrangedat UK since it’s her alma mater,”Jonathan Hogan, ABC Television Net-work Media Relations, said in an emailto the Kernel. “And she attends basket-ball games there.”
The series surrounds BeccaWinstone and her son Michael, whostruggle to rebuild their lives after
Becca’s husband Agent Paul Winstoneis murdered. Now, 10 years later,
Michael goes missingand Becca races tofind him.
The series, whichwas filmed on locationin Europe, premiersThursday, March 15 at8 p.m.
“I can’t speak forthe university, but thisis the first TV show
preview the School of Journalism andTelecommunications has hosted,” saidBeth Barnes, the school’s director, in anemail to the Kernel.
One of the most notable alumnaoutside the realm of sports, AshleyJudd attended UK from 1986 to 1990and was a sister of Kappa Kappa Gam-
ma sorority. She left in 1990 one courseshy of graduation to pursue an actingcareer, but finished the work 17 yearslater and received a bachelor’s degreein French.
She famously posed for the 1998-1999 UK hockey program poster and isknown to be an avid fan of the men’sbasketball team.
“I’m going to the screening be-cause not only is Ashley Judd a well-respected actress, but she’s a UK fanand she’s from here,” said Trip DougDalton III, a business marketing sen-ior.
ABC also sent a unique logo itemto be given to everyone at the screen-ing.
For more information on “Miss-ing,” including trailers and extras, visitABC.com/Missing.
Sneak peek of Judd’s movie ‘Missing’ offeredBy Sam Morrison
PHOTO BY LATARA APPLEBY | STAFFKasem Abdallah, a biology sophomore, leads the crowd in chants at a rally to support Syria, which has seen a year of violentoppression and is voting to change the country’s constitution.
New recycling binsaccept all material
Adding a little more greento Blue Nation, nine new re-cycling bins are now locatedaround Patterson Plaza, mak-ing recycling easier for stu-dents.
Unlike many recyclingbins on campus that acceptone type of material, thesebins, which appear to be trashbins with blue lids, are single-stream. This means all typesof recyclable material can bethrown into one bin.
“It was a no-brainer tostart single-stream outdoor re-cycling here,” said Mabruk
Quabili, a graduate student inthe College of Public Healthwho proposed the outdoor re-cycling project.
The project began lastyear as an environmentalhealth class assignment tomake a change.
Quabili noticed that largeruniversities already had out-door single-stream recyclingbins and wanted to bring themto UK. His professor liked theidea, so Quabili proposed theproject to the President’sSustainability AdvisoryCommittee. It was approvedlast March.
Quabili worked with the
By Elizabeth Suh
See RECYCLING on page 2
Judd
Two wins. Two championships. One school.The men’s and women’s basketball teams both captured the SEC regular-
season title with weekend wins.For one team, it’s the continuation of a long line of success: The men’s
title is the 45th in program history. For the other, it’s the culmination of abreakthrough: The women’s title is their first since 1981-82.
It’s the second time, after LSU in 2006, an SEC school won both champi-onships in the same year.
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LOS ANGELES — If you could go to a LasVegas bookie and gamble on Sunday’s Oscarceremonies, silence would be golden.
That’s because the prohibitive favorite towin best picture is Weinstein Co.’s “TheArtist,” the silent film about a silent-film erastar who has trouble coping with the talkieage.
According to EasyOdds.com((http://www.easyodds.com/sports-betting/tv-and-awards-betting/awards/oscars/outright/best-picture.html), “The Artist” is a 1-to-12 to 1-to-20 favorite to win, depending on the odds-maker. EasyOdds compiles the odds from anumber of bookmakers.
One of the bookmakers, Ladbrokes, givesFox Searchlight’s “The Descendants” the sec-ond-best chance at 16-to-1, while Walt DisneyCo.’s “The Help” comes in at 20-to-1. (FoxSearchlight is a division of News Corp. —also the parent of MarketWatch.)
“The Artist’s” Jean Dujardin is the fa-
vorite to win for best actor, with odds at 4-to-6, according to Ladbrokes. But GeorgeClooney of “The Descendants” is a close sec-ond at 6-to-5.
Viola Davis of “The Help” tops the listfor best actress, at 4-to-7 odds, while MerylStreep of Weinstein Co.’s “The Iron Lady”trails closely at 11-to-8.
