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Top diversity position filled; new VP wants open-door policy

By Jill um;

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A little more than a year after the
search began. the president and provost
have selected UK‘s top diversity official.

Judy "JJ." Jackson of Vassar College
in Poughkeepsie. NY. will begin as the
vice president for institutional diversity
July 1. Jackson visited UK earlier this
month. and she said she knew she wanted
the job during her first day on campus.

sensed that at UK. that would
have ended my interest."

In her new role. Jackson will
be responsible for advising the
president and the provost on how
university decisions will affect
UK’s diversity goals. The posi-
tion will also include coordinat-
ing diversity efforts among stu-
dents. faculty. staff and adminis-
tration.

One challenge Jackson said she antic-

Jackson

with college deans. department
heads and other university offi-
cials to see where different UK
programs are at in terms of di-
versity.

“A program like this is go-
ing to take years and. years. and
laying the groundwork is criti-
cally important." she said.

To begin looking at how stu—
dents see diversity at UK. Jack-

son said she would talk with student lead-

The number of UK students would
limit the amount of time she could spend
speaking one-on-one with them. Jackson
said, but she stressed that an open—door
policy with students is a must. and she
would look at what times she could set
aside that would be convenient for them.

Patrick Nally. a marketing and inte-
grated strategic communications junior.
said he hopes Jackson will sit down with
members of the UK community and
come up with long-term goals for diversi-

“Most of the time an institution will
hire someone at any level and say ‘OK.
our work is done.’ “ she said. “If I had

ipates is finding gaps between diversity
goals and policy in different programs on
campus. Jackson said she plans to meet

ty has collected.

ers and student affairs officials. as well as
look at data on diversity that the universi-

ty efforts when she arrives on campus.

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Judge finds
Ragland
liable for
UK death

By Alice Haymond

ahaymond©kykernolcom

A Fayette County judge ruled
yesterday that Shane Ragland.
who pleaded guilty to second-de-
gree manslaughter in August. is li-
able for the death of former UK
football player Trent DiGiuro.

DiGiuro. a former offensive
lineman. died from a gunshot to
the head on July 17. 1994, while
celebrating his birthday on the
front porch of his Woodland Av-
enue home.

After the criminal case end-
ed in August with Ragland‘s
guilty plea. the DiGiuro family
resumed a civil suit that was ini-
tially filed in
2002 for darn-
ages against
Ragland.

T h e
DiGiuro fami-
ly submitted a
motion for
s u m m a r y
judgment on
Sept. 26. re-
questing that
they would not have to prove
Ragland‘s liability before moving
forward with the civil trial.

But Ragland's attorney.
Steve Romines. responded to the
DiGiuros‘ suit on Oct. 26. stat-
ing that his client‘s guilty plea
did not establish liability in
DiGiuro‘s death.

In that response. Romines
said the consequences of going to
trial played a role in Ragland‘s de-
cision to plead guilty and did not
necessarily prove his guilt.

However. the judge's ruling
yesterday allows the DiGiuro
family to continue the civil suit
trial and receive compensation
from Ragland without proving
his guilt.

The DiGiuros declined to
comment yesterday and referred
the Kernel to their attorney.
Thomas Conway.

“They‘re glad that it moved
forward." Conway said. “They’ve
been waiting awhile."

Romines could not be reached
yesterday to comment on the rul-
ing.

Ragland was convicted of
DiGiuro's murder in 2002 and
sentenced to 30 years in prison.
But the conviction was overturned
in 2004 when the State Supreme
Court ruled that prosecutors mis-
spoke in closing arguments.

The Supreme Court over-
turned the conviction again in
March 2006 and ordered a new
trial after research indicated that
bullet lead tests that connected
Ragland to the crime were unre-
liable in the original trial.

In exchange for the August
plea. prosecutors recommended
that Ragland serve an eight-year
sentence. Ragland received
credit for more than four and a
half years served in prison as
well as 14 months of home in-
carceration while he was out of
prison on bond. He finished his
sentence Aug. 30.

The jury trial for the civil suit
will begin during the summer.
Conway said. Because Ragland is
considered liable for DiGiuro‘s
death. he will have to pay dam-
ages. but the amount will not be
determined until the jury trial.

 

Classes explore UK Island,
use digital world for research

After leaving the WT. Young Library. a student could
make a quick trip back to Paris in 1900 or conduct theoreti»
cal fieldwork among millions of virtual characters across the
world using UK's recent purchase. a virtual island in Second

Life.

Second Life, which began in 2003. allows people to cre~
ate a virtual life by buying property. building landscapes and
structures. and inventing a character to explore the virtual
world and what other people have put into it.

