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Condemned frat house reopens

§y_ Jill Lester

Ilaster@kykernel. com

Sigma Pi members began
nroving hack into their house Sat-
urday three days after it was corr-
demhed by the city a fraternity
leader said.

About 29 fraternity members
were living in the house when it
was condemned on Wednesday
aftemoon. said Ross Vincent. sage
of UK s Sigma Pi chapter.

Service technicians hired by
the fraternity worked on the utili—
ties soon after the city corr-
denrned the Sigrrra Pi house. and
fraternity brothers began clean«
ing and making repairs. Vincent
said.

"The fact that we had all of

our brothers help out. chip in and
do our part is great." he said.
The house. at 364 Aylesford

Place. was condemned Wednes—
day afternoon after herng issued
between l5 and 2t) Litations by
the Lity said David Jarvis Lex»
ington Lode enforcerrtent drrec~
tor.

"ll was just full of beer cans.
garbage everywhere." Jarvis said.

Under codc-enforcement poli—
cy. the fraternity members were
not allowed to live in the house
while it was condemned. Jarvis
said.

If the fraternity house‘s viola-
tions —~ which included electrical
problems. fire hazards and
garbage .. were not cleared up in
a week. the house would have
been boarded up. Jarvis said.

UK officials offered the dis-
placed fraternity members on«
campus housing. but rrrost mem»
hers stayed with friends or frater—
nity brothers. Vincent said.

CELEBRATING 37 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE

Vincent said he was surprised
when he leamed the house had
been condemned.

"I thought we would at least
get some kind of notification of
what needed to be done." Vincent
said.

Jarvis said there was a lot of
trash in the house. including feces
in the kitchen. Jarvis said he did
not know if the excrement was
animal or human.

“What happened was we had
a huge plumbing problem the
week before and it was still
backed up." Vincent said. "They
were supposed to be working on it
when all this happened."

Although Jarvis said the Sig»
ma Pi house was dirty. he said
code enforcement officers have
encountered bigger problems.

“It‘s not the worst I've ever
seen." Jarvis said.

TRACY GALLOWAV l STAFF

The Sigma Pi house on 364 Ayleslord Place was
condemned Wednesday and reopened Saturday

UK 78, SOUTH CAROLINA 70

Bradley ﬁnds his ‘groove’

Senior guard records
second career double-
double against USC

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With l3 nrinutes remaining. Ramel
Bradley had a decision to make: take his
steal all the w 2Iv to the hoop or attempt a
behind- the- back pass to a trailing team—
nrate.

Bradley made the pass but its recip—
ient wasn t on the court as the ball flew
out of bounds to the UK bench. UK. al-
ready down two to South Carolina. lost
possession and went down five after the
Gamecocks nailed a 3—pointer on the
next possession.

The swing in momentum appeared
to dash the Cats‘
hope for 2i sec—
ond—half come—
back. but behind
Bradley‘s play.
UK rebounded
from the deficit
and downed
USC 78-70 on
Saturday' in front
of 23.996 fans at
Rupp Arena.

“I‘m
proud of
guys." head
coach Billy
Gillispie said “IThey never hung their
heads.“

Although the Cats (9-9. 3-2 South»
eastern Conference) led the entire first
half. they found themselves trailing just
minutes after the intermission. The
Gamecocks (9 It). l-4 SE() quickly
erased a 39- 34 halftime deficit bchrrrd
four3 . —pointers. South (arolina s Zam
Fredrick hit three of those 3—point
bombs to give USC a 46-39 lead with
16:05 to play

UK rallied to tie the game three sep-
arate times but every time the Cats
closed the lead U SC guard Devan
Downcy would answer with a basket or
assist. Downey. who finished with 24
points. tried to close out the Cats after he
scored a layup and was fouled at the
7:29 mark for a 61-57 Gamecocks ad—
vantage.

After trailing for nrost of the sec-
ond half. the Cats finally took the lead
with the help of a 12 -I run during the
final minutes of the game Sophomore
guard Derrick Jasper nailed 2I 3-pointcr

"I had open
looks and
knocked them
down. I'm just
in a groove
right now. "

RAMEL
BRADLEY

Senior guard

very
our

See Basketball on page 3

Rupp Arena

Senior guard Ramel Bradley shoots a ramp shot during the second ha t of UK' s 78 7t) wrn over SIIIitlIt

ELLIOTT HESS ‘ STAFF

on ma I III Saturday at

International
student groups
discuss unity
at retreat

EL Todd Bivans

news@kykernel.com

UK‘s international student organizations
met over the weekend to discuss ways to con-
front the cultural challenges that students face
on campus

The lnternational Student Council made
up of ll multicultural student organizations
held a retreat .2. an event the group plans to
make annual Friday and Saturday More
than 30 students met at the Spring Hill Mar-
riott to brainstorm ways for organizations to
become more integrated and for various cul-
tures to be better recognized.