Finally, for best director, “The Artist’s”Michel Hazanavicius is as prohibitive a fa-vorite as his film, with Ladbrokes placing hischances at 1-to-10. Martin Scorsese, who di-rected the most-nominated film of this year’scrop, “Hugo,” was second at 7-to-1. “Hugo”is a product of Viacom Inc.’s Paramount Pic-tures unit.
While a number of bookmakers put oddson Oscar chances, you can’t actually wageron Sunday’s ceremonies with these bettinghouses. The reason: The results are known tothose who have tabulated the ballots.
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Student Sustainability Council,Physical Plant Division and UniversityArchitect to launch the project.
The project costs $12,990 and isfunded by the Environmental Stew-ardship Fee of $3, which is paid by allfull-time students at UK, according toShane Tedder, UK Sustainability Co-ordinator.
The Student Sustainability Coun-cil oversees funds from the fee.
A machine that makes single-stream recycling possible was pur-chased over the summer, Quabili said.
“Campus housing converted to
single-stream recycling already,” Ted-der said. “This is the first real attemptat outdoor recycling.”
The bins are located near build-ings students walk by every day: twobins next to the Main Building, threearound Patterson Office Tower, threearound White Hall Classroom Build-ing and one near the College of De-sign, Quabili said.
A sign on the bins indicates thataluminum cans, paper products, plas-tic bottles and glass bottles can bethrown into the bin.
“It’s not like everyone is recy-cling,” said Afiya Meeks, a socialwork junior. “But having more recy-cling bins out there does make it moreconvenient for the people who do re-
cycle.”According to the UK Physical
Plant division website, the totalwaste collected from campus wasabout 15.5 million pounds during the2008 calendar year. The website stat-ed that 32.8 percent of that was recy-cled.
“I believe it is important to recy-cle, but my actions may not necessar-ily say so —mostly because of lazi-ness,” said Patrick Taylor, a kinesiolo-gy freshman. “I did throw a bottle inthe bin outside White Hall today be-cause it was there.”
Going green is an investment,Quabili said, but not necessarily in thesense of green dollar bills.
“Projects like this don’t pay for
themselves. Things have a price tag,but a simple measure like this is an in-vestment,” Quabili said. “The nextstep is more promotion, like QRcodes for smart phones to scan andlearn about these recycling bins.Hopefully these bins on central cam-pus will attract attention.”
He said he would like to see morebins throughout campus in the future.
The project may not pay for itself,but it represents a bigger picture.
“Recycling is empowering. Stu-dents, faculty and staff do want to re-cycle, but this makes it more conven-ient, so they are more willing to doit,” Tedder said. “UK is taking theright steps as an institution to be re-sponsible.”
RECYCLINGContinued from page 1
For those interested in being apeer instructor and assist faculty inteaching a class, applications are dueMarch 9.
With more than double the appli-cations submitted than spots availableover the past few years, the selectionprocess is pretty competitive, saidMichelle Ashcraft, the assistant direc-tor of New Student and ParentPrograms.
The UK 101 and UK 201 Peer In-structor applications are due byMarch 9 to 567 Patterson Office Tow-er.
It is the peer instructor’s job to as-sist a faculty instructor in teaching theone-credit hour academic orientationcourses. The goal of the courses is to
help freshmen and transfer studentsmake a smooth transition to UK.
“We do give preference to juniorsand seniors because younger studentswill get another chance to apply, andjuniors and seniors typically havemore experience,” Ashcraft said. “Themore involved they are and the morethey know about campus resources,the better.”
Becky Jordan, associate dean ofStudents and Director of UK 101, saidthey are looking for students withgood communication and interactionskills.
“They have to work with a widevariety of students and need to workwell with their co-instructor,” Jordansaid.
Students interested in applyingshould also be aware of the time com-mitment that the position requires.
The class meets twice a week for50 minutes, and peer instructors arealso encouraged to meet with their co-instructor once a week to plan fortheir next class session. It’s estimatedthat it takes between five and 10hours a week, Ashcraft said.
Former UK 101 Peer InstructorRandi Barnett said that putting in theeffort is worth it in the end.
“Working alongside a facultymember allowed me to strengthen mycooperation skills,” Barnett said. “Ialso gained much more confidence inmy interpersonal and communicationskills.”
