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PHOTOS BY KIRSTEN HOLLIDAY | STAFFFraternities and sororities participated Tuesday in a cheerleading competition hosted by Beta Theta Pi and Kappa Delta.

PHOTO BY LATARA APPLEBY | STAFFThousands camp out for free Big Blue Madness tickets each year, but some then sell them for hundredsof dollars online. More than 900 tickets have been sold on eBay, with more than $64,000 in sales.

Log on LexingtonCraigslist this week and youcan find an ink pen for $250,a rubber band for $300, anenvelope for $125 or a paperclip for $280.

The reason why officesupplies are more valuablethan gold? They are all beingpackaged with Big Blue Mad-ness tickets.

Hundreds of tickets to theCats’ marquee preseasonevent that were given to thegeneral public for free arenow being sold on secondarymarket sites such as eBay andCraigslist.

There have been morethan 900 tickets sold on eBay,with total sales in excess of$64,000. Big Blue Madnesstickets have put on sale inmore than 600 postings onCraigslist since they were dis-tributed at Memorial Colise-um and Ticketmaster.com onSept. 22 at 7 a.m.

Completed sale prices oneBay vary, largely dependentupon seat location and quanti-ty of tickets. A single ticket inthe corner of the rafters, sec-tion 211, row CC, sold for $5.A set of four front-row ticketson the floor (section 22) soldfor $500.

Selling tickets in excessof the price initially charged

for the ticket is consideredscalping and is illegal, ac-cording to Kentucky RevisedStatute 518.070.

It isn’t a violation thatLexington police are goingout of their way to enforce.

“That isn’t something weget into at the Division of Po-lice — not just Big BlueMadness, but any ticketedevent,” said Lexington policespokeswoman SherelleRoberts. “We don’t have theresources to get involved withsomething like that. They fo-cus on events where officerscan physically see tickets be-ing sold and apprehend viola-

The price of free ticketsBy Les Johns

ljohns@kykernel.com

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Madness admission illegally sold on eBay, Craigslist

Even though the biggestboost in the polls went toBig Bird, the candidate whomade him an item, MittRomney, is also reaping thebenefits from the first Presi-dential debate.

In the most recent PewResearch poll, Romney is ina virtual tie at 46 percentwith the president amongregistered voters, but edgedahead of President BarackObama among likely voterscarrying 49 percent to thepresident’s 45 percent.

Obama’s missteps in thefirst debate were saved bythe cushion of unemploy-ment numbers from lastmonth, which fell from 8.3percent to 7.8 percent.

This is the lowest unem-ployment has been in thepast three years.

Richard Waterman, a UKpolitical science professor,

said that if the president’scampaign wants to reboundfrom his lackluster perform-ance in the first debate inDenver last week, then VicePresident Joe Biden willneed to have a strong show-ing in Thursday’s vice presi-dential debate at Centre Col-lege in Danville, Ky.

“Biden has to reframethe debate,” he said. “He hasto be clear on how what heis doing is helping America.”

Waterman pointed outthat Biden is fully capable ofhelping Obama regain mo-mentum through connectingwith voters.

“Biden comes across aspersonable. He has a way ofnot being vicious when hespeaks. He just needs to beconversational, and aggres-sive in a way that’s trusting,”Waterman said.

He noted that the GOPvice presidential candidate,Paul Ryan, has strengths of

Students, profslook forward to VP debate

By Chase Sanders

csanders@kykernel.com

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Cheers for a causeUK Greeks truly had

something to cheer about atthe first “Bring It On” compe-tition at the Singletary Centeron Tuesday evening.

Back handsprings andtucks were among the stuntsdisplayed at the Greek cheer-leading competition, hostedby Beta Theta Pi fraternityand Kappa Delta sorority.

Both Beta Theta Pi andKappa Delta are philanthropicorganizations.

The event raised moneyfor The Nest Center forWomen, Children and Fami-lies as well as the ViolenceIntervention and PreventionCenter.

Participating fraternitiesand sororities were paired upand put in weeks of work toperform a routine directed bya member of the UK cheer-leading team.

