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Friday, March 3, 2006

Celebrating 35 years of independence

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The first all-Kentucky senior class since “The Unforgettables"

Homegrown talent

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Brandon
Stockton

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LeMaster

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Sparks

Ravi
Moss

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Class of 2006 shares winding, winning roa

By Josh Sullivan
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When Ravi Moss, Patrick
Sparks, Preston LeMaster
and Brandon Stockton burst
through their paper likeness-
es and take the ﬂoor on Se-
nior Day, they'll share a dis-
tinction with
one of the most
beloved squads
in UK basket-
ball history.

For the ﬁrst
time since “The
Unforgettables”
in 1992, the
Wildcat faithful

ly’s not getting along well be-
cause we’re losing."

All four have weathered
the scrutiny well, contribut-
ing to a four-year streak of
success and some hardships,
including moments of this

season.

“They're great
players, but they're
also great people,
people you can call
friends; you can

will rise and count on them. I'm

send off a se-
nior class made
up exclusively
of Kentucky na-
tives.

“It's really
special that
we’ll have all
four guys from
Kentucky on senior day,”
LeMaster said.

Having grown up fully
aware of the famous ferocity
of UK fans, all four class-
mates knew what to expect
when they came to Lexing-
ton.

“I always knew Kentucky
basketball was a huge deal,"
said Moss. “It’s crazy how
one team can effect a whole
state. I've had people come
up to me and say their fami-

giad to be part of
this class."

Patrick Sparks

senior guard

“They've
all been part of
a lot of wins at
this program
over the last
four years."
said head
coach Tubby
Smith.

So far, UK
has amassed a
106-25 record
since Moss,
Stockton and
LeMaster first
took the floor.
The trio has
reached a pair
of Elite Eights,
and narrowly
missed a Final

Four berth along with Sparks

last year.

Before they donned the

same uniform, all four se-
niors became familiar with
one another as opponents on
the Kentucky high school
hoops circuit.

“I played against all these
guys before I got here." said
Stockton. “It‘s got a very spe-
cial meaning."

Moss doesn‘t recall his
high school bouts with his

current teammates quite as
fondly though. especially
when he ran up against
Sparks’ squad.

“Yeah, I played against
Muhlenberg North and got
cheated," he said. Moss drew
the task of guarding Sparks
after a game in which the
sharpshooter outscored the
entire team he was facing.

“There was a sign in the
locker room that said ‘Sparks
71’ and whoever they were
playing, 6 ,’ “ Moss said.

His University Heights
team fared better against the
Stars. though they couldn’t
overcome help from the ofﬁ-
cials in the end, according to
Moss.

“1 was on Pat and he shot-
faked, and the ref blew the
whistle before he even took
the shot." he said.

Moss has achieved a
small measure of revenge
over the last three years,
snapping off a friendly dig
here and there when he gets

the chance.

“I give (Sparks) the most
hard time since i played him
in high school." he said.
Asked his opinion of Sparks'
unique running style on the
court, Moss laughed and
replied. “Well, it‘s not an ath-
letic run."

But he gives Sparks the
credit he‘s earned by hitting
numerous clutch shots in his
two-year UK career.

“You can make fun of
him if you want. but he's a
player," Moss said.

All four have had their
shining moments in blue —
Sparks' free throws against

Louisville and buzzer-beat-
ing 3-pointer against Michi-
gan State last year. LeMas-
ter's 12-point outburst
against Ole Miss last week.
Moss‘s ascent to team leader
and Stockton‘s rise to the
starting rotation.

“Those kids are great."
said Smith. “They've made
my job a lot easier."

Sparks said his fellow se~
niors are more than just tal-
ented athletes.

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"They're great players.
but they‘re also great people.
people you can call friends;
you can count on them." he
said. "l‘m glad to be part of
this class.”

If they can lead the Cats
to a special finish this sea-
son. they may be remem-
bered as fondly as an unfor-
gettable all-Kentucky senior
class from 14 years ago.

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By Ryan Wood
THE KENTUCKY mun

Tell him he doesn‘t look
like a basketball player.

Tell him he’s un-athletic or
too slow.

But just know that he’s
heard it all before. and it has-
n't stopped him from success
at every level. including his
time as a Cat.

“A lot of players going up
against me might not respect
me until they are out there
playing with me.” senior
guard Patrick Sparks said. “I
don't really use that as moti-
vation; (instead) I use it as
more of a sneak attack.”

Sparks has aimed for just
that in his 63 consecutive
starts at Kentucky over the
last two years.

Sparks is shooting 41 per-
cent from the ﬁeld, including
39 percent from the land of
trey He’s averaging 9.1 points
per game.