The position also looks great on aresume, Jordan said. “A number ofpeer instructors have mentioned thatwhen they interviewed for graduateschool or a job, they were specificallyasked about their role as peer instruc-
tor.”When a student submits an appli-
cation, they are instructed to sign upfor an interview. Jordan, Ashcraft andseveral of their colleagues will spendtime talking with applicants and thenmake first-round selections.
The final selections will be basedoff of availability, which should berecorded and turned in on a providedform.
Former UK 101 Peer InstructorStephen Bilas encourages students toconsider applying, keeping in mindboth the responsibilities and benefitsthe position brings.
“Apply for the right reasons,” Bi-las said. “Being a peer instructor is agreat opportunity to serve the univer-sity and shape its future.”
Applications can be found atuky.edu/UK101.
Peer instructor applications due March 9By Amelia Orwick
Monday, February 27, 2011 | PAGE 3
As the guest speaker forthe College of Engineering’sE-Day, Randal Pinkett capti-
vated the au-dience withhis humorand vastknowledgeabout how tobe competi-tive in the21st centuryon Friday, infront of a
record 420-person audience.Pinkett, winner of the
fourth season of NBC’s “TheApprentice,” is an engineerand entrepreneur with a Bach-elor of Science in electrical en-gineering, a Master of Sciencein computer science and elec-trical engineering, an MBAand a Doctor of Philosophy.
“He was very lively andengaging, and I think he’s agood role model for all the en-gineering students,” said ToniKendrick, a mining engineer-ing sophomore.
The premise of Pinkett’sspeech was how the economy,technology and diversity,along with three essentialmindsets, all contribute to thesuccess of competing in the21st century.
“We are living in an in-creasingly technological socie-ty. Our world is radically dif-ferent today than it was just a
few years ago,” Pinkett said.“With increasing frequency wewill all be asked to do morewith less. Those of you whocan figure out how to do thatwill be competitive in the 21stcentury. Those who cannotwill continue to fall behind.”
Pinkett said three mindsetsare essential to success: the en-trepreneur, innovator and com-municator mindset. The entre-preneur’s mindset relates tothe economy, innovator’smindset coincides with tech-nology and the communica-tor’s mindset relates to em-bracing diversity.
“Now more than ever, be-fore we are all being chal-lenged to work more with peo-ple who are not like us, whodon’t look like us, who don’tcome from the places that wecome from, which meansthose who are able to comfort-ably and effectively work andcommunicate with people not
like themselves will be com-petitive,” Pinkett said.
Allison Peters, a chemicalengineering sophomore, saidPinkett’s advice could be ap-plied to individual minds, aswell as organizations withinthe college of engineering.
“On a personal level, com-munication skills links thetechnical side of engineers tothe non-industrial side, and it’sa skill that we all need,” Peterssaid.
Being familiar with the in-creasing advances in technolo-gy is important to prosper inour society, Pinkett said.
Jacob Ruzicka, a chemicalengineer senior, said he feelsbehind in technology already.“From hearing him today, Ineed to start getting ahead be-cause technology is going tobe the backbone of our coun-try and the world definitely inthe future, if it not already is,”he said.
Pinkett ended by sayingcommitment is key. It is im-portant to have a personalcommitment to embracingprinciples such as passion,leadership, stepping outside ofyour comfort zone, honingcommunication skills with di-verse audiences and takingrisks, while accepting failureas a part of that process.
“We are not meant to seethrough each other, but to seeeach other through,” Pinkettsaid shortly before being hon-ored with a standing ovation.
‘The Apprentice’ winnertalks 21st-century success
By Rachel Sarbovsky
Doing more with less crucial to staying competitive
Pinkett
We are notmeant to see througheach other, but tosee each otherthrough.
RANDAL PINKETT“The Apprentice” winner
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3very good money as a newgraduate.”
The Edible Car Contest,large-scale Fire Whirl Demon-stration and Egg Drop Contestwere among the most popularevents at E-day. Groups ofpeople reacted in awe as vari-ous scientific principles were
explored and demonstrated.Tianxiang Li, an engineer-
ing professor who helped withthe Fire Whirl Demonstration,said families are not the onlypeople that benefit from E-Day.
“The families learn aboutengineering, which is mostimportant, but the studentsand faculty get somethingfrom teaching people aboutengineering.”
Morgan Rouse, a civil en-gineering freshman, helpedrun the Edible Car Contest, inwhich contestants could buildan edible car to race down aramp. She said this type of ac-tivity promotes interest in en-gineering for children in a funway.