“I found out about (BringIt On) during recruitmentthrough Alpha Phi, and wehave been working on it forabout four or five weeksnow,” said freshman cheer-

leader Dethora Hasenjager. “Ithink it’s really cool that all ofthe sororities and frats cometogether, and it’s really fun tosee everyone interact.”

There was high energybefore the show as each teamtook turns practicing theirstunts.

Hair bows flew as flyerswere basket tossed into the airand caught with care and pre-cision.

Many came to see, how-ever, the cheer moves of thefraternity men.

Members of Theta Chifraternity praised the UKcheerleaders for their coach-ing skills.

The event took eight fullmonths to plan, and mem-bers of Beta Theta Pi andKappa Delta believe it was asuccess.

“We are ... lucky to have17 organizations, includingthe UK cheerleaders, helpingus out,” said co-coordinatorElijah Zimmerman. “It’s a re-ally great feeling to have somuch support.”

Zimmerman said moreevents are in the works forfall and spring.

By Anyssa Roberts

news@kykernel.com

Director preps forStudent Center’s 75th anniversary

The UK Student Centerhas been host to almost 75years of shows, rallies, trivianights and table tennis.

Although the flow of ac-tivity mayseem natu-ral to stu-dents, thereis actuallys o m e o n ebehind theexecution:S t u d e n tServices Di-rector John

Herbst.Herbst has been working

to provide students with aplace to congregate since1997.

He is responsible for im-provements and renovations tothe 220,000-square-foot build-ing, and he manages all rev-enue operations and construc-

tions that affect the building.Other than the library, the

Student Center is the mostused facility on campus, UKspokesman Jay Blanton said.

“(John) does so many oth-er things that you wouldn’teven think about,” Blantonsaid. “He is one of the two orthree people on campus thatalways know the answer.”

Herbst was awarded theOmicron Delta Kappa NationalDistinguished Service Awardthis year, one of the highestawards offered by ODK, a na-tional leadership honor societythat recognizes outstandingleadership and versatility instudents, faculty and adminis-trators at universities.

Other ODK inductees in-clude Adolph Rupp and BearBryant. Former UK PresidentFrank Dickey was presentedwith the award in 1972.

“No one person winsawards like this,” Herbst said.

By Nini Edwards

nedwards@kykernel.com

See HERBST on page 2

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Many came to see fraternity men perform their cheerleadingroutines in the Singletary Center.

his own that could lead to avictory for the Romney cam-paign.

“Ryan has a strong con-nection with the conservativebase,” he said. “He’s very ag-gressive and evasive.”

Waterman emphasized thefact that with 27 days until the

Nov. 6 election, this vice pres-idential debate will be “anoth-er potential game-change mo-ment” for either side.

He advises students whoare watching the debates tolisten with caution Thursdayevening.

“Listen carefully to whatpeople are saying, and watchafter the debates to see ifthey’re telling the truth,” hesaid.

Assistant Director of the

UK Center for English as aSecond Language, TinaDurbin, and a number of stu-dents will be taking Water-man’s advice when they ob-serve the debate in WhiteHall Classroom Building.

Durbin is hosting theevent to help students inter-pret the issues discussed inthe debate.

“The purpose of the pro-gram is to get our students tounderstand political process

in the United States,” Durbinsaid.

Durbin and her studentswill be paying especiallyclose attention to the foreignpolicy aspects of the debate.

“They’ll have the oppor-tunity to have a dialogue withAmerican students about thedifferences between theirgovernment and ours,” shesaid. “We’re hoping to en-gage the students in a conver-sation with how they vieweach other’s countries.”

Many of the UK studentswatching the vice presidentialdebate in White Hall willhave crossed internationalborders to do so.

“There will be representa-tion from 10 countries, in-cluding Saudi Arabia, China,Iraq, Guatemala, Oman andSaudi Arabia,” Durbin said.

UK nursing senior Lind-sey Trujillo also says she’llbe watching to see whatBiden and Ryan have to say.

“I watched the last de-bate, and I would say Gover-nor Romney was more as-sertive,” she said.

Trujillo is experiencedwith the voting process andunderstands the responsibilityof being an engaged voter.

“I’ve voted once beforein 2008, and I watched thedebates then, too,” she said.