"Research shows students learn better through play." said
political science professor Christopher Rice. who is using the

Second Life

 

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in our classrooms. we‘re likely to see a major improvement."

Second Life is not just for programmers and gamers: it
has tremendous potential as a teaching and research plat-
form. Rice said.

Purchased in late November. UK Island is a virtual sim—
ulation of different aspects of the university‘s real—life cam-
pus. including a virtual mini Student Center with couches
where students‘ characters gather for meetings. The island
also has a W.T. Young Library with resources available.
identical simulations of signs around campus and cat paws
paved along the sidewalks between campus buildings.

“We tried to put in elements ol L'K." Rice said. “We
wanted the feel of UK. but we're not trying to replicate the

ILLUSTRATION 8V BRAD LUTTRELL I STAFF

Students in Rice‘s class are creating virtual characters
called avatars to cxplorc the world of Second Life and ob—

serve environments other people are building. The) can cx—

virtual world this semester in his PS 545 American Political

Thought class. “

 

If we can start using this as a teaching tool

amine examplcs of their theoretical know ledgc in the "field."
or the rest of the virtual world. Ricc said.

See Virtual on page 6

Mayor: Supporting universities key to Lexington’s future

have made in 2007 to .ttltlrL‘\\
l.cxrngton\ human. economic.
physical and cultural needs,”

By Hayley Schlatkar

naws®kykernelcom

Lexington Mayor Jim New-
berry stressed the importance of
maintaining and expanding
higher education opportunities
in Lexington last night at the
State of the Merged Govem-
ment Address.

Institutions such as UK.
Transylvania University. and
Bluegrass Community and
Technical College must be sup-
ported to provide quality em~
ployees to Lexington business-
es and to maintain Lexington‘s
reputation as an educational
center. he said.

”We must jealously guard
that reputation so that the
young people here tonight will
have the opportunity to obtain a
quality education without hav-
ing to leave our community."
NeWberry said.

One step that Newberry‘s
office has taken is forming the
Bluegrass Business Develop-
ment Partnership. an effort in-
volving UK and Commerce
Lexington that seeks to change
the way jobs are brought to
Lexington.

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PHOTOS IV ELLIOTT HESS i STAFF

Mayor Jim Newberry gave his second State of the Merged Government address yesterday at the Lexington
Opera House. Higher education will play an important part of the city's future, he said

“We have provided substan—
tially greater financial support
of our efforts to bring high
quality jobs to Lexington so
that our young people will be
able to find attractive. high-
paying jobs in our horse. health
care and high-tech industries

without having to leave [,exing
ton." Newberry said.

Newberry also highlighted
other accomplishments that
benefit UK students. including
work on paving roads and on
increasing the number of bike
lanes.

Ncwberry said he was
pleased with the improvements
made around UK and the entirc
community. but looked forward
to taking more steps forward in
2008.

“Tonight we need to look
back at the progress which we

Newbcrr) said. “but we must
also look ahead. to maluatc
what else we must do to leave
our childrcn and future gcncra-
tions a better home than that
which was left to us by prior
generations oi lexingtonians,"

Ncwbcrry noted that Lim
Stcvc Bcshcar announced last
week his financial backing on
two of Lexmgton's top priori-
tics: improvements at the Ken-
tucky Horse Park and new run-
way construction at thc Blue
Grass Airport.

Those projects are impor»
tant for the upcoming 2010
World Equestrian (iamcs. New -
bcn'y said. which he anticipates
will have a positive impact on
the (‘cntral Kentucky region

“The World Equestrian
(iamcs provides Us with an un-
paralleled opportunity to show -
case our arts to the world."
Ncwbcrry said. “I know that we
will surprise many of our guests
with what remarkable arts and
cultural offerings we have to
share."

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Tuesday
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SPORTS

Cats fans have plenty to watch
while waiting for weekend’s games

and lost 72-46. Thursday they‘ll play at No. 17
Georgia. Sunday they‘ll travel to Knoxville.
Tenn.. to play No. 2 Tennessee.

Three games in seven days against teams
with an average ranking of about nine. Good
thing UK is off to a great start in league play.

After going just 6-8 in non-conference play.
the ladies are 4-2 and in third place overall (in
Southeastern Conference women‘s hoops. the
conference isn‘t split up into the Eastern and
Western Division.)

Just like that stretch for the football team. it
will be important for the women‘s basketball
team to win one of the three games. Thursday's
game against Georgia will probably be the Cats'
best chance since they lost to Tennessee by 25
points at home 12 days ago.

n Friday. gymnastics. at LSU. When people
think about the SEC. usually football is the first
sport that comes to mind. That’s not to say the
SEC isn‘t excellent at football — just ask Ohio
State — it's just that the conference is probably
even more dominant in gymnastics.