“I wish I had an E-Day,”Rouse said. “It’s just a greatway to get kids interested in acareer in engineering.”
E-DAYContinued from page 1
monday 02.27.12 page 4kernelsportssam rothbauer | sports editor | sam [email protected]
UK's gymnastics team got its first SEC vic-tory this year on a special evening to supportbreast cancer research, education and treatment.
The Wildcats hosted its annual Pink MeetFriday evening at Memorial Coliseum, compet-ing against No. 15 Auburn and No. 38 Pitts-burgh.
Led by sophomore Audrey Harrison, theCats outscored both teams in two of the fourevents: balance beam and floor exercise events.
UK scored 195.525 points, edging Auburn(195.150) and defeating Pitt (193.325).
“I feel great tonight,” UK's head coach TimGarrison said about his team’s performance. Thefirst-year head coach was previously an assistantcoach at Nebraska where he produced 10 NCAAAll-Americans.
After taking a tough loss at No. 3 Georgia aweek earlier, Garrison called his team’s victoryon Friday “another step in the right direction.”
The gymnasts were dressed in blue, whiteand pink in honor of the evening’s charitablespirit. Fans wearing pink gained admittance foronly $1. A portion of the proceeds from ticketand t-shirt sales will go to the Markey CancerCenter to benefit breast cancer prevention andtreatment.
Fans adorned in pink cheered for the Cats asthey outscored the competition on the beam andthe floor and even when they were narrowlyfalling short on the vault and the uneven bars.
“We kept the energy up the whole time,”freshman gymnast Alexis Gross said.
Gross mentioned that the crowd was the bestso far this season, a factor she said contributed tothe team’s success.
Wincing as she walked with bags of icestrapped to her ankles, Gross was asked how shefelt after the victory.
“I’m on cloud nine,” Gross replied with asmile.
Gymnasticsvaults overAuburn, Pitt
By Dan Collins
The UK baseball teamopened its home schedule thisweekend in a three-game serieswith the University at Buffalo.The Cats took the field lookingto build on their 3-0 start.
Friday was a cold, windynight for baseball. Winds weregusting up to 40 mph, blowingstraight out to left field. Rightout of the gate, Buffalo took ad-vantage. The leadoff battertripled into the left-center fieldgap, followed by a two-runhome run that gave the Bulls a2-0 lead.
From then on, UK startingpitcher Taylor Rogers was virtu-ally untouchable. He struck outthe next five batters he faced,culminating with a career-highnine punch-outs in six inningspitched.
The Cats took advantage ofthe windy night as well. Fresh-man Austin Cousino hit a leadoffhome run in the first inning andthen three batters walked. Anoth-er freshman, A.J. Reed, steppedto the plate in his first careerhome plate appearance. Withone swing of the bat, UK sud-denly had a commanding lead.
Reed’s line-drive grand slamover the right field fence, part ofa six-RBI day, made the score 5-2. From there, the Cats neverlooked back. Behind Rogers’ ex-cellent pitching, the offense keptrolling. Another home run byjunior Zac Zellers in the third in-ning and a five-run fourth putthe game out of reach. The Cats
cruised to a 13-4 victory.Saturday was another chilly
day. And again, Buffalo got offto a hot start. UK starter JeradGrundy struggled with his com-mand in the first inning. Hewalked one batter, threw twowild pitches and gave up fivehits in a five-run inning for theBulls. Fortunately for him, UKhead coach Gary Henderson lefthim in to figure it out.
“I’m always going to leaveguys in longer than most (coach-es) as long as he’s competing,”coach Henderson said. “I want tosend that message to him that hehas to figure it out. And I reallyfelt that if he could get throughthe first, he would.”
Henderson was right.Grundy only allowed two hitsthe rest of the way to right theship. That gave the offenseenough time to fight back. A runin the fourth and another in thefifth cut the lead to three. In thesixth, the Cats exploded.
A leadoff home run byCousino followed by a three-runhomer by junior Luke Mailegave UK the lead. Two morehomers down the stretch by jun-ior Cameron Flynn broke itopen, giving the Cats a 9-5 win.
“We got down early butthere was no panic,” Zellers said.“Today’s win was big. Beingable to come back from behindwas a big morale booster.”
To hold with the trend of theweekend, the Cats had to fightback if they wanted to move to6-0 on Sunday. A back and forthgame throughout, the game en-tered the ninth inning with UK
leading 6-5.Buffalo led off the inning
with a home run to tie the game,and a single up the middle laterin the inning scored the go-aheadrun.