“A lot of us don‘t know each other. and
this gives us a chance to work together for the
future and get our (organizations I name out
there on campus. ‘ said lfedayo Awe. presi-
dent of the lntemational Student Council and
nursing sophomore.

At the retreat “Building Connections "
representatives participated in team— building
exercises. made presentations on behalf of irr—
di\idua| organi/ations and met with UK offi-
cials III discuss new ways to receive universi—
ty support.

“I feel a lot of people tend to associate
themselves with people from a similar culture
or country. and there s not enough done to get
us to interact with each other." said Naitore
Kiogora. president of the African Student As-
sociation and communication senior. "That’s
what this retreat was all about."

International organizations strive to pro-
mote cultural awareness. Awe said. and this
retreat aimed at unifying these groups.

“Today is about networking with other
groups. " .\we said. “There are people on Lam<
pus that can help us. but a lot of the se organi»

2/.Itions don t know that tth exist.

See Retreat on page 6

Student shares
passion for
Indian dance
by teaching it

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Aparrra Roli Nigarrr has not had the best
luck getting a Lrowd at her dance lessons at
l K. but after Light years of her own training.
she hopes her hard work will pay off with an
IncIcIasLd studc rrt irItcrLst in lndIaII d2 Ince

Ilndiarr d2irrcL lessorrsl are a unique op»
portunity that are not alwavs offLred III the
campus LII\ IronIIILnt. said .\igarrr. a biosys
terns and agrrc'IulturL engineering Iunror.

DuringI the Spring 20“ errreI.stLr Vrgam
had lllllllL‘(l support and .IItLI.IIIlInLe at the
If IIIILI lessons Only one erson attended rcg-
ul‘ Irly IIrIl ocLasrorially no one would show
up. slII said.

llIIwe\eI: .'\'rg2InI said she saw an oppon
tunrty to lL‘LlLll pcoplL III the corrrnrunrty and
at l K about Indian dance Lulture so she er—
sistLIl with the idea and sLt up plans to be LIIII
the wchl_\ lc.ssorrs

\igarrr found support for her dance class
from .\l.IlrIabccrr Rafrtrddrn. tllfL‘L'lOl‘ ot stu~
dcnt IliIcrsrty engagerrrent. and .lcshne (‘hanr
IlI‘akIIm' Ir. a \II'oluntLLI who inLl thI ()ffIcL of
Student l)l\L‘l'\ll_\ lng2 ILILIrrIcrIt was looking to
bring IlIflchnt d2InLLI IL ssons to L2IIIIpIIs

lhcrr work lLd to the first offILIIIl Indian
l).IrILe lcssons during K \‘leek 2. the spring
oriLIItation week. LarliLI this month I 1 peo»
plL .ItthdeIl thc Llass.

ng urr. a Pittsburgh native. trruncd at the
Narrdanrk Dance Academy III PIttsburgh un-

SIII Dance on page 6

UK tuba ensemble heads to DC. for renowned Army Band conference

E1 Ali Krusl_ain

news@kvker—ne—l com

Ryan Moore has confined
himself to the practice rooms in
the Fine Ans Building since No-
vember. when he heard UK’s
tuba-euphonium group was one
of two college ensembles invit-
ed to play at a conference in
Washington. DC.

UK's Conner Tuba-Eupho-
nium - Ensemble. in which
Moore plays the euphonium.
will present a feature concert at
the United States Army Band
Tuba-Euphonium Conference

on Fnday The ensemble is per-
forming a preview show for free
tonight at 7:30 In the Singlet ary
Center for the Ans.

Moore. a musical arts doc-
toral student. and the seven
other members of the Conner
Ensemble were ecstatic when
they found out they would play
at the prestigious Army Band
conference. said ensemble di~
rector Skip Gray. a UK tuba
professor.

“It's the premier annual
tuba- e—uphonium conference
this year. and we were selected
based on the reputation of our

ﬁrst lune tree. Subsequent Issues 25 cents.

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program and studio." Gray
said.

The Conner
named for fornrer UK tuba and
euphonium professor Rex (‘on-
nor. is made up of eight elite
tuh2I~cuphonium student musi-
cians from UK‘s tuha-euphoni—
um studio. Moore said this

years members are a “high-

caliber group and are some of

the best students in the pro.
gram.

