PASSING Non-conference tests have men's soccer THE EXAM team feeling good about future 5,, spam. page 5 KENTUCKY KERNEL WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2008 CELEBRATING 37 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE WWW.KYKERNEL.COM UKstudent remains in critical condition By Jennifer Graham UK sophomore Blair Smith re— mains in critical condition at UK Hospital after being hit in the head with a bottle over the weekend. ac- cording to the Lexington Police De— partment. Lexington Police Department re- ceived a call around 3:30 a.m. Satur— day from the 500 block of Euclid Av- enue. near the Fish Tank Bar and Grill, said Edward Hart. an LPD lieutenant. Smith was found bleeding by a 911 caller. who did not know Where the attack occurred. How Smith got to Euclid Avenue and how exactly the incident oc- curred is still unknown. he said. “The Police Department was not sure if he was a part of a fight or not." Hart said. All police know now is that a bottle was the instrument used to in- flict the injury. said LPD spokes— woman Ann Gutierrez. Police are still trying to figure out what occurred. Gutierrez said. Detectives are investigating the case and have been trying to talk to potential witnesses. Gutierrez said. Smith‘s family contacted LPD Monday to file an official assault re— port. Gutierrez said. No arrests have been made. Smith‘s girlfriend. Caroline Kosse. said she was stunned when she got a call from her best friend early Saturday explaining what hap— pened. His friends told Kosse it all hap— pened so fast no one saw Smith hit the ground. although they saw him being hit with a bottle. she said. Kosse said she was several streets away when she got the call. and she rushed over. When she went to go see hint. she had no idea the in— jury would be so serious; she thought he just had a broken jaw. "Before the ambulance arrived hc was holding his jaw, and l was with him. asking him to move his mouth." she said. See Smith on page 4 The Fish Tank Bar and Grill, lo- cated on the corner of Wood— land and Euclid avenues, is near where police re- sponded to a 911 call and found Blair . Smith bleeding. He was then taken to the hospital. MAP BY EMILY COOVEIT STAFF Survey: Bike use up 37 perc By Taylor Howard news@kykernelEm The number of bikes on campus has grown by nearv ly 37 percent in the last ll) years. according to a survey performed Tuesday. A survey on bicycling conducted for 17K Parking and Transportation Services showed ing and exiting campus Tuesday. said 'l‘aylor Shelton. a bike surveyor and an intern for the Sustainable Campus Internship Program. in 1998‘s survey. which used the same methods. 3572 bikes were counted. The number of bike riders is about four times the growth of total enrollment from I tween those years. total enrollment grew by about 9.2 percent. At least 60 surveyors counted bikes at l4 check— points Tuesday around campus entrances. In addition to the number of cyclists entering and counted if cyclists were male or female. whether or not they were obeying traffic laws and whether they were wearing helmets. Data such as gender and whether cyclists followed the law hasn‘t been tallied yet. Shelton said. Parking and Transportation Services conducted the survey Tuesday to find out if UK‘s campus is suitable to accommodate the needs of bikers. said Stuart Kearns. associate director of Parking and Transportation Servic- CS. "We are doing the survey to.justil'y the increased need to make more bike parking facilities and amenis See Bike study on page 4 ent 4.882 bikes enter— 998 to 2007. BC~ lca\ing. surveyors Ti Ili BIG “0” "I I ;"' ‘ ' “tut; A. Social work freshman Tierra Hereford, left, and tmilngy freshman Ivy Jones laugh at a Joke during "The Female Orgasm" lecture Tuesday night in the Student Center Grand Ballroom 1,000 students find 'Female Orgasm' By Kelly Wiley kwiiey’étkvkernelcom dents the so called "myth” behind good sex —- the orgasm. “Before we begin. I know a it was definitely a sex educa— lot “1' pump, who tell you to turn worn at svmm CISLO . STAFF Economics junior Evan Cox stands at the corner of limestone and Virginia to record the number of bikes going by as a part of a study conducted by UK Parking and Transportation Servr ices Volunteers were stationed at l3 or’ the main entrance pornts on campus her involved. tion class. only students weren‘t stuck in a high school classroom. and there were no bananas or rub- Monday night in the Student (‘enter Grand Ballroom. sex edu— cators Dorian Solot and Marshall Miller explained about 1.000 sills from the audience. Solot said she got into the “sex talk business" because when See Orgasm on page 3 off your cell phones. but we just ask you to put them on vibrate." Solot said. receiving a big laugh Sex educator Dorian Solot tells students about some of her favorite magazine covers that mention the big ‘0" at "The Female Orgasm" lecture Tuesday night in the Student Center Grand Ballroom Mock election to Show political process BLKalli Long klong@kykernel com Students can rock the vote more than a month early wrth mock elections Wednesday. Student Government and Kentucky‘s Secretary of State will be hosting mock elections between ll am. and 2 pm. Wednesday. Two voting machines will be available for students. one located at the White Hall Classroom Building and the other outside the Commons (fomplex Students will have the opportunity to vote for Democratic. Republican and lit- dependent candidates in local and nation— al races. Ryan Smith. head of S(i's National Politics Advisory Board. said the mock elections are a great oprmrtunity for stu- dents. . “I wanted to do this because I wanted to allow students to become educated on how the voting process works and also to provide an opportunity to register to vote.” said Smith. a political science jun- IOT'. Wednesday's event will be the ninth stop for the voting machines. which have been at other college campuses across the state this fall. including Murray State University and Eastem Kentucky Univer» sity. Special Assistant to the Secretary of State Derek Hall. who has traveled with the voting machines. said voting is very important for college students. "You would be surprised at how many college students have never voted before." Hall said. “Being civically in volved is an important and not difficult process.” The deadline to register to vote in the November general election is Monday. for more information on how to register. visit the Secretary of State's Web site (wwwsos .ky.gov l. flunk-panhandle”. Hub making noise on campus By Amanda Laborio stfizkyk—ernel com The library may not be open 24/7. but that hasn’t start~ ed part of it from growing. The Hub opened in the basement of the WT. Young Library in March 2007. it had a 20 percent increase in m— quiries and assistance provided by staff members in the open- ing weeks of school compared with the year before. said Stacey (ireenwcll. head of the Hub. One of the key draws of the Hub is the basement‘s en- vironment. which is different from the rest of the library. said Greenwell. “The quiet study spaces are upstairs. so we‘ve desig— nated the Hub as a place for students to make a little more noise." she said. A place to work without worrying about staying silent ls welcome. said agricultural education freshman Daniel Spencer. “1 like that you can talk without trampling over other people's thoughts." he said. The library staff wants to see the growth contin- ue and offer more printing services. help desk hours. and furniture that better allows group study in the comv puter labs. Green» well said. The Hub is also working to provide more students with cell phone reception. The Hub also has a Face- book page to get the word out. I...we’ve designated the Hub as a place for students to It has make a little m more noise." STACEY Gnamwm head of the Huh “I created it primarily for visibility —-~ yet one more way students might find out about the Hub .2 but also as a way to encourage students to com- municate with us." (ireenwell said. Overall. the Hub has 274 com< putcr stations and space for more than 450 students. Windows and Mac comput- with high- specd lntemet ac- cess and software for creating multi- media presenta» -—~ tions. Jana Mc- Murtry. a biology senior. en— joys that the Hub has become more user-friendly over the Seaman-boom! m 257-1915 ”on“ mean I I