Zellers walked to lead off thebottom half, but the next twobatters were retired. Maile sin-gled down the left field line andReed walked to load the baseswith two outs.
Thomas Bernal, a redshirt
freshman, came to bat as UK’slast chance. He drew a 3-2 countand calmly took the fourth ballto plate the winning run and thevictory for the Cats.
Zellers came up big again,going 2-3 with two runs andthree RBI to spark the come-back.
The Cats return to actionTuesday night at 4 p.m. whenthey play Morehead State atCliff Hagan Stadium.
By David Schuh
UK sweeps weekend series,improves to 6-0 on the season
PHOTO BY COLIN LINDSTROM | STAFFUK junior catcher Luke Maile talks with his first-base coach in a 2011game. Maile is expected to be a leader for the Cats this year.
PHOTOS BY QUIANNA LIGE | STAFF
UK freshman Shannon Mitchell competes inthe beam on Friday.
UK freshman Shelby Hilton competes in theuneven bars on Friday.
Showings on beam, floorgive Cats first SEC win
“ Today’s win was big. Being ableto come back was a morale booster.
Zac Zellers, junior outfielder
Davis making case forPlayer of the Year
Anthony Davis emerged fromthe locker room and moved toward
the horde of re-porters waiting toask him about hislatest feats of great-ness.
The grouparound the nearestchair motioned himover.
Davis declined,opting instead forthe chair in theback-left of the me-dia room. It’s hiscustomary spot, theone he’s gone to
from the beginning. He’s not aboutto change now — even if everythingelse is, from his spot on the nationalscene to his own game.
His 28-point, 11-rebound, five-block performance against Vander-bilt had the feel of a game from a fu-ture National Player of the Year.
In the locker room after thegame, head coach John Calipariwent around complimenting hisplayers. They all “did their thing,”played how they were supposed to,turned in completely normal andcompetent performances.
And then he reached Davis.“I said, ‘you were pretty good,
too,’” Calipari said. “And the wholeteam started laughing. They thoughtit was hysterical.”
That’s mostly because they’re onthe same sideline as Davis. Theydon’t have to try and shoot jumpersover him, or box him out, or any-thing like that.
“He’s special. He’s a differentkind of player,” Vanderbilt coach
Kevin Stallings said. “Again, I’mvery impressed with how he goesabout his business, not just how heplays.”
And, if his game against Vander-bilt is any indication, opponents willhave to do even more against himnow. Davis flashed a full array ofskills. He drove for a scoop-in layupfrom the top of the key. He splasheda few mid-range jumpers. He didn’thave a single lob, the play that wasonce the entirety of his offensive ar-senal.
“I’ve been holding him back,”Calipari said with a smile. “I’m try-ing to get him to stay in school an-other year.”
That’s not happening. Davis willbe the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft.Everybody’s known that for while.
“On defense and on offense, he’sjust a monster,” said Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, who compared Davis’ im-pact on a game to LeBron James, aformer No. 1 draft choice himself.
For now, Davis is entrenched inthe college game.
He’s asserting himself as thebest in it with every game he plays.
Asked if Davis should be the na-tional Player of the Year, TerrenceJones said, “I think so. I mean, Ithink we have the best players in thecountry. So if it’s anybody, it shouldbe somebody from this team.”
Davis would be that man.“It would be great to get that
award,” Davis said. “At the sametime, my main focus is to win a na-tional championship.”
Those two goals — player of theyear and national championship —just might be more interconnectedthan he thinks.
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eva mcenrue | opinions editor | [email protected]
Contraceptive mandate an issue of religion
editorial board members:Editor-in-Chief Taylor Moak,Becca Clemons, Aaron Smith, Eva McEnrue, Sam Rothbauer and Luke Glaser
Last week, PresidentBarack Obama’s contracep-tive coverage mandate, re-quiring religiously affiliatedinstitutions to pay healthcare providers to cover con-traceptive care, was at-tacked by 2,500 pastorswho wrote a letter to Oba-ma condemning the man-date as wrong.
Family Research Coun-cil President Tony Perkins,a signee, made a statement
that highlights the very base of the debate:“This is not a Catholic issue. We will not tol-erate any denomination having their religiousfreedoms infringed upon by the government.”