He’s also this year’s sec-
ond-leading scorer behind
sophomore Rajon Rondo’s 341
points; 165 of Spark’s points
have come from behind the
are, more then any other Cat
this season.

“Pat (Sparks) can shoot
the lights out," said Rondo.
Sparks’ roommate. “I love
playing with Pat.”

People have been saying
that for Sparks' entire carrier.
In high school. Sparks played
for Muhlenberg North High
School under head coach
Steve Sparks. his father.

He holds MNHS records
for career scoring (2,653
points). assists (657), rebounds
(607) and steals (409).

Sparks credits his father
for his success then and now

“He‘s been a steady force
for me as far as keeping me
level." he said. “Not letting me
get too down or too high.

“(He) tries to keep me fo
cused on what I need to do to
help the team." Sparks said.

The Central City. Ky. na-
tive started his college career

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his ﬁrst collegiate game ever.
he helped the Hilltoppers de-
feat UK in Rupp Arena.

He set WKU freshman
records for assists (117). steals
(46) and 3—pointers (71) and
played his sophomore year for
the Hilltoppers before trans-
ferring to UK.

Because of NCAA rules,
he was forced to sit his ﬁrst
year in Lexington; he retained
that year of eligibility allow-
ing him to play this season.

“He's been as much or
more than we expected,” head
coach Tubby Smith said. “Ob-
viously, that's what Western
saw in him; that‘s what we
saw in him too.“

Sparks has reached near
legend status for hitting the
big shots. the most impressive
to date against Michigan State
in last year's Elite Eight.

“Going to the Elite Eight
last year was pretty special.“
Sparks said. “But I don’t like
watching (the game). to be
honest. We still lost."

Sparks also hit three free
throws with 0.6 of a second
left to give UK 6058 win last
year in Freedom Hall.

“He has the ability to focus
in late-game situations. or
when the pressure is on."
Smith said, “I think that‘s a
gift he has."

A soft-spoken person.
Sparks seems to shift 180 de-
grees once he walks onto the
court. turning into a ﬁery
floor general who’s often an
integral part of UK scoring
runs.

“Last year. the free throws
at Louisville. those were the
biggest shots. because we
won." Sparks said. “I like play-
ing on the road better than at
home it’s everyone versus
us. I like playing at home: I
just like playing on the road
better"

Smith attributes Sparks‘
success to the very things peo
ple typically knock him for:
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Four years ago, Ravi Moss wasn’t sure he’d
ever play basketball again.

As a senior at University Heights Academy
in Hopkinsville, Ky., he was recruited heavily
by schools like Georgetown (Ky.) College, but
drew little interest from Division 1 progi ams
despite averaging a double-double and earning
second- team all state honors his senior year.

But as far as Moss was concerned, it was
big-time or bust.

“I didn’t really want to play anywhere
small if I couldn’t have walked on here," he
said. “It was either this or hang up the shoes.”

Four years later, Moss has pirouetted from
the edge of early retirement to a coveted
pedestal alongside all-time Wildcat fan fa-
vorites like his friend Chuck Hayes. He’s
emerged as the undisputed leader of this
year’s squad.

“Big accolades don't have anything to do
with leadership; leadership goes with per-
sonality,” said head coach Tubby Smith.
“Ravi’s a guy that’s been able to take charge.
You have to overcome the walk-on label to
gain the respect of your teammates, and he’s
done that.”

But initially, the road was mcky. Early in
his freshman year, Moss began second-
guessing his decision to don the blue and
white because of the talent ahead of him in
the rotation.

“Deﬁnitely when I ﬁrst got here, I didn’t
really think I belonged. I thought I was in
the wrong program,” he said. “Guys like
Keith (Bogans) had been here three or four
years already These guys were good.”

But about halfway through the season.
Bogans and Gerald Fitch took Moss under
their wings.

“They just told me, ‘You’re doing ﬁne,
you can play,’ ” Moss said.

And that’s the point where Moss game

' began to turn the corner, when a guard who .

rarely left the court in high school have to
battle to sniff the rotation at elite programs.
“I practiced hard every day; I became the

biggest cheerleader,” he said “I was excited g.”

“It’ 5 been an amazing ride I’ve gone places
1 never thought I'd go — an Elite Eight, a cou-
ple minutes from a Final Four,” he said. “I’ In
just blessed to be here and grateful I’ve been
able to play as much as I have. "

Smith is grateful the unheralded kid from
Hopkinsville chose to be a mleplaying Wildcat

instead of a stud somewhere else.