She is anxious to hearwhat the candidates have tosay about their plans forAmerica’s health-care systemin the short and long term.

“I mean, they’re evenlaying off nurses these days,”she said.

She said it’s hard for col-lege students to find time tovote with their busy sched-ules, but she encourages themto take time out to watch thedebate at 8 p.m.

“It’s hard to turn on thenews, because of all thestudying we have as stu-dents,” she said. “It’s impor-tant that we be well informedvoters, too, though.”

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This is the latest descendant of the oldGreen Arrow comic books, part of the samecreative world as Superman and Batman. TheGreen Arrow dressed in a manner reminiscentof Robin Hood; he packed a bow and a quiverfull of trick arrows for different jobs. LikeBatman, his secret identity was that of awealthy man, in this case Oliver Queen.

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“This is an attribute to ourstudents and staff that I workwith.”

Associate Director ofEvent Management AshleyCasteel said she was not sur-prised to hear that Herbst re-ceived the award “because heis involved in everything.”

Since Herbst has been inthe position, the number of

event reservations at the Stu-dent Center has increased,with more than 11,000 reser-vations made last year.

“The traffic was over 1.8million,” Herbst said. “Thatis more than double the peo-ple that visit Rupp Arenaeach year.”

Herbst is planning a yearof festivities to celebrate the75th anniversary of the Stu-dent Center.

The yearlong celebrationwill start in January and con-

tinue through the 2013-14year, Casteel said.

With a national award-winning director and a yearof celebration around thecorner, the Student Centerhas a busy future ahead.

“I think John has a visionto invest in student gatheringplaces; places where studentscan go and collaborate,”Blanton said. “He caresdeeply about the studentsand he works to put studentsfirst.”

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tors.”Fayette County Attorney

Larry Roberts said he was un-aware this was an ongoing is-sue.

“Theoretically that wouldbe a violation,” Roberts saidafter reading the statute. “Butit would pose a difficult juris-dictional problem.”

StubHub.com, a leadingsecondary-market ticket re-tailer, does not offer Big BlueMadness tickets on its site.

“Because tickets are free,StubHub is not offering tick-ets to the Big Blue Madnessat Rupp Arena,” is the mes-sage displayed when Stub-Hub users search for tickets.

There is clearly a demandfor tickets, however. Somefans, such as Daniel Fitz-patrick from Somerset, Ky.,have posted ads on Craigslistsearching for affordable tick-ets.

“Everybody is sellingthem way too high right now.$200 for a lower-arena ticket— that’s stupid,” Fitzpatricksaid. “I’ve never paid morethan $100 for a good ticket.”

He was on his computerat 7 a.m. when tickets wenton sale at Ticketmaster.com,but he was unable to purchasethem.

“You have to be verylucky to get them on Ticket-master, and I haven’t beenlucky the last several years,”Fitzpatrick said. “They areimpossible to get online.”

He said he thinks priceswill go down as the eventgets closer and is happy thatpeople are able to buy andsell them relatively easy.

“It’s good. If people arewilling to pay that, more pow-er to them,” Fitzpatrick said.

The Kernel attempted totalk to several eBay andCraigslist users via the web-sites, most of whom declinedto comment, about the ticketsthey had for sale.

Clay from Lexington,who would not give his lastname and who has a paperclip (along with four BigBlue Madness tickets) on saleon Craigslist for $280, saidhe camped out for two nightsand planned to attend theevent until a scheduling con-flict occurred.

“If this (selling them)don’t work, I will just givethem away for a friend,” hesaid. “I do know that morepeople were at the campout toresell the tickets than to actu-ally attend the event.”

UK Athletics spokesmanDeWayne Peevy was surprisedso many tickets have been putup for sale on the Internet.

“It’s disappointing. It iskind of surprising to me thatsome people that go throughthe process of camping out areputting those tickets online forsale,” Peevy said. “I wouldrather they just give them toanother fan for free — letthem enjoy the moment.”

Peevy encouraged fansnot to sell or buy tickets on-line.

“This is a special, pure

event that is free to our fans,”Peevy said. “I would love forour fans to keep it that way,and not sell them themselves— or better yet, how aboutthe fans not buy them fromthe people that put them onsale online?”