Despite what proponents of the mandate
will have you think, this is not an issue ofabortion or contraceptive care. While theCatholic Church does not believe in thesepractices, they are the law of the land andmust be respected as such.
This issue has been, and regardless ofwhat is otherwise said, will always be aboutreligious freedom.
Catholic’s doctrine teaches that all life issacred, and as such it is a sin to use contracep-tive coverage or receive an abortion in orderto prevent life. Supporters of Obama’s man-date, crying foul against the primary antago-nist that is the Catholic Church, point to theissue as one of women’s health, to beliefs thatthe church holds on contraceptives to be ar-chaic, unsafe and unrealistic.
Maybe so. Maybe the church is holdingon to old views, ignoring the fact that 98 per-
cent of Catholic women have engaged in con-traceptive practices.
That does not dilute the fact that these areunshakable and uncompromising religious be-liefs. Hypocrisy of the followers of a religionis not an excuse for a government to imposeregulations that directly conflict with what areligion holds as belief.
Catholic institutions that will be affectedby this mandate (hospitals, schools, etc) donot ban their employees from using contracep-tive products. Men and women employed bythese institutions are free to do as they wishwith their bodies.
But these institutions will not, and by rightof the first amendment are justified, in notpaying for or covering these practices.
Other critics have pointed to the Church ashypocritical in not standing up for other be-
liefs that the govern-ment has intervened in,such as the Mormonbelief of polygamy.
An important dis-tinction must be madehere. The 1897Supreme Court CaseReynolds v. UnitedStates, which struckdown the Mormonview of polygamy,ruled that the govern-ment has a right to leg-islate against religiouspractices if they viewsuch practices to be an-tagonistic to civicaims.
The difference hereis that the CatholicChurch is not partici-pating in a practice,but rather refusing todo so.
And still otherspoint to the president’swillingness to compro-mise. I too admired ourCommander-in-Chief’swillingness to extendthe hand, until research
showed that the mandate is the same giftwrapped in a different package.
Per the words of University of NotreDame professor Richard W. Garnett, “Underthe promised new version, it is supposedly theinsurance companies, instead of employerswith religious objections, that will pay for em-ployees' abortion-causing drugs and contra-ceptives.
But, of course, even the president cannotmake these items free. Someone will foot thebill and, in the end, it is not going to be the in-surance company.”
A last demographic I wish to address isthose who point to the fact that these institu-tions are willing to accept government money,but unwilling to accept the rules that comewith. That one may not have one’s cake andeat it, too.
The prevailing argument in this issue isthat the government may take these fundsaway at any time they wish. There is no man-date that forces these two institutions to finan-cially assist one another. The government pro-vides assistance to schools and hospitals thatundeniably promote good, both religiouslyand civically.
The unshakable bottom line, regardless ofall else and all accusations, is that the presi-dent is requiring the Catholic Church’s institu-tions to pay and cover practices they religious-ly view as a sin of murder.
One would hope that a progressive societysuch as ours would respect this view, like it ornot.
This issue is not about abortion or contra-ception. Individual views on abortion or con-traception should not matter. This is an issueof a religious belief, and while the president isto be commended for attempting to compro-mise, there is very little room for compromisewhen it comes to Constitutional rights.
The evangelical protest against Obama’smandate is a testament to the fact that all whohold our constitution and its first amendmentdear should stand up to this regulation as op-pressive, illegal and wrong.
Luke Glaser is an English junior and theKernel’s feature editor. Email [email protected].
LUKEGLASER
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CHRISTOPHER EPLING, Kernel cartoonist
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There wasn’t much cele-bration when UK won theSEC regular-season champi-onship. Just a simple an-nouncement over the PA sys-tem, and then it was time tomove on.
“I told (the players) con-gratulations,” coach JohnCalipari, “but you all knowthis is not why we are play-ing.”
Part of that subdued feel-ing is because UK has hadthe title unofficially wonmany games ago.
The Cats put distancebetween themselves andeveryone else pretty quickly.Getting to the point of math-ematically clinching thechampionship was just se-mantics.
Most of it, though, wassimply that winning the SECis not the crowning achieve-ment. Not for this team, notfor this season.
“It’s a great honor to winthis championship,” Antho-
ny Davis said. “But we’renot trying to stop here.We’re trying to win a na-tional championship, that’sour main goal.”
As it should be. UK is28-1, undefeated in theSEC and a lock for a No. 1
seed in the NCAA Tourna-ment.