“He wanted to be here, and he probably
could have gone a lot of other places on schol-
arship.” he said. “We’ve been lucky to have
him.

“He‘ 3 been truly the best non scholarship
athlete I’ve ever coached. He’s one of the ﬁnest
young men I’ve had the opportunity to be

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every time we made a basket. I think I’m 1. ’

still hoarse from freshman year.”

As a sophomore, Moss proved he was no
typical walkon — at least, not the type ﬁt for
last-minute mopup duty. On several occa-
sions, when more seasoned players seemed
to crack under the pressure of tight late
game scenarios, Moss was unshakable.

That season, he nailed three clutch 3-
pointers in four attempts in the second half
of a loss at Georgia. In UK’s second-round
NCAA tournament loss to UAB, he dropped
two late 3pointers to give the Cats a shot to
pull out a win at the buzzer.

Like those games, this season hasn’t
turned out according to plan so far. But
Moss hasn’t written off his dream of play-
ing in a Final Four. He also no longer ques-
tions his decision to come to Lexmgton

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size of the dog in the ﬁght. In
this case, it's the size of the

Stockton is all ﬁght on the in-
side.

“I never stopped working
hard from day one and I knew
sooner or later my day would

Cat that isn’t important be

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UK guard Brandon Stockton drives baseline at South Carolina this year.

patient and do the things
you’re supposed to do it will
pay on" in the end.”

After spending three and a
half years ﬁghting for scraps
of playing time, the Moot-9
former Kentucky Mr. Basket-
ball clawed his way into the
starting lineup last month.
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priceless asset for the last four
years, even when Stockton
was spending entire games on
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“He’s about as smart of a
player as we’ve had on the
team,” Smith said. “He’s one
of the guys that, ever since
he’s been here, he’s been able
to walk on the side line and
say, ‘Coach this is happening’
or make a suggestion. He’s
one of those few players that
has that type of insight into
the game.”

When Smith implemented
a new grading system in prac-
tice to determine the starting
lineup, Stockton unseated Ra-
jon Rondo. The Cats have won
four of the ﬁve games since
the change, putting them-
selves in position to clinch
second place in the Southeast-
ern Conference Eastern Divi-
sion with a Senior Day victory

“(Starting) is very mean-
ingful, actually," said Stock-
ton. “You have to work your

utes, so this has been a high
point because I've been able to
get out there and play consis-
tently these last few games.”

In UK’s desperately need-
ed comeback victory over 'Den‘
nessee, Stockton knocked
down a key 3-pointer and dove
on the court to secure a loose
ball as time wound down.

“Being a Kentucky kid, I
take pride in playing hard and
giving it all I got when I put
that jersey on," he said.

Stockton likely would have
found plenty of minutes avail-
able at smaller Division I
schools, but he’s never
thought twice about his deci-
sion.

“I loved all four years, real-
ly: I don‘t have any regrets.”
he said. “I’ve been asked a lot
if I would transfer or stuff
like that, no I’m glad I
picked the University of Ken-
tucky. There’s a lot of tradi-
tion here and I’m glad to be a
part of that."

Stockton is hoping to turn
this season around and help
the Cats raise one more ban-
ner in Rupp Arena before he’s
gone.

“I’ve had a chance to be
part of a few (SEC champi-
onships) here and I’m still
waiting for one more."

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Growing up in Paris, Ky. Preston
LeMaster had a dream to play basket-
ball for UK.

He also had a father who helped
hoist the 1968 championship banner as
a player for Adolph Rupp.

“Growing up, I knew my dad
played here and it’s just something I’ve
always wanted to do." LeMaster said.
“It’s something I’ve always dreamed of
since I was a little kid."

His dream came true. but only af-
ter a lot of hard work.

During his senior year at Bourbon
County High School, LeMaster helped
lead the Colonels to a 24-7 record and a
semiﬁnal ﬁnish in the 10th Region
’lburnament.

He graduated as Bourbon County’s
second all-time leading scorer with
nearly 2,000 points, passing his father.
Jim. in the process.

His role has been limited in his
four years at UK. but the walk-0n has
helped the team in other ways.

Head coach Tubby Smith credits
his team’s success over the last four
years to players such as LeMaster.

“He’s helped us every day in prac-
tice,“ Smith said. “The game is won in
practice, when you’re preparing.

“He‘s making our guys work hard
and he‘s out there in practice compet-
ing pushing and competing every-
day," he said.

With the injury to sophomore
guard Ramel Bradley, LeMaster has
seen his playing time and production

#12 PRESTON LEMASTER

The consummate team player

increase netting a career high 12
points, all from 3wpoint range against

Mississippi.