Moore has been a pan of the
tuba—euphonium studio for eight
years. since he started attending
UK as a mask performance ma—

Ense mhlc.

Ior, The Courier Ensemble has
been together for about liIc
years. Moore said. but the eight
players who will ”and to Wash
Ington have only been playing
together for a few months

“There h2 IH‘ been a Louplc
of changes since last semester
Moore said. Players have Lome
and gone."

The cnsenrble performs
around the Lommunrty to help
bring musiL to people he said.

“We have played at several
nursing homes and schools."
Moore said. "We like to expose
them to tuhas and euphonrums

because most people don’t know
what a cuphonium is. but mainly
L‘\pIIsL‘ people [It IIIUSIL‘ In gt‘tt-
cral. ()III' ensemble likes giving
back to the corrrmunrty."

At the Army Band confer
ence. the ensemble will play
"Supernatural Encounters." an
original piece written by (iray.
as well as a march.

Moore said the nrusrc would
make for a ”challenging show"
for the ensemble. which Is
preparing with daily rehearsals
that last more than an hour.

The (‘onner linscnrble's
conference perfomrance on lIrIA

day .It 4 pm. will be broadcast
onlrne o\cr the Army Hand‘s
Web site (www usarmyband
com. Broadcast. I.

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What: Conner Tuba-Euphonium
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Brad Renfro intended to stay
home on January 14. “He told
me. 'l‘m not going to go out
tonight.” friend and on-off girl-
friend Samantha Pearson recalls
to Us. But Renfro. who had a
long history of substance abuse,
phoned Pearson twice more that
night front various L.A. dives.
“The second time. at 1 1:45 p.m..
he was drunk. The last thing 1
said to him was. 'Please be care-
ful.'"

Less than 12 hours later. at
11:04 am. Renfro. 25. was pro-
nounced dead. An older female
roommate # who let the actor
live with her at no charge to help
him stay drug—free — heard him
snoring at 9 am. (“She saw him
sleeping in his room." Renfro's
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said he looked peaceful.") Short—
ly after. another roommate tried
to wake him to no avail.

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been "drinking heavily" and
had taken Xanax anti-anxiety
medication. Despite Renfro‘s
long-troubled past. there was no
drug paraphemalia on the
scene, no evidence of intra-
venous-drug use and no suicide
note. (A full toxicology report

could take two months.)

A Life Out Short

It's a sad coda for an actor
once considered to be the next
Brad Pitt (and who even played
the young Pitt in 1996's Sleep-
ers). Renfro was a 10-year-old
student in Knoxville. Tennessee.
when he was discovered by a
casting agent and given a star-
ring role in 1994's hit thriller
The Client. With his talent and
charisma. critics hailed him; by
his second film. The Hollywood
Reporter awarded him Best Pcr—
formancc by a Young Actor in a
Drama. "He was the sweetest.
most incredibly gifted young ac—
tor to come around for some
time." his Client costar Susan
Sarandon tells Us. Says Ian
McKellcn. recalling his costar's
performance in 1998‘s Apt
Pupil: “He was a proper actor
(who) carried the film on his
young shoulders."

In a cruel twist of fate. Ren-
fro appeared finally to be turning
the comer on his recent drug
problems. During a trip to visit
his family in Knoxville a week
earlier. “he didn‘t seem like he
was struggling." Hasck tclls Us.
"In other yeau‘s. we had to babysit
him. This time. he was like. ‘l've
got it figured out.‘ He just fin—
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Bob Thomton (The lnformers].
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happiest I‘ve seen him." One
highlight: watching Renfro talk

about his 4-year~old son. Yamato.

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chfro searched in vain for the
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Joe Perrino (who was 15 then)
tells Us. “He said it was one of
the nicer things anyone had ever
done for him." Producer
Suzanne De Laurentiis. who
worked on his 2006 ﬁlm 10th &
Wolf. says. "He'd call me Mom
and steal sips from my coffee.
He was affectionate."

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clearly played a role in his down-
fall. "1 remember when he was
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UK playing its
best basketball
of the year

Billy Gillispie can hear it. The UK players
hear it. And if you were in attendance at Rupp
Arena on Saturday. you heard it, and saw it too:
the rebirth of a basketball team.

Since the start of his
tenure at UK. Gillispie has
preached that the transition in
coaching philosophies wasn‘t
always going to be easy for
the players — or the fans —
to watch. A 7-9 start and
multiple bewildering losses to
teams like Gardner-Webb and
San Diego can certainly attest
to that.