The national title is thedesired finishing point.
But this is the first mark-er they pass as they head to-ward that bigger goal.
“It’s just another stepforward to what we’re tryingto do, really,” Terrence Jonessaid. “It’s not the goal. It’sjust something that camealong with us continuing toget better.”
Still, don’t glaze overthis achievement. Yes, UKhas now won 45 titles inschool history. Yes, thispales in comparison to whatUK has the potential and de-sire to do.
But it’s still an accom-plishment. Before the seasonbegan, we knew how muchfun this season would be tofollow.
So far, it’s lived up tothose expectations, and theSEC championship is part ofthat.
Cats win 45th SEC championship
Team has bigger plans ahead
AARONSMITH
Kernelcolumnist
Michael Kidd-Gilchristdiscussed the possibility ofreturning to UK for a sopho-more season following UK’swin over Vanderbilt.
“I’m graduating here. I’mnot going nowhere. I’m stay-ing at Kentucky,” Kidd-Gilchrist said, according toBrett Dawson of Rivals.com.“I’m dead serious. I don’tknow why y’all laughing.”
Full disclosure: I wasn’tthere when Kidd-Gilchristsaid this, so I can’t clue in oncontext or intonation.
But those words, just bythemselves, are pretty strong.
But how serious can wetake this? Plenty of playersprojected to go high in theNBA Draft say they will orwant to return for anotheryear. It’s an especially easystatement to make now, in themiddle of February, whenyou’re caught up in having agreat season with a greatteam. It becomes a little hard-er when it’s time to actuallymake a decision, when thepath to the league of yourdreams is laid out right beforeyou.
Usually, I view playerssaying this kind of thing withsevere skepticism. Not be-cause I don’t believe in thesincerity of their feelings. I’msure most players who saythis feel exactly how they saythey do — at that given time.I only reserve belief becauseso much can change. Typical-
ly, those changes lead to achange in the decision.
But Kidd-Gilchrist is dif-ferent. A different personality,a different player. Does thatmean he has different priori-ties, when it comes to his de-cision to stay or go at the endof this season?
A little Twitter actionbrought some more informa-tion on this. CBSSports.com’sJeff Goodman started tweetingabout how he is skeptical ofKidd-Gilchrist’s commentsand cited the influence ofWorld Wide Wes — Kidd-Gilchrist’s close family friend— as a reason the freshmanwill likely go pro. “He’ll like-ly do whatever WorldwideWes tells him to do,” Good-man tweeted, among othercomments. Kidd-Gilchrist’smother responded directly atGoodman with this: “The fact
is Michael has parents thatmake decisions for him. Iknow because I’m his moth-er.”
Will he go? Some, likeJared Sullinger, end up back-ing up their words. Somechange their minds. I still saywait until it’s official beforeputting too much stock in it.But with Kidd-Gilchrist, it’san easier leap to believing itwill come true.
Sooner, rather than later,Kidd-Gilchrist will be facedwith the actual decision. Andthen we will see what he de-cides.
Kidd-Gilchrist discusses possible returnToo early to put stock in proclamations about post-season plans
UK Hoops began the season wantingto be called tough, tenacious and dread-ed.
Now they can also be called champi-ons.
UK Hoops celebrated its first SECregular-season championship in 30 yearsat Memorial Coliseum Sunday night,hours after defeating the MississippiState Bulldogs 76-40 in Starkville to se-cure sole possession of the title.
Several video montages rolled atthe start of the event, detailing summertraining and a series of season high-lights.
The team arrived and danced to thecourt to the loud cheers of the couplethousand fans in attendance.
UK Athletic Director Mitch Barnhartaddressed the crowd briefly before giv-ing the microphone over to head coachMatthew Mitchell.
Pointing toward the championshipbanners in Memorial, Barnhart said,"Looking at those banners - I think weneed to get them updated."
Barnhart told the team he would buy
the team championship rings with theplayer's name and uniform number onone side.
"From here on, you get to decidewhat the other side of that ring says,"said Barnhart.
Mitchell said he was thrilled to besharing the championship with the fansat Memorial.
"I am really just overwhelmed withthe support that you have shown thisteam," said Mitchell. "This is unbeliev-able. We go on the road sometimes andthere won't be this many people at thegames. You fans have had a huge part ofthis championship."