 

As soon as the men‘s basketball team gets on
a roll and wins two straight games they get a
week off.
Yes, the Cats have it going now. They’ve
won consecutive games for the first time since
Nov. 27. and they‘ll have a
chance to get back over
.500 — a mark they
haven’t seen since Dec. 8
— this weekend at Geor-
gia.

But until then. and until
the undefeated Patriots
blow out the Giants in Su-
per Bowl XLII on Sunday,
UK fans are going to have
to find something to do
with their time.

Here’s a list of three
UK teams that have big

events this week that all UK
fans should keep track of:

Junior defense-
man Alex Robin
son calls for the
puck in a game
against Kenne-
saw State dur~
ing the weekend
of Oct. 19.

ED MATTHEWS
STAFF

Not your typical club team

Rowdy fans make home—ice a cool place for UK

 

 

 

 

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t

n Wednesday, women‘s tennis. versus
Louisville. It's exciting anytime U of L and UK
play each other. This tennis match should be no
different.

UK is off to a 3-0 start and the Cats are up to
No. 34 in the national rankings. They are com—
ing off a 7-0 win over No. 23 Michigan. The
Cards are 1-1 on the year. and they just beat
Michigan State.

Last year. UK beat the Cards 6-1 at
Louisville. Most of that UK team is gone this
season — the Cats have three freshman. three
sophomores and no seniors — so it would be
worth seeing what the UK squad is going to look
like over the next few seasons.

n Thursday. women‘s basketball. at Georgia.
Remember when the UK football team had to play
South Carolina. Louisiana State and Florida this
year? At the time. each of those teams was ranked
in the top-12. The women‘s basketball team is up
against the same type of stretch right now.

On Sunday. the Cats played then-No. 9 LSU

Of the top 10 teams in last week's national

gymnastics rankings. five are from the SEC. The
top three teams are Florida. Georgia and Alabama.
LSU, UK‘s opponent on Friday night. is No. 5.

UK is 1-1 in the conference. but that could

change dramatically over the next few weeks.

Look at the run the gymnastics team has to

navigate through the rest of the season: last week
against No. 3 Alabama. No. 5 LSU on Friday.
then No. I Florida. No. 10 Arkansas and No. 2
Georgia.

And if that wasn't enough. the Cats then

play three straight nonuconfercncc matches
against No. 13 Nebraska. No. 14 Arizona and
No. 18 Ohio State.

If they can get a win or two out of that

gauntlet. then anything is possible.

Maybe even the Giants beating the Patriots
in the Super Bowl.
Jonathan Smith is a journalist): senior. E-

mail jsmr'th@kykernelr'mn.

 

SPORTS BRIEF

 

Bradley, Patterson earn SEC honors

For the first time in school history. the UK
men’s basketball team swept both the South-
eastern Conference Player and Freshman of
the Week honors. Senior guard Ramel Bradley
was named SEC Player of the Week and for-
ward Patrick Patterson was named SEC Fresh—
man of the Week. the league office announced
Monday.

Bradley. who was awarded SEC Player of
the Week honors for the first time in his career.
averaged 21.0 points. 8.0 rebounds and 4.5 as-
sists to lead the Cats to wins over No. 3 Ten-
nessee and South Carolina. Bradley saw his
streak of six straight games with 20 or more
points come to an end Tuesday as the senior

Freshman
forward
Patrick Pat~
terson, left,
and sopho-
more forward
Perry Steven-
son battle for
a rebound
against
South Caroli-
na on Satur-
day.

ELLIOTT HESS
STAFF

guard scored 16 points against the Volunteers.
But Bradley was X-for-X from the free throw line
over the game‘s final 1:30 helping nail down the
72—66 win. The New York City native led all
scorers with 26 points in the 78-70 win over
South Carolina. and added 10 rebounds for his
second career double—double.

Patterson was named SEC Freshman of
the Week for the second time this season. The
forward averaged 21.0 points. 8.5 rebounds.
2.5 assists and 2.5 blocks last week to help
lead UK to its first back—to—back wins since
Nov. 27.

The announcement marked only the third
time a school has eamed both SEC Player and
Freshman of the Week honors. and the first
time since Tennessee did so on Dec. 25. 2006.

 

 

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sports@kykernel.com

At first glance. freezing tem-
peratures. post-midnight start
times and a lack of funding
would seem to be enough to
doom a small club team.

