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JANUARY 23, 2008

KENTUCKY KERNEL

 

Todd takes
funding
outlook to
trustees

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After weeks of meetings with state offi-
cials. campus leaders and the media Presi-
dent Lee Todd addressed the effects of a drop
in state funding in front of the U K Board of
Trustees.

“It’s like a hospital. If you tell an admin—
istrator. ‘You can hire as many surgeons as
you want. but no new operating rooms.‘ it‘d
fall apart.“ Todd said. “and that‘s the state
we're in right now "

During the board s first lull meeting of
the semester Todd said the university s most
important request for the 2008-10 biennium
is operating funds which UK uses to pay
salaries and hire new employees The second—
highest priority for UK is capital projects.
which include build-
ing construction and
renovations.

Todd said a bud-
get cut like the one
Gov. Steve Beshear
asked public univer-
sities to prepare for
— a 12 percent de«
crease in state fund-
ing in addition to a 3
percent cut already
in place through July
‘ would hinder
UK‘s ability to find people and space.

To help the state deal with budget diffi—
culties. Todd said that his office is preparing
a report with suggestions for how the state
can save money using the same methods UK
uses in areas like healthcare costs.

“I think it is a very good time in the state
to look at the places we spend money." Todd
said.

Whether the board will approve less
funding for projects in coming months is still
not certain. said Frank Butler. executive vice
president for finance and administration.

Butler. who has worked with the board on
financial matters. said decisions by the state
legislature in the next few months would
shape U s budget. as the amount of funding
from the state won t be known until March or
April.

"The only thing we know for sure is the 3
percent budget cut." he said.

During its meeting yesterday. the board
also approved hiring Michael Speaks as the
new dean of the College of Design. Previous-
ly. Speaks was a professor at the Southem
Califomia Institute of Architecture and a lec-
turer for the University of Califomia. Los An-
geles Department of Architecture and Urban
Planning. He will officially take over as dean
on Feb. 1.

Speaks replaces David Mohney. who re—
signed as dean in June after serving more
than 13 years. Mohncy stayed at UK and is
currently a professor in the School of Archi-
tecture.

Finally. the trustees appiovcd yesterday
the three finalists for an alumni seat on the
board: NBC sports announcer Tom Ham-
mond. Nonhem Kentucky businessman .lohn
Cain. and Washington. DC. lawyer Jo Hem
Curris.

UK graduates voted between Nov. 30 and
Dec. 31 to select the finalists. whose names
will now be submitted to Beshear. The gover-
nor will choose one to serve a six-year term
from July I to June 30. 2014 as one of three
alumni trustees.

The newly selected trustee will succeed
Myra Leigh Tobin. an alumni trustee since
2002 whose term expires June 30.

"i think it is a
very good time in
the state to look
at the places we

spend money."

LEE TODD
UK plESIdenl

 

 

CELEBRATING 37 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE

 

UK 72, TENNESSEE 66

ROCKIN' RUPP

 

BRAD lUTTRELl | STAFF

Buster Patterson Jr hugs his son, freshman forward Patrick Patterson after UK' s 72 66 win over Tennessee last night in Rupp
Arena. Patterson led the Cats with 20 points and 8 rebounds in his 39 minutes of play.

ELLIOTT HESS [ STAFF

Sophomore forward Mark Coury left and sophomore guard Derrick
Jasper block a shot from Tennessee guard JaJuan Smith

Victory proves UK
can still Win the East

The national pundits have bceris saying all year how the
Southeastern (onlcranc is having a down year. Two- time de-
fending national Lhampion llorida doesn t have the same fire
power. and only three teams are ranked.

According to that logic then. yes. the
SEC is down. But in terms of excitement.
you need look no further than the Ken-
tucky basketball team‘s first four confer-

. . L‘nce games of the season.

My ‘ Two of those four games went into

( ' overtime. The other two games came
down to the gun and were decided by five
and six points. respectively.

Which is exactly why the SEC is any—

thing but down.

lf UK's first four conference games

have displayed anything. it's that this
whole SEC race is wide open. UK is right
in the mix of that uncertainty.

Last night. UK knocked off No. 3 Tennessee 72-66 in front
of a nostalgic and noisy Rupp Arena crowd. With the win. UK
now should have a new focus.

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SMITH
Kernel
columnist

See Smith on page A3

Cats upset No. 3 Vols,
knock off first top-5
opponent since 2005

Erlmisflalimr
twaldron@kykernel.com

Twenty—six point four seconds.