But after upsetting Ten-
nessee on Tuesday and then
outlasting South Carolina on
Saturday, it‘s clear that the
Cats are ﬁnally buying into Gillispie’s philosophy.
The ﬁrst-year UK head coach has heard the tum-
around coming for weeks in the Cats‘ newfound
approach at practice.

“You can hear a team that really practices well
because they’re talking and they’re moving.”
Gillispie said. “They're really approaching things
and embracing things in the right way. and they‘ve
been doing that for a good while now."

The culmination has been the Cats’ best bas-
ketball of the season. Granted. Saturday‘s win was
against a 9-10 USC team. and maybe a two-game
winning streak isn’t quite the renaissance of UK
basketball.

Still. it gave UK its ﬁrst back-to-back wins
since the end of November. And as bad as the
Gamecocks have been in recent years. they‘re a
feisty team on the rise that doesn‘t back down
from anybody.

Look no farther than their floor general Devan
Downey. The sophomore point guard — listed at a
generous 5—foot-9 — ran circles around the UK
defense all afternoon. Downey scored a team-high
24 points for the Gamecocks and took the ﬁght to
the Cats. Every time they needed a basket or a key
steal. it was No. 2 coming up with the play.

As good as Downey was, UK‘s Ramel Bradley
was better.

With the minutes Bradley has been playing the
last eight games. you’d think the senior guard
would start to wear down. Wrong. With every tick
off the clock this season, Bradley has gotten better.
For the ﬁrst time in ﬁve games. Bradley got a
minute’s rest against the Vols. Against the Game-
cocks he didn‘t smell the bench all day. The end
result: his second career double-double.

But for every point. rebound or minute he logs
- he recorded 26 points and 10 boards in 40 min-
utes of play Saturday — it‘s Bradley‘s leadership
that has been the difference. When UK fell behind
in the second half. Bradley would pick the Cats up
with a tough drive to the basket or a dagger from
behind the arc. And when the game tightened up
in the ﬁnal minutes. Bradley took control. scoring
seven of the ﬁnal nine UK points.

“He’s showing his colors right now.“ freshman
forward Patrick Patterson said. “He is a leader out
there. and he’s taken it upon himself (at the end of
games)"

Said USC coach Dave Odom: “When the game
is on the line. (Bradley‘s) as good as there is."

And as Bradley continues to pave the path to
success, his teammates will continue to follow it.
They did again Saturday with huge perfomiances
from Patterson. Jodie Meeks. Den'ick Jasper and
even Perry Stevenson. With the way the Cats
played on Saturday. it was easy to forget that in-
jured guard Joe Crawford wasn‘t even playing.

While it is to hard to forget UK‘s record and
early season blemishes. the Cats are playing like .
an NCAA Tournament team. Barring an unbeliev—
able ﬁnish. they aren‘t going to make it the Big
Dance. but you can’t help but get excited at the fu-
ture of this team. The 23.996 fans at Rupp Arena
echoed that sentiment loud and clear Saturday
with one of the rowdiest crowds all year.

As the fans shook the rafters with their ap—
proval. the rest of college basketball couldn’t help
but hear. They heard the possible awakening of a
basketball giant quickly ﬁnding its groove. and the
sound of a team that is certain to make some noise
down the homestretch of the season.

Sports editor Eric Lindsey is a journalism se-
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By James Penninmn

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As the women’s basketball
team took the Rupp Arena floor
yesterday afternoon. the Cats
hoped to continue their midseason
surge by upsetting No. 9 Louisiana
State.

The Lady Tigers. however. had
other plans.

LSU senior center Sylvia
Fowles shot 9-of-ll from the ﬁeld.
and ﬁnished with 20 points and 10
rebounds as the Tigers downed the
Cats 72—46 in front of 8,335 fans.

“Fowles is very difficult to play
against because of not only what
she can do physically. but also be-
cause of the doubt she can put in
your mind,” UK head coach
Matthew Mitchell said. “We need to
get mentally stronger and step up
and meet these challenges a little
better."

The Tigers (16-3. 5-0 South-
eastern Conference) wasted no time
and took early command of the
contest. LSU senior forward Ashley
Thomas scored just 14 seconds af-
ter the opening tip. and the Tigers
never looked back. LSU put 12
points on the board before the Cats‘
first strike, a layup by freshman
guard Amber Smith.

After the Tigers‘ initial run. the
Cats (10-10. 4-2 SEC) mounted a
10—4 run and came within six
points. With 12:18 remaining in the
ﬁrst half, LSU led 16-10. The six-
point margin was the closest the
Cats would get for the rest of the
game.