Each camper this yearcould receive four Madnesstickets, instead of two in pre-vious years.

“Maybe that changes inthe future to where we keep itat two tickets (per person), soyou don’t have two tickets(for yourself) and then two tosell,” Peevy said. “The sadpart of that is that it limits thepeople that really want tocome. I don’t think there is aperfect way to do it.”

“It does so much good,that it is worth a little

heartache. It’s (the ticketsales) something we don’tcondone and we wish wasn’thappening.”

Peevy said that the pas-sion for the team exhibited bythe fans at the campouts isunique to UK.

“It’s something differentand unique to this place. It issomething this administrationwants to maintain,” Peevysaid. “We could easily move itall online in some lottery formand still have a packed house,but this is something we dospecial here that can’t be du-plicated every other place.”

Are overpriced officesupplies also unique to Lex-ington?

“Everybody knows we’renot buying the rubber band,”Fitzpatrick said.

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Sometimes it’s tough tofind fun things to do aroundLexington and still remainfashionable. So when I sawthe article “A Great Getaway:10 Ideas for a Long FallWeekend” on the Voguewebsite, I was instantly in-spired. I have laid out fiveideas for a weekend in Lex-ington, and outfit choices tocoincide.

There is no better placeto relive your childhood and

pull out your best fall itemsthan at a pumpkin patch.Boyd Orchards is in Ver-sailles and offers the Pump-kin Festival, Oct. 13-14; theOctober Festival, Oct. 20-21;and the Harvest Festival,Oct. 27-28.

For more good times,travel to Kelly Farms in Lex-ington and race through thecorn maze.

Wear a pair of jeans andyour favorite boots, and ontop, think lots of layers. Agreat knit sweater with a jeanjacket or a khaki trench coatis perfect for the orchards.Top off your look with agreat cotton scarf.

Keeneland CollegeScholarship day is Friday.

Usually we see a lot of dress-es, but I’m going to proposesomething slightly differentfor my girls: pants. So manyfun prints are emerging thisseason. Look for printed,cropped pants or wide-legpants that are fun to wearwith heels. Pair them with aknit or button-up shirt andtop off your look with a greatfelt fedora. Find these looksat Anthropologie.com.

Haunted houses are pop-ping up everywhere. “FridayNights” at Jacobson Park willcontinue to run through Oct.31. There are three differentattractions: Dark Forest, Zom-bie Mayhem and 13 Doors.

It’s starting to get chillyduring the evening so you’ll

want to bundle up. Instead ofa hat, opt for a fun knit headwrap to keep your earswarm. You can find differentcolors and designs atEtsy.com. You won’t want tolose your footing whileyou’re running around, sowear a pair of chic lace-upcombat boots. Tie them tightand get ready to run.

Theater performancesaround Lexington are boom-ing. The UK Opera Theatreis putting on “Phantom of theOpera” until Oct. 14 and theLexington Opera House willfeature “Dracula” Oct. 19-20.

These are great events toget dressed up for, but youcan still remain cozy. Wear aknit dress to a performance.

You can put a pair of coloredtights underneath and stillwear heels. You’ll look justas fancy, but stay muchwarmer.

And for the concertgoers,Randy Houser will be at TinRoof this Thursday. Concertsaren’t the place to get superdressy, but they are one of thebest places to show your style.

Break out a pair of cow-boy boots, and to keep fromlooking too country, pairthem with a colored jean orcorduroys to keep warm. Abig sweater on top will pro-vide the perfect contrast.

If you’re bored in Lex-ington, try out one of thesegreat events and explore yourstyle options.

5 outfits for 5 activities out and about in Lexington

AMANDAPOWELL

Kernelcolumnist

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Fresh on the ballot30 vying for Student Government spots

PHOTO BY BECCA CLEMONS | STAFFBurkhardt and Hempel.

PHOTO BY BECCA CLEMONS | STAFFFrom left, Greene, Hollinden, Haggard and Ochsner.

PHOTO BY TESSA LIGHTY | STAFFHughes, Engle, Mullen and Hogue.