The clock read 0:264 when freshman
forward Patrick Patterson dropped in two
free throws. pushing the UK lead to eight
points and all but sealing the biggest win
thus far in the Billy Gillis‘pic Era.

And alter those 26.4 seconds ran off the
clock. Patterson and the Cats (8-0. 22
Southeastern Conference) celebrated their
72-66 win over No. 3 Tennessee (1672. 3-1
SEC) last night in front of 23.443 fans at
Rupp Arena.

“1 was like. ‘God please. if there is a
(ind. help me out here.‘ “ Patterson said. "1
knew I could make it. but I was hoping it
wouldn‘t rim out but luck was on my side
and it went in. l was tired but 1 \v is fighting
through it.

The C ats did it with .. ncwfound interior
offense and a stifling defense. a surprise
giv‘cn (iillispie's harsh criticisms of llK's
defense after its loss to Florida on Saturday
night.

Patterson and fellow big man Pcrry
Stevenson coriibiiied for .14 points and 15
rebounds to lead the Cats to their first win
over a top—five team since beating Louisville
in 2005. Patterson led the Cats with 20
points and b’ boards.

()n a night when Tennessee was sup—
posed to boast the balanced offense. it was
l7K who tallied four doublealig" scorers. as
senior guards Ranicl Bradley and Joe (‘raw -
lord added lo and 10 points. respectively.

'l‘ennessee‘s Chris Lofton. a Maysvillc.
Ky. nativc. camc out of the gate hot. scor—
ing 14 first-half poitits and propelling the
Volunteers to a 36-30 halftime lead. But
Lofton didn‘t score in the second half until
he hit two free throws with 2:19 left to play.
Lofton was able to break the SF.( careci
record for 3-pointcrs. nailing five to push
his total to 367. passing foriiicr Arkansas
Razorback Pat Bradley.

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UK opposes
allowing
guns in cars

By Blair Thoma§

bthornas©kykernolcom

A bill under consideration by
the state legislature that would al—
low guns to be kept in cars on col-
lege campuses is gaining opposi-
tion from legislators and educators
across the state. including at UK.

Another Kentucky law allows
state citizens to keep a gun in their
car. but it does not apply at colleges
and universities. which are allowed
to set their own firearm policies.

The universi-
ty currently bans
firearms on carn-
pus. and Presi-
dent Lee Todd
said he hopes it
will continue this
way.

“We believe
that policy best
serves the safety
of our students
and employees."
said UK
spokesman Jay
Blanton in an e-
mail. "We would
hope that the
members of the
Kentucky Gen-
eral Assembly
recognize that
the university
administration and Board of
Trustees are rightfully suited to
manage and set policy that is in the
best interest of the campus."

The bill. sponsored by Rep.
Bob Damron. D—Nicholasville.
would change the Kentucky law
that allows individual state colleges
and universities to ban firearms on
campus.

While House Bill 11-1 has more
than 50 co—sponsors. it will likely
not leave the judiciary committee
because Chairwoman Rep. Kathy
Stein. l)-l.exingtoii. is opposed to
it.

Damron

Stein

"The bill just isn't specific
enough." Stciii said. “It leaves too
much up lor interpretation
things that should be left up to the
universities to decide. Meddling in
the affairs of the universities is not
high on this conimittcc‘s list of pri-
ority issues."

Stein said she doesn‘t plan to
call the legislation for a committee
v‘olc.

Daiiiron said he doesn’t under-
stand Stcin and other house mem—
bers' strong opposition to the bill
because it‘s “no big deal."

“1 only want to allow responsi»
blc gun owners to keep their
weapons in their cars when they
drive to work or school." he said.

ll the bill were to become law.
11 would allow people to keep con-
cealed guns in their cars while
parked on campus and on other
university property. including stadi-
ums. arenas and hospitals. Daniroii
said. The gun owners could remove
the guns to defcnd tlicmsclvcs if
threatened.

Student (ioveriiiiicnt President
Nick Phelps doesn‘t think there is a
need to have guns on lTK‘s cani~
pus.

“I‘ve heard no L'oiiiplaints. no
upset people over not being al-

Soo Weapons on page A3

Students lead debate on presidential candidates, stances on key issues

§l_ Katie Jo Cox

excited about any of our candi-

tucky holds one of the last pri-

pick our nominees and right

 

news@kykernel com

About 40 people debated hot
topics in the presidential race.
including healthcare. Social Se-
curity and the Iraq War. last
night at a panel discussion in the
Student Center. and most agreed
that the Democrats have a leg up
in the race right now.