“Preston is really giving us great

play right now, and I couldn’t be happi-
er for (him),” Smith said. “He’s always
been this kind of player; that’s why
he’s on the team."

It was fun to get out there and
show everybody I can really shoot the
ball,” LeMaster said.

But for LeMaster. a self-described
team player, the Ole Miss dozen wasn’t
his favorite time in his UK career.

“My favorite memory was my
freshmen year when we won 26 in a
row," LeMaster said. “We had just a
spectacular year, and it was my ﬁrst
year in college, and I couldn’t ask for
anything more.

“Ole Miss was a really good memo
ry too but I m more of a team player”
he added.

A lack of playing time over his
four years hasn’t stopped the Rupp
Arena faithful from making LeMaster
one of their favorites. It's not uncom-
mon to hear the crowd chant LeMas-
ter’s name when the Cats are comfort-
ably ahead.

“I think the fans enjoy people any-
time they’re the underdog or the guy
who doesn‘t play." Smith said. “Every-
body‘s pulling for him I‘m pulling
for him to get in the game."

LeMaster couldn’t keep a grin from
crossing his lips when asked about the
fan support.

“It's been a lot of fun. but I would-
n‘t trade anything for it.“

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painted near a break
room in the tunnel.
Kathy McKinley, a
facilities specialist
in the Housing De-
partment, said he
did not believe the

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ed on the wall.

In the second incident, reported
Feb. 25, the vandals used a fire ex-
tinguisher and spray-painted mes-
sages including “Commons food
sucks“ and the Greek letters Delta
Tau Delta.

The graffiti also included a

slur was directed at
anyone in particular.

“If it was stu-
dents who did this, they wouldn’t
know what offices were where,"
McKinley said. “The vandalism on
the whole was not racially motivat-
ed."

Detective Robert Turner went
over video footage from surveil-
lance cameras located in and

Trlplett

around all campus housing and
used that footage to find the sus-
pects.

Police said they accessed the
tunnels after removing the bolts on
a grate. The tunnels are “wide
enough to drive a golf cart through
easily,” said Kevin Franklin, UK’s
interim police chief. The tunnels
are widely used by cleaning crews
and other employees to move back
and forth between dorms and
transport items, he said.

Franklin said the students will
have to meet with Dean of Stu-
dents Victor Hazard about the inci-
dents.

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School of rock Task force

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Above: Members of Circlefour performed "Empty Now" from their self-titled album in the Cats Den last night. Circlefour opened up for Voodoo Blue, a pop. punk
and rock group from Maryland. Below: Josh Osterfeld, drummer of Circlefour, playing during the song ”Morning After."

Stealing

THE STA GE

By Brad Luttrell
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Two Lexington-based bands. Circlefour and I-Inside.
opened up for Voodoo Blue. of Maryland, last night at the

Cat‘s Den.

Circlefour took the stage with a strong presence. and the
Lexington natives veiled a blitzkrieg of razor-sharp guitar
solos, colossal drum beats. insanely solid bass lines.

With songs like “No More." “Empty Now" and “Morn-
ing After." Circlefour had the nearly-full crowd at the Cat‘s

Den rocking.

Circlefour will be in Lexington again April 1. at Club

Av10.

UK Athletics makes the N CAA’S grade

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None of UK's 22 varsity
sports are subject to Academic
Progress Rate penalties, accord-
ing to the NCAA’s report re-
leased Wednesday.

The APR is the NCAA's
barometer for judging the acade-
mic progress of athletes. It uses
progress toward a ﬁve-year grad-
uation plan along with roster
turnover due to transfers.
dropouts and graduation to de-
termine a score.

A 1,000 is a perfect score.
Men's basketball was the only
UK sport to achieve that mark.

A team not making enough
progress toward individual grad-
uation of each of its players
could suffer postseason proba-
tion or scholarship restrictions.

“It's still very early in the
process," said UK Athletics
spokesman Tony Neely. “We’re
very pleased with the progress
made to this point."

No UK team is in any danger
of that; the lowest team score
was baseball, with an 898 mark.
But the score was within the sta-
tistical conﬁdence interval.
which means that it was close
enough to the mark to not earn

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any sanctions for the program.

Most of the problems base-
ball had dealt with roster
turnover. which. according to a
statement from UK Athletics.
“has been stabilized and the
team APR is expected to in-
crease in the coming years."

The harshest penalties, like a
postseason ban. won‘t be handed
out until 2008-09. to give schools
time to get into compliance with
the APR.

Fifteen of UK‘s 22 sports
teams exceeded or tied the na-
tional average for their sports.