Austin MullenHometown: La Grange, Ky.Major: Marketing, manage-mentExperience: Junior classpresident, student bodypresident

Caroline EngleHometown: Richmond, Ky.Major: Natural resource/envi-ronmental science, agriculturaleconomicsExperience: Freshman classvice president; sophomore, jun-ior and senior class president

Hayden Hughes Major: Undeclared

Mandy HogueHometown: Buckner, Ky.Major: Special educationExperience: Class vicepresident for two years,school publicist for oneyear

Karl HempelHometown: Danville, Ky.Major: BiochemistryExperience: Elected representative of student body,freshman to senior year

Samuel BurkhardtHometown: Lexington, Ky.Major: Animal scienceExperience: Student Leadership Team for two years

Dwight HaggardHometown: Louisville, Ky.Major: Political scienceExperience: American Civil LibertiesUnion intern, participated inJefferson County Teen Court Programand in National Coalition to Abolishthe Death Penalty

Sam GreeneHometown: BowlingGreen, Ky.Major: Mining engineeringExperience: StudentCouncil vice presidentjunior and senior year

PHOTO BY TESSA LIGHTY | STAFFAdams, Kirkland, Ledford and Jared Wheatley.

PHOTO BY EMILY SALYERSDrew Henderson, Hasenjager, Kaylee Hobbs andRyan Drusano.

Jonathan Adams Hometown: Cave City, Ky.Major: BiologyExperience: Class presidentfor two years

Courtney JaconetteHometown: Dry Ridge, Ky.Major: Political science,EnglishExperience: Vice presidentof National Honor Society,class vice president for twoyears

Dethora HasenjagerHometown: Celina, OhioMajor: MarketingExperience: County auditor, representedhigh school at Buckeye Girls State, localpresident and state treasurer of FBLA

Gabriel AnthonyHometown: Champaign, Ill.,moved to Dallas over thesummerMajor: UndecidedExperience: Leadership positions in high school

Adam SteeleHometown: Harrodsburg, Ky.Major: Social WorkExperience: Vice president ofFCCLA, FBLA; liaison betweenMercer Maniacs and highschool administration

Jamie PateHometown: Hillview, Ky.Major: Electrical EngineeringExperience: Student Council,Senior Council, Track Teamcaptain, Hall Government vicepresident

Michael PerryHometown: Louisville, Ky.Major: UndeclaredExperience: Class president

Annie LedfordHometown: Louisville, Ky.Major: NursingExperience: Class treasurer

Mariel JacksonHometown: Murray, Ky.Major: Integrated strategic communicationExperience: Leadership Tomorrow alum-na and Senior Student Government(county attorney)

Lance TerrellHometown: Lawrenceburg,Ky.Major: Business manage-ment, political scienceExperience: Class represen-tative, student body vicepresident

Dontre WilliamsHometown: Louisville, Ky.Major: UndeclaredExperience: DECA Region 3Secretary and student bodyvice president sophomore year

Malia Christine Dunn-ReierHometown: Yorkville, Ill.Major: Spanish, marketingExperience: StudentGovernment president senioryear

Forrest MillerHometown: Hillview, Ky.Major: Marketing, managementExperience: Class president fortwo years, Student Council forfour years, president ofNational Honor Society,Kentucky State Next GenerationStudent Council member

Wm. Kenton MillerHometown: Canton, Ga.Major: Chemical engineeringExperience: SGA participant

Carrie KirklandHometown: Louisville, Ky.Major: Undergraduate studiesExperience: Beta Club, Key Club,Latin Club

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Wednesday, Oct. 10, and end at6 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 11.

Polling locations are the Student Center and White HallClassroom Building. Studentsalso can vote at uksga.org. Uncertified results will be

announced Thursday at 8 p.m. on the Student Center patio.

Pate, Williamscould not be

reached for photobefore deadline;Drusano, Hayden,

Henderson, Hobbs,Wheatley couldnot be reached

for bios.

PHOTO BY BECCA CLEMONS | STAFFChris Hayden and Mariel Jackson.