“The Republicans are going
to have a bloodbath." said
Thomas Roberts. one of the
three panelists and president of
UK College Republicans.

Four Republican candidates
have a good shot at winning. he
said. but none of them is really
taking the lead.

"The Republicans aren‘t in a
good position right now." said
Roberts. a political science and
economics senior. “We're not

dates."

The forum. organized by
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc..
began with a bit of insight into
how the path leading up to a
presidential election works.

“What we basically want to
do is educate students on the
election process and how the
primaries work. as well as offer
insight into the issues that each
candidate is trying to offer." said
Brittany lngram. a communica-
tion junior and member of Delta
Sigma Theta.

Both political parties have
similar processes to select their
candidate. which is done
through caucuses and primaries
held throughout the first several
months of the year and leading
up to nominating conventions in
August and September. Ken-

“hummus-allocate.

q 0

iiiaries. which will be on May
20.

No matter where this state
has stood in the past. all three of
the panelists agreed that Ken«
tucky could make a difference in
this year's election.

The Democrats are holding
strong candidates and the Re-
publicans are split between their
own. said Richard Becker. a
panelist and co-chair for the
College Democrats of Kentucky.
Even the smallest vote could
make a difference in who lands
the nomination. he said.

“One of the worst things that
happened to our politics here in
Kentucky is that it became too
much like the horse races." said
Becker. 3 political science and
history junior. “1 think we‘re in
the place where we're trying to

now it‘s just about policy and
nit—picking."

For students who want to
know more about the candi«
dates. Roberts suggested doing
research beyond just watching
the presidential debates. because
the arguments may take away
from the candidates‘ stances on
issues.

He encouraged students to
go to the candidates‘ Web sites.
which have detailed information
on where they stand. Becker and
the other panelist. lohn
Ghaelian. historian for UK Col—
lege Democrats. agreed. saying
it was worth doing research for
this election.

“In 2008 we have the unique
ability to vote for candidates
who stand for something." said
Ghaclian. a history junior.

 

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UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY

CRIME REPORT

 

UK Police reports from Jan. 15 to Jan. 21.

Jan. 15

Jan. 15

Jan. 15

Jan. 16

Jan. 16

Jan. 16

Jan. 16

Jan. 17

Jan. 17

Jan. 17

Arrest for disorderly conduct reported from
Blanding Ill at 3:51 am. regarding two males
and one female.

Theft reported from Ben F. Roach Building at
12:24 pm.

Theft of purse reported from Patterson Office
Tower at 1.14 pm.

Theft reported from Samaritan Hospital at
7:30 am.

Theft of bag, ID and iPod reported from the
Johnson Center at 9:52 am.

Theft reported from Commonwealth Stadium
at 6:29 pm

injury accident reported from the corner of
Rose Street and Funkhouser Drive at 7:31 pm.

Arrest following a traffic stop reported from
the corner of University Drive and Hospital Dri-
ve at 5:52 am.

Theft of cell phone reported from WT. Young
Library at 1:03 pm.

Criminal mischief reported from K Lot at 1:19
pm. regarding a Jeep Cherokee that was bro~
ken into and a broken window in the car next
to the Jeep.

Theft reported to UK Police Department at
1:49 pm. regarding a wallet that was lost or
stolen near Blazer Hall.

Assault reported from the Kentucky Clinic at
5:49 pm. regarding a student in University
Health Services with cuts on her arms.

Drug/marijuana use reported from Kirwan

Jan. 17

Jan. 18

Jan. 18

Theft reported from K Lot at 7:37 pm. regard-
ing a broken window on a Jeep Wrangler.

Theft of a cell phone reported from UK Hospi-
tal at 8:25 am.

Assault reported from the Sigma Phi Epsilon
house at 10 am. regarding a subject who was
punched on Rose Lane near the Sigma Alpha
Epsilon house.

Arrest following a traffic stop reported from
Waller Avenue and South Limestone Street at
1:33 am.

Arrest after search reported from Huguelet Av
enue at 8:03 pm. regarding a subject who
pulled a gun on someone.

Arrest following a traffic stop reported from
the corner of South Limestone Street and
Chrysalis Court at 1:23 am.