Then the Cats cut down the nets atMemorial to commemorate the champi-onship. The players, coaches, managers,staff and even a fan got to participate inthe net cutting.
One group of fans at the celebrationincluded three generations of Downings.
Lillian Downing said she has beenfollowing the team for decades.
"We were first in line tonight," saidDowning. "We just love CoachMitchell."
Downing brought her daughter Bettyand her grand-daughter Emily to see
Mitchell and watch the team cut downthe nets.
Emily, a business major at UK,thinks the championship will be great forrecruiting.
"It is great that the women are get-ting some of the notoriety that they de-served," said Emily.
The Cats took the lead in the confer-ence standings with a win over Ten-nessee on Jan. 12 that lasted until a mid-February three-game road losing streakthat left the Cats and Vols tied with iden-tical 11-3 records.
The Cats regained the lead Thursdaynight when they defeated South Carolinaand UT was upset by Arkansas inKnoxville.
With a one-game lead going in to thelast day of the regular-season, the Catstraveled to Starkville and disposed ofMississippi State 76-40.
The Cats completely stifled the Bull-dog offense - forcing 33 turnover andholding them to 26.4 percent shootingfrom the field.
Junior guard A'dia Mathies andsophomore guard Bernisha Pinkett led abalanced UK scoring attack with 13points each.
Time for some new banners
By Les Johns
AARONSMITH
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With nearly forty secondsremaining, the No. 1 Catsheld a five-point lead on Van-derbilt. As the Commodoresattempted to pressure seniorDarius Miller into a turnover,the senior slipped throughtwo trapping players andfound sophomore forwardTerrence Jones wide-open un-der the basket for a slam tosecure not only the 83-74win, but the Cats’ 45th SECregular-season title as well.
Miller had yet to scoreany points until he sparked an11-2 run by the Cats with9:59 remaining in the secondhalf. During the course of thatrun, the senior guard scoresseven of his nine points.
UK head coach JohnCalipari said that he was up-set with Miller for passing uptwo shots in particular duringthe first half. At halftimeMiller was 0-5, includingthree missed three-pointers.His only stats were an assist
and a rebound.“I said that’s the old you.
You got to keep shooting.You can’t do that to yourteam, ” Calipari said aboutMiller.
Just minutes into the sec-ond half,Doron Lambconnected onthe Cats’ firstthree pointerof the gameafter going 0-8 in the firsthalf.
PrecedingLamb’s three,National Play-er of the Yearcandidate An-thony Davisreturned theCats to the leadwith a jumper and a viciousput-back dunk.
Davis scored a career-high 28 points (11 reboundsand six blocks) and on an as-sortment of shots: dunks,layups and mid-rangejumpers. Davis missed only a
single shot, going 10-11 fromthe field.
“I’ve been holding himback,” Calipari jokingly saidfollowing the game. “I’m try-ing to get him to stay inschool another year.”
Davis andf r e s h m a nt e a m m a t eM i c h a e lK i d d -G i l c h r i s twere theCats’ biggestproducers inthe first half.
K i d d -Gi lchr i s t ’spoint total ofeight allcame withinthe first
twenty minutesof play to combine with 15by Davis for 23 of UK’s 36points at the half. He alsocontributed eight reboundsand three assists to the Catseffort.
“I thought Michael(Kidd)-Gilchrist fought like
crazy,” Calipari said.During postgame inter-
views, Kidd-Gilchrist saidthat his “little brother,” An-thony Davis, is the best play-er in the country and com-pared him to a current NBAsuperstar.
“Ant is like, let me seewho to compare him to; Le-Bron (James),” Kidd-Gilchrist said. “On defenseand offense, he’s just a mon-ster.”
Freshman guard MarquiseTeague’s three turnoverssparked a couple of Caliparitimeouts only minutes afterthe game tipped off.
He would only add onemore turnover for the remain-der of the game. His matchupagainst Vanderbilt guard BradTinsley could’ve been consid-ered a mismatch with the wayTeague was able to blow pastfor an easy lay-in.
Teague would finish thegame with 16 points, four re-bounds and six assists.
His turnaround resembledUK’s for the night.
By Cody Porter
Cats come back, beat Vandy 83-74
(AnthonyDavis) is like LeBronJames. On defenseand offense, he’s justa monster.”
MICHAEL KIDD-GILCHRIST
Freshman forward
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UK Hoops celebrates first league title in 30 years with ceremony