Jenna HollindenHometown: Louisville, Ky. Major: Marketing, managementExperience: Junior class president,Y Club president, FBLA vice presi-dent, Summit president at KUNA,alternate presiding officer atConference on National Affairs

Jaclyn OchsnerHometown: LousivilleMajor: Pre-pharmacy

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How does $2,000 a week sound for afirst-time job? How does working 15-20

hours from your dorm, houseor apartment sound? Soundstoo good to be true, right? Itis too good to be true.

The real question amongthese eye-catching descrip-tions is, “How does havingyour bank account and per-

sonal information compro-mised feel?” Scam jobs area growing threat to theeternally broke college stu-dent, and they are a truethreat to your personal af-fairs.

I was almost a victimof this fraudulent system, being within thelast phase of their convincing plan to acquiremy bank account information. Here’s how it

works: Credible businesses place job listingson online sites that are accessible to students,such as Monster.com or even Wildcat CareerLink, under fronts like “Office Manager” or“Office Assistant.” These positions give noindication of foul play when submitted. Theapplication process also follows an ordinaryprocess of submitting a resume and other job-related information. However, it is once theyreceive your contact information that the ploybegins.

For my personal experience, I was con-tacted by email by a man who may or not bean actual person or actually have the samename that was at the end of the email. First, Iwas asked to confirm my contact and addressinformation. Next, I was sent informationabout what the job would entail; but it wasvery ambiguous and did not specify the actu-al duties of the job. Also, no contact informa-tion was ever given for the man who sent me

the emails, except for the email address. Last-ly, I was mailed a check through FedEx andtold to deposit it into my bank account, let itstay there for 24 hours, and then wire themoney to the Philippines.

At this point, common sense took over,and I investigated the situation.

With the help of the Career Center, I wasable to discover the scam that this actuallywas: acquiring bank account and personal in-formation. The listing was quickly closed on-line, and everyone who applied for the jobhad their information locked from the em-ployer’s viewing. Although I did not haveany information stolen from me, the CareerCenter associates told me of several instanceswhere other students, both at UK and aroundthe state, had jumped to conclusions and de-posited the money.

For a college student, $2,000 is very en-ticing, and some want that money as soon as

possible. However, the money is never reallythere. The check will bounce, and the moneythat you are asked to wire to another locationis actually your money being transferred.

Many people in the business world wantto help college students because our skillsand knowledge can, in turn, help them; butthere are also people in this world that wantto take advantage of our financial situationsand exploit us for the money that we dohave.

Always remember, do not release yourbank account information or Social Securitynumber to employers over email or phone. Ifyou or anyone else run into a similar prob-lem, then contact the Career Center at UKwith your concerns; they will be able to helpyou, and they will notify the proper authori-ties.

Collin Ray is a human nutrition sopho-more. Email opinions@kykernel.com.

Students are targets of scam jobs, should know risks

COLLINRAY

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“How tall are you, anyway?”I get asked this a lot by random strangers. It’s the “any-

way” that gets me. It’s not like I wear a T-shirt announcing

my height, or run around exulting my tallnessuntil I wear down the good-natured patienceof strangers around me, forcing one of themto stop and ask. Literally almost every dayI’m out in public someone asks me how tall Iam.

Six feet, 6 inches if you must know.That’s 78 inches. 1.8 meters. 198 centime-ters. When you’re asked to assign a numberto your altitude on daily basis, you don’tforget that number, and sometimes you getcreative when reciting it.

They don’t want to know my name.They don’t want to know my degree, myoccupation or purpose for living. They want

to assign a random tally to a total stranger they may nevermeet again. (Tall people have hopes and dreams, too, youknow!)

How’s the weather up here? Ha ha, never heard that one

before. Well little fella, confidentially, it’s going to start rainingat your height in about 10 minutes. Did I play basketball? No;were you a jockey? (Apparently I’m the only tall person whonever played ball.)

It’s not acceptable to do the reverse, by the way. I can’t say“How’s the weather down there?” or “How short are you?”That would be rude. Don’t think I haven’t thought about it.

You wish you were this tall? Wish you could “go-go,Gadget Legs” so everyone looked up to you a little bit more?Save yourself. I’ve had seasoned adults twice my age and in-come confide they wish they’d been taller. You don’t knowwhat you’re wishing for. Sure, it has its advantages. Peoplelike to hire tall people. I don’t have to ask for help with itemson the top shelf in the store. I can see over crowds.