“You can tutor them. coach

them and encourage them. but at
the end of the day. the student-
athletes have to do the work,“
Neely said.

Ninety-nine Division I sports
teams. including 90 men‘s teams.
were penalized for poor APR
scores. Temple. 3 UK 2007 foot-
ball opponent. lost nine scholar.
ships for next season.

To lose a scholarship. a team
at a college must have a player
fail out of school and have a
score under 925.

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diversity
concerns

By Dariush Shafa
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UK administrators charged with look-
ing into diversity and equality on campus
are preparing to seek out faculty and ask
them to air out their concerns about di-
versity.

At last night's Task Force on Diversity
and Equality meeting. committee mem-
bers discussed how best to get a response
from the university‘s black faculty UK
President Lee Todd formed this commit-
tee over Winter Break in response to neg-
ative reaction to a 40 percent drop in
black freshman enrollment this school
year.

The task forces members are paying
special attention because of the connec—
tions that exist in all parts of the univer‘
sity's population, they said.

“If it wasn‘t students. it wouldn't be
faculty [f it wasn‘t faculty. it wouldn't be
staff,” said art professor Garry Bibbs.
who is a member of the task force. de-
scribing the way UK's diversity problems
have filtered throughout campus.

To learn more. task force members
said talking one-on-one with faculty is
key.

“It's extremely important because peo-
ple are going to feel much more open and

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UK remembers
first black grad
with memorial

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THE KENTUCKY KENNEL

Holloway Fields Jr. studied electrical
engineering at UK. which has no real con-
nection to paving roads and building
bridges.

But despite that dis-
parity. he got his degree in
the ﬁrst and ended up do-
ing the other.

In 1951, Fields gradu-
ated from UK with a bach-
elor's degree, not neces-
sarily an achievement of
earth-shaking magnitude
in and of itself.

Except for the fact that
Fields was black and this
was three years before the
landmark Supreme Court decision Brown
v. Board of Education. which declared seg-
regation and the doctrine of “separate but
equal" unconstitutional.

Yesterday afternoon, a memorial ser-
vice was held in the Student Center Small
Ballroom to remember Fields. who died
Feb. 24 in Fayetteville. NY.

“These are the kinds of events where
it‘s important to remember those who
went before us,“ said Ingrid St. Omer. an

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Memorial

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assistant professor of electri‘
cal engineering. who spoke
at the service.

Fields. who was born in
1927, grew up in Lexington,
served in the US. Navy in
World War II and decided to
get a degree in electrical en-
gineering following the war.
but enrolled at the Illinois In-
stitute of Technology. since it
was still illegal for blacks to
enroll at UK.

But in 1948, Lyman T.
Johnson won a battle to de-
segregate UK. and that
opened the door for Fields.

Holloway. an athlete at
Dunbar High School in Lex-
ington and his class valedic-
torian. set the bar high for
those who would follow him.

“We all emulated Hol-
loway because he was not
just an athlete, but an excel-
lent student." said Julian
Jackson. a member of the
Dunbar Alumni Association
who graduated Dunbar in
1949.

Emulating wasn‘t always
easy though.

“He made my road a
rough road.” Jackson said.
recalling Holloway‘s reputa-
tion for excellence. “But we
were all better for it.“

But the road was rough
for Fields too. Though he was
allowed to attend UK. segre-
gation still existed. prevent-
ing him from eating in any
campus facility, attending
athletics events or shopping
at some stores in Lexington.

It was a series of injus-
tices that Fields would deal
with in his own way.

“(He would deal with
them) very quietly. knowing
he was going to reach his
goal, no matter what.” said
Joan W. Lyons. a friend of
Fields.

After reaching that edu-
cation goal. Fields went to
work at General Electric Co.
for 39 years. He was also a de
voted family man and was
married to his late wife, Har-
riet. for 53 years and they
had five children, Audrey,
Ralph. Howard. Jerome and
Calvin.

He instilled a deep sense
of family in his children.
Family vacations often lasted

two weeks or more; “his idea
was to be with family.” said
his son Ralph.

“(He was) a dedicated fa-
ther.” Audrey said. “My mom
would say ‘a devoted and lov-
ing husband.‘ "

His determined attitude
is one attribute that defined
Fields and sustained him
through his time at UK. his
children said.

“I think it felt to him that

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Observers of Holloway Fields Jr.’s memorial service listened while music
senior Karmesha Peake sang in honor of the deceased UK graduate.

it was the roadway from
point A to point B." Ralph
said. “He just had to go
around the obstacle to do it.
That was part of his com