So how does the UK hockey
team make the Lexington lce
Center a popular destination
long after most people have
gone to bed? Add a few hundred
college co-eds. a pinch of late-
night hysteria and a little Garry
Glitter music and allow ingredi-
ents to chill.

“It‘s a crowd like no other."
said Alex Robinson. a UK junior
defenseman.

The Cool Cats. who play in
the Southeast Conference of Di-
vision ll of the American Colle-
giate Hockey Association. swept
a pair of games from Ferris
State University over the week—
end to improve to 16-9-2 on the
season. Robinson said UK‘s suc—
cess has been due in large part
to the home—ice atmosphere at
the Lexington lcc Center.

"This crowd provides a huge
advantage for us.“ Robinson
said. “We can hear them chanti-
ng before the game from the
locker room. It gets everybody
pumped up."

Manager and announcer Jim
Hinkley stirs the crowd up dur-
ing games with an eclectic
soundtrack of rock ballads. Dur—
ing Saturday night‘s game. fans
heard the theme to the “Teenage
Mutant Ninja Turtles." "Ghost-
busters" and Lynyrd Skynyrd‘s
“Freebird.”

But no song gets the fans
going like Garry Glitter’s "Rock
and Roll Pan Two." The song is
played after every goal netted by
the home team.

The fans also add to the
home-ice advantage by berating
opposing teams. After each Cool
Cat score. fans break out into a
chorus of “you sucks" closing
out the song by yelling in unison
“we‘re gonna beat the f——— out of
you!"

The university provides
about 1 percent of the funding
needed to operate the team. ac-

cording to the UK hockey Web
site. As a club team. UK hockey
does not receive the funding
provided to more prominent var-
sity sports.

But that hasn't seemed to
slow the Cool Cats' progress.

Most of the team’s $65000-
plus budget comes from ticket
sales to those rowdy fans. as
well as sponsorships from local
businesses. Players also have to
pay a $750 registration fee each
year.

Despite financial strains. the
Cool Cats have developed a rep»
utation for having competitive.
winning teams. which have won
at least 19 games in each of the
past three seasons.

“1 have traveled with the
team all over the country and I
can tell you this: Kentucky
hockey fans rule!" Hinkley
wrote in a letter to the fans
printed in the team‘s program.
“There are no other fans any-
where in the American Colle«
giate Hockey Association that
can hold a candle to you."

Robinson said UK doesn‘t
enjoy the same support when
they play away from home.

“On the road there is no
crowd." he said. "Just family.
friends and maybe 15 fans or so."

The Cool Cats have also at-
tracted a few celebrity fans.
Since the 1998-99 season. the
UK hockey team has produced a
schedule poster featuring a
prominent Kentucky beauty.
clad in only a UK hockey
sweater. The first poster. which
remains the most popular. fea-
tured actress Ashley Judd in a
No. 1 sweater.

Actressses Rebecca Gay-
heart and Leah Lail. models
Julie and Shawnie Costello.
Kylie Bax and Alison List. box-
ing announcer Amy Hayes. and
former-Miss USA Tara Conner
have since graced the annual
hockey poster.

Maybe it's the late-night
party atmosphere. Maybe it‘s
whatever the security guards are
looking for when they search
fans entering the arena. Maybe
it‘s those famous hockey
posters. Whatever the secret in—
gredient for success is. fans like
Robbie Brooks think the UK
hockey team has found it.

"I don‘t really know any-
thing about hockey. but the at-
mosphere at these games is just
electric." said Brooks. an agri-
culture biotechnology sopho-
more. “You can‘t help but get
caught up in it.”

 

 

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Ethics report doesn't
answer all questions
in ticket controversy

In early October. we suggested that
Student Govemment Sens. Jesse Par—
rish and Blake Bumett had offset their
mistakes in a ticket—resale controversy
by donating the profits to UK‘s Vio-
lence Intervention and Prevention (‘ens
ter. At the time. it seemed like addi»
tional investigation was unnecessary.

"Barring further revelations about
their conduct. it seems the case is
closed as far as

found evidence that Burnett had actu«
ally sold tickets for $25 each. the Ker-
nel reported Thursday.

Baustien said he believes Parrish
“told the whole truth in his deposition"
and that there is sufficient evidence to
show that Burnett committed perjury.

If this is true and Burnett lied tin--
der oath. then the SG Senate should
vote to impeach and remove him. Sini-

ilarly. if evidence

they're concemed."
we wrote.

Last week.
those “further reve—
lations" came out.
Following a sever—
al-month~long in—
vestigation. an
Ethics Commission
led by SG Attomey
General Beau Baustien released a re-
port indicating there is more to the
senators‘ purchase and resale of Corey
Smith