Arrest following a traffic stop reported from
the corner of Columbia Drive and Dldham Av—
enue at 3:27 am

Arrest for alcohol intoxication reported from
UK Hospital at 5:21 am.

Theft reported from UK Hospital at 11:39 pm.
Theft reported from the Ralph G. Anderson En-
gineering Building at 9:57 am.

Injury accident reported from the corner of
Cooper Drive and Sports Center Drive at 11:25
am.

Drug/marijuana use reported from Blanding
Tower at 10:07 pm.

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lowed to have guns on campus."
Phelps said. “So when it comes to
a question of need. 1 just don‘t
see the need for allowing it."

Damron said he didn‘t expect
this much opposition for the bill
when he introduced it at the be-
ginning of the 2008 legislative
session. If Stein refuses to hear it.
HB 114 will die in the committee
and Damron would have to get
the bill sent to another committee
or get at least 25 lawmakers to
sign a discharge petition for the
bill to have a chance to be voted
on by the House.

He said he’s hoping to gain
that support when a representa—
tive from the National Rifle As—
sociation comes to Frankfort to
lobby for the bill. Damron said he
may try to force a vote on the
House floor after that.

“This legislation is important.
and it deserves a vote." he said.

tween noon and 1 pm.

 

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Tennessee head coach Bruce Pearl scowls after a referee made a call

against the Volunteers,

SMITH

Continued from page A1

 

more. That shouldn‘t be the fo-
cus. The focus should be on
the SEC Tournament.

UK is now only a game out
of first place in the still very
muddled SEC East. That puts
them in a tie for third place.

UK's goal now should be
to win the East. and at worst.
finish second. A first or second
place finish gives them a bye
into the SEC quarterfinals.

That makes a huge differ-
ence.

As for the big difference
against Tennessee. two things
stood out —— free-throw shoot-
ing and a newfound post game.

After Tennessee‘s Chris
Lofton tied the game up at 60
with 2:19 left. UK made its last
12 free throws. Ramel Bradley
hit eight from the stripe. Jodie
Meeks and Patrick Patterson
each made two.

Patterson went to the foul
line because his teammates fi~
nally looked to get him the ball.
At the forefront of that move-
ment was Perry Stevenson.

Whenever Stevenson had
the ball. he first looked to pass
to Patterson. He looks for him
for at least two seconds. hop-
ing Patterson can create space
if he was initially covered.

And. more often than not.

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Stevenson gets it to him. Op-
posing defenses double-team
Patterson. leaving Stevenson
open. He responded to all of
the open looks by scoring 14
points on 6-for-7 shooting and
grabbing seven rebounds.

This win could turn into a
huge disappointment if the
Cats don‘t capitalize on it like
they didn‘t capitalize on the
Vanderbilt win in the confer-
ence opener.

South Carolina comes into
Rupp on Saturday with a 1-2
league record. After that. UK
travels to Georgia and Auburn.
The Cats then get winless Al—
abama at home before heading
to Nashville for a rematch.

That‘s four opportunities
for UK fans to reasonably ex-
pect wins. 1f UK does that.
they would get to 6-2 in the
league. and they would move
to 4-1 against teams in the
East. That would be important
if the Cats want to get the No.
1 or No. 2 seed in the East.

That process will take a
few weeks to materialize.

Right noW. this might still
be an average team with an
above-average task. But by
beating one of the nation‘s top
three teams. they showed that
just about anything can happen
this year in the SEC.

Jonathan Smith is a jour-
nalism senior. E-mm'l
jsmirh@kykernel.com

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86 Senate to meet tonight

The Student Government full Senate will meet tonight at 8
to vote on legislation from last week‘s committee meetings.
Three Senate special projects will be presented. and the Senate
will vote to confirm the Election Board of Supervisions. ac-
cording to the agenda for the meeting. Also on the agenda is an
amendment to the Election Act and a resolution conceming a
guest-student ticket policy for all Southeastern Conference reg-
ular season football games. A bill introduced to committee
proposing to add five at-large senators was withdrawn earlier
this week. said Senate President Tyler Montell.

Protesters gather at Patterson Office Tower

Between 15 and 20 people protested UK‘s plan to commer-
cially log 800 acres of UK-owned Robinson Forest for a
forestry research study. said protest organizer Jane Marie Watts.