The Tigers fought off the Cats'
ﬁrst run and expanded their lead to
25-10 with 8:57 left before half-
time. However. the Cats did not
fold. UK tallied 10 quick points and
only allowed one LSU basket for
the next 3 1/2 minutes.

As UK tried to claw its way
back into the game. LSU head

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Tigers deal Cats worst loss of
season in romp at Rupp

coach Van Chancellor kept his team
calm by calling a timeout with 6:15
until halftime. a rare ﬁrst—half move
for the Hall of Fame coach.

“I try to save timeouts in the

ED MATTHEWS | STAFF
LSU forward Ashley Thomas defends against a layup from UK freshman forward
Victoria Dunlap during the second half of yesterday's game at Rupp Arena.

first half." Chancellor said. “but
when they made the one run. 1
called a timeout because 1 was
afraid the crowd might energize
them."

After the timeout, LSU explod—
ed and put the game out of the
Cats‘ reach. The Tigers closed the
first half on a 14—6 run and con-
trolled a 41-23 lead at halftime.

1n the second half. the Cats
continued to struggle on offense.
Despite senior center Sarah El—
liott’s 17-point outing. the team
shot 26.8 percent from the field
and allowed the Tigers to shoot
48.4 percent.

“We needed to get some baskets
to fall early. and they just didn’t
fall." Mitchell said. “A lot of it is
that LSU is very good. so we don‘t
need to blame it all on us."

Offensive Woes are nothing out
of the ordinary for Mitchell’s
team. Coming into Sunday's con-
test. the Cats ranked last in the
SEC in field goal percentage and
3-point field goal percentage. and
llth out of 12 teams in points per
game.

“To our credit. we have found a
way to sit here at 4-2 in conference
play." Mitchell said. “But we are a
very poor offensive team."

Although the Cats have shot
only 38.4 percent from the ﬁeld this
season. they continue to address
their performance.

“We just have to go back and
practice." Elliott said. “That‘s all
we can do. We know it's in us. but
this is why LSU is one of the top
teams in the nation."

After winning four of their ﬁrst
five conference matchups. the
Tigers handed the Cats their worst
defeat of the season. Although the
loss may seem bad. Chancellor put
himself in Mitchell's shoes and pro-
vided a bit of perspective for the
ﬁrst-year UK coach.

"Coming into today. you were
4-1 in the SEC. and now you're 4—

2. so you aren‘t much worse off
than you were yesterday." Chancel—
lor said. “They‘ll hang in there and
play hard."

BASKETBALL '

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from the left wing for a 65-63
lead. UK never trailed after
that.

“It was a very big play by a
clutch player." Gillispie said. “I
think everyone is ﬁnally seeing
what we missed when he wasn‘t
on the court. I can‘t wait until
he‘s fully healthy.

As clutch as Jasper was. it
was Bradley who led the Cats
from the second-half deficit.
The senior guard was 5-of-5
from behind the arc. and he ﬁn-
ished with 26 points and 10 re-
bounds for his second career
double-double.

“It wasn’t his fault when we
were having leaderless posses-
sions." Gillispie said. “But he's
really becoming a guy that‘s em—
bracing that pOsition (of a
leader)"

coach Dave Odom said.

on the court. the injury bug
continued to strike the Cats off
the court. Senior guard Joe
Crawford did not play on Sat-
urday because of a foot injury.
giving sophomore guard Jodie
Meeks his first SEC start this
year.

before." Gillispie said. "it was
not a distraction."

the first half. riding a combina-
tion of Patterson. Bradley and
Meeks to grab a 23-14 lead. Pat—
terson pounded in the paint for

Bradley and Mceks went 5-of—X
from 3-point range to balance
UK's attack.

Even with all the battling

“We‘ve been down that road

The Cats started off hot in

first—half points. while

The Cats finished with 59

percent shooting. including 63 1
percent from be'iind the arc. i
Bradley's 5-of—5 shooting from i
3-point range was a big reason 1
UK won its first back—to-back ‘

Freshman forward Patrick games since winning three
Patterson added 22 points and straight at the end of Novcm» j
nine rebounds against USC. ber. l
playing all 40 minutes. "1 had open looks

“I’ve never seen a better
post player as a freshman than

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knocked them down." Bradley
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SPORTS

Four Cats play

Four UK football players con-
cluded their collegiate careers on Sat-
urday in the 2008 Under Amrour Se»-
nior Bowl.

Seniors Andre Woodson. Rafael
Little. Wesley Woodyard and Jacob
Tammc played in the annual all~star
game that highlights some of the na—
tion's top seniors.

All four seniors played on the
Sou