But good luck finding clothes that fit. Big and tall men’sstores? Yeah, thanks, I thought of that. Most manufacturers as-sume if you’re tall, you’re proportionately ... um, big. So eitherI wind up with a shirt that piles up around my waist (you couldfit two of me in them) or a shirt that fits my torso with sleevesway too short.

Forget about finding shoes, too. Forget about style, expectto pay out, and expect a long hunt. And expect the retailer’seyes to get wide when you ask for size 16. A lot of brands

don’t even make that size.Airline seats turn into two-hour exercises in knee-hugging

unless I shell out for exit row, or bat my eyelashes at somebenevolent seatmate. Those guard rails to keep you fromfalling off the fifth-floor balcony? Yeah, they come abouthalfway up the seat of my pants. One trip or shove, and mycenter of gravity would take over. Lectern microphones alsohit about halfway up my torso.

Bathrooms get awkward, too. Stall walls weren’t built formy height, and eye contact gets dang awkward while you’reanswering nature’s call.

So in summary, for all you munchkins, oompa-loompasand midgets out there, before you judge, remember we’re wag-ing private clothing and shoe battles every day. We don’t walkaround thinking about how gosh-darn tall we are, or how wecan use it to intimidate. We’d actually forget we’re freaks ifpeople would stop asking us every day. Remember that we’repeople, too.

And remember that, yes, at this elevation, the air does get alittle thin.

David Burnett is a business alumnus, a nursing student,and serves as director of public relations for Students for Con-cealed Carry. Email opinions@kykernel.com.

Being tall is not as easy as you might think

DAVIDBURNETT

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sports

Another game, anotherloss for the Cats.

Again it came from theteam taking on a top-25 oppo-nent, but the injury bug is be-ginning to get a bit excessive.

Even if UK meets an op-ponent it may be able to playup to, the team is so depletedit’s further set back than any-thing head coach JokerPhillips prepared for.

Upon seeing what hashappened to Arkansas duringthe season, this game has gonefrom a certain loss to possiblewin for the Cats.

However, injuries to bothsquads have an impendingstalemate in the works.1. Injuries

Freshman quarterbackPatrick Towles was supposedto be the answer. He was UK’snext golden-armed quarter-back. Saturday he displayed histalents on one drive. The ensu-ing drive showed his ankle

isn’t so golden as he scrambledaway from defenders, resultingin a chilling turn of his anklewhen taken to the ground.

The result of Towles’ in-jury is him definitely not tak-ing the field against Arkansas.

At Monday’s press con-ference, Phillips proceeded tolist more injuries, whichseemingly was the majorityof his secondary. “(Mar-tavius) Neloms is day-to-day.Mikie Benton is day-to-day.(Ashely) Lowery is day-to-day. And then Brown, KoryBrown is day-to-day.”

With so many injuries,the Cats are bordering dan-gerous territory, as the seasoncould go from bad to worsewith what is still remainingon the Cats’ schedule.2. Secondary

UK’s secondary, nowvaulted by freshmen, hasbeen producing a question-able product all season long.

Saturday UK played fivefreshmen as result of injuries.

The 269 passing yardsposted by the MississippiState Bulldogs is the mostagainst any opponent in theteam’s five wins this season.Keep in mind they also have

played Jackson State, Troyand South Alabama.

Defensive backs coachMike Cassity will need to seehis veteran members get backto full health so that the pass-heavy teams approaching ontheir schedule don’t make thenumbers more phenomenalthan they should be.3. Quarterback

Smith is out. Towles isinjured. Newton isn’t a viableoption. That leaves the Catswith a banged-up Jalen Whit-low to run the team.

Whitlow hasn’t playedpoorly, but teams should beable to expect what’s coming,given what they’ve seen fromhim in recent weeks.

He has yet to show hecan be a consistent threatthrough the air. His runninggame is threatening fromtime to time, but he isn’tenough of a total package tomake opponents worry.

Injuries hurt UK, Arkansas

PHOTO BY TESSA LIGHTY | STAFFFreshman quarterback Jalen Whitlow hasn’t played poorly, but he has yet to be a consistent passing threat.

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