The protesters. some holding signs and others playing in-
struments. stood in the Patterson Office Tower lobby to talkto
Board of Trustees members before the 1 pm. board meeting.
The board members were on the 18th floor at a luncheon be-

Watts. who is part of local activist organization Kentucky
Heartwood. said she felt the protest was successful even though
no board member may have walked by.

“We are trying to raise awareness not just with the board
but with the students." Watts said.

 

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The Cats held Tennessec to
just 38.6 percent shooting. in-
cluding a 7—for--26 performance
behind the 3—pomt line. JaJuan
Smith and Tyler Smith. two of
UT"s three leading scorers coin-
ing into the game. combined for
only 12 points.

Meanwhile. the Cats shot
48.9 percent from the field. in-
cluding 12-for—24 in the second
half.

Tennessee stretched the lead
to 10 early in the second half on
forward Wayne Chism‘s dunk.
but a quick 6—0 run got the Cats
back into the game. Another X-(l
run. sparked by consecutive .loc
Crawford 3~pointcrs. tied the
game at 50. and both teams trad-
ed baskets A and leads A from
there.

Crawford was knocked to
his back on the first basket and
appeared to have aggravated his
foot injury. Gillispie tried and
failed to garner the attention of
the officials during Tennessee‘s
possession to get Crawford out.
On the next possession. Craww
ford hit the second 3-pointcr. ty-
ing the game and bringing the
Rupp Arena crowd to its feet.

The team's traded leads sev-
eral times after that. but after
two Lofton free throws tied the
game at 60 with 2:19 to play.
UK sealed the game from its
own charity stripe. By the time
Patterson stepped to the line
with 24.6 seconds left. the game
appeared to be — and ultimately
was ~ a done deal.

UK closed the game by mak-
ing 12 consecutive free throws in
the final 90 seconds and walked
out of the gym with what Gillispie
called the “perfect" win.

“The way it happened was
perfect.“ he said. “These guys
have figured it out — it's a 40-
minute game. They‘re going to
be as tough as anybody we play
against no matter what the situa—
tion might be. They‘re going to
battle ‘til the end every single
time. That's what makes you so
proud as a coach."

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January 23,

SPORTS

ED MATTHEWS | STAFF

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Sports Editor

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Memorial (‘oliseum is probably best known as the
‘sL‘llllc ol the l'ls' men‘s basketball team from l‘)5(t to
lUTTL luii \llttc then II has been the home to the
“omens basketball. \olleyball and gymnastics pro
grants \\ ith the (kits' season lll lllll swing. it‘s dtie time
for the Si.itlitiiti Ratci to c\aluate the qualities of the
legendary aieiia \leiiioi'ial (‘oliseum is one of the rich,
est lll\l|lllttll spoils tatilities in the touiitry atid pi‘iv
\itlcs a \ei satile and tun tilled e\pei'ieiice toi fans of all

tlic spoils ll liotises

Seafing

lot 3“ seasons. the men's basketball team filled
\lunotial (‘uliseum to its then-capacity of ll.5tll'i tans
\iid while \leinoiial only houses HSIIII seats today. it
otleis .i picniitiin \ ten of the llooi ti'oiii any of them In
l‘IHK. I Is packed the menu \\Illl a iecord crowd of
10.032 tans to watch the team‘s soon upset win over
No ‘\ Old Dominion The lower poition of the arena is
chair seating. but much like most basketball tacilities.
the upper arena lcatures bleacliei-only seating. (her
time. l‘lt'tltllk'l' seating can he an uncomlortablc e\peri-
cute. but then again. tans should be standing and cheer-
ing tor the niaioiity of the game anyway.

Playing Surface

The couit at Memorial (’oliscum is your standard
college basketball hardwtmd. The floor has been resur-
laccd multiple times o\ er the years. and its age is no-
ticeable. yet the playing surface remains in great shape.
.\n\ court that can be kept up during games by towel
boys undei the age of III desencs a solid rating. The
tlooi boasts \ersatility that no other sports facility on
campus can match. During the course ol the week. it
can be changed to accommodate basketball. \olleyball
oi gymnastics lll an incredibly shoit period of time.

Game-Day Availability

located on .\\enue ot (‘hampions in the middle of
I'K's tdllll‘th. \lcniorial (‘oliscum is easily within
walking distance tor students li\iiig in the North or
South (‘ampus residence halls. The walk is no greater
than the one toi class For families and students living
oil campus. l'ls' opens up parking in both adjacent
employee parking lots to aceoitmiodate tiayelers. But
t