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news@kykernel.com

About 900 people filled
Heritage Hall in the Lexington
Convention Center to capacity
to see the annual National
Pan-Hellenic Council step
show on Saturday aftemoon.

"It was a very creative
show." said Aria Higgins. a
psychology senior and UK
NPHC president. “The differ-
ent organizations put time
and effort into it. and it ended
up being a good performance
for everybody who participat~
ed."

The event. which was
part of last week‘s homecom—
ing festivities. featured the
“Divine 9 " the nine histori-
cally black Greek intemation-
al organizations in the NPHC
who competed for the best
performance.

Alpha Phi Alpha Fratemi-
ty Inc. and Alpha Kappa Al—
pha Sorority Inc. took home
the step-show championship
for best fraternity and best

sorority.

This was the third year in
a row that APA has taken the
step~show crown for fratemi-
ties.

The theatrical impact of
APA's show helped to win
over the crowd and the
judges. said Byron Mitchell.
a psychology. African-Ameri-
can studies and pre-law
sophomore who participated
in APA‘s performance.

APA used a retro-gang—
ster theme to non-violently
represent having to defend
the throne of their two-year
title. Mitchell said.

“Alpha stepping is about
precision and exaggerated
movements." he said of his
organization‘s stepping.

For the second year in a
row. APA‘s sister organiza-
tion. AKA. won the sorority
competition.

The AKA used a theme
of baby dolls. which was in-
spired by the name of the
sorority"s spring ‘07 in-
ductees "the 17 dolls. " and

Marsha Ashley. a member of
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc,
puts on makeup before the step
show

also from an episode of
MTV‘s “Sweet Sixteen“
where a girl threw a doll-
themed birthday party. said
Sydnee Burrus. one of the
AKA stepmasters.

"We are always happy the
theme of dolls fits our per—
sonalities." said Burrus. a

PHOTOS BY WHITNEY WATERS | STAFF

Terrence Lester, center, a biology senior, and other members of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity lnc pause for a moment during their performance

Step champs return for repeat Wins

family and consumer sci—
ences and pre-nursing senior
who said she came up with
the show AKA produced.

Burrus said the biggest
challenge of the step show is
keeping people entertained
and interested. which was
something she and her sorori-
ty members tried to do
through their theme.

"lt was more competitive
than people expected this
year." said Anthony Colbert.
a mathematical economics
senior.

The e\entual winners
were not a surprise. Colbert
said. but the other organiza-
tions did a good job and
made it a close decision.

“It flowed a lot smoother
than it did last year. and it
seemed like a lot more work
and dedication was put in."
said Shenneka Nwachukwu.
a political science sopho-
more. adding that crowd par-
ticipation also improved.

“It was just a really good
show “ she said.

Students, alums awarded for’ passing torch’

By Jasmirig Whitfow

news@kykernel.com

An annual alumni banquet welcomed
and honored black alumni and current black
students at UK. emphasi7ing that excellence
is a part of .>\frican~American history.

Each college at L'K presented awards to
students and alumni for setting the bar and

it s predominately white. so I appreciate

the award." said
Domonique Brown. a

worker."

from the College of Nursing. "This ban~
quet represents that if you work hard. you
will be recognized regardless 7* it's not
because you‘re black on a predominantly
white campus; it‘s because you are a hard

nursing senior
student recipient

lencc is something that has been inherited
Adams said she believes that the recip-
ients of the award on Friday attended their
"premiere"
things to come from them in the future.
Some of the alumni at the banquet
also went to the UK National Pan-He!»
lenic Council step show. another Home»

and that she expects great

coming Week event. on Saturday after-

exemplifying “passing the torch" to the next
generation of students at L'K. Students re-
ceived the Torch Bearer Award. and alumni
received the Torch of Excellence award.

“1 often feel overlooked and unappre-

Keynote speaker Alicestyne Turley-
Adams. director of the L'nderground Rail—
road Researeh institution. touched on nu-
merous accomplishments by black Ameri~
cans. dating back to the slavery era. empha~

ciated in my particular college because

si/ing to those at the banquet that "excel-

MSU 31

noon. Four historically black L'K fratemia
ties and sororities. which competed in the
step show. attended the banquet and gave
a brief history of their organi/ations.

See Alumni on page 3

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UK alum to speak
on race relations

81 Jonisha Watts

news@kykernel.com

Boyce Watkins remembers the
time in 1997 when he was a resi-
dent adviser at UK and the n~word
was inscribed on his
door. Fast-forward to
2007 and his younger
cousin. Joshua Watkins. a
junior and resident advis—
er. had a similar incident
happen to him. only this
time the words left on his
door were dien

“'UK is like a modem
day plantation. said
Watkins. a civil rights ac—
tivist. “If you look
around most of the black people at
UK are dribbling a basketball.
throwing a football. picking up
trash and cooking food."

Watkins has appeared in vari-
ous national media outlets. includ-
ing CNN. FOX News. BET.
Essence Magazine. USA Today.
"The Today Show." ESPN and
CBS Sports. and he will speak on
race relations at 6:30 pm. today in
the Worsham Theater. But he
makes clear that he is not coming
to UK to "just talk about a stupid
cartoon." a reference to a contro—
versial Kernel cartoon that ran Oct.
5. He “wants to make a difference
and challenge students to take a
honest look at the university."

Watkins. a finance professor at
Syracuse University. has had five
books published. “The Parental
411: What Every Parent Should
Know About Their Child in Col—
lege." “Everything You Ever Want-

Boyce
Watkins

ed to Know About College."
"Quick and Dirty Secrets of Col—
lege Success: A Professor Tells It
All," "Financial Lovemaking 101:
Merging Assets with Your Partner
in Ways That Feel Good" and
“What if George Bush
Were a Black Man?" He re-
ceived his undergraduate
and master‘s degrees from
UK and a doctorate in fi-
nance from Ohio State Uni-
versity.

The African American
Studies and Research Pro-
gram sponsored the event
as an addition in the annual
Carter G. Woodson series.
After hearing about a num—
ber of race-related incidents around
the country. it was time to “do
something." said program director
Sonja Feist—Price. She and a group
of other faculty members “dis-
cussed the issues in a very logical
and analytical way" and decided
Watkins was a great fit for UK.

Price said she hopes students
become enlightened and under
stand the issues on a “broader lev-
el. " and that 'they can take the
problems with the cartoon and put
it in a bigger context.

Watkins agreed with Price that
the problems need to be looked at
from a historical point of view.

For Watkins. he believes
“something is owed to people of
color on UK‘s campus." He added
that "after all black people have
given to the university. it makes no
sense for them to be treated as sec~

See Watkins on page 3

 

Plaque.

reborn.

honors radio host

ELKatie Bus_h
news@kykernel com

After an eight-year absence. the
plaque honoring Claude Sullivan. a
fomier UK sports radio announcer.
was replaced in Commonwealth
Stadium before Saturday‘s football
game.

The plaque originally honored
Sullivan in 1967. shortly after his
death. but upon the expansion of
the stadium in 1999. the plaque
w as lost.

Sullivan‘s career began in 19-12
as an announcer at the WMCA ra~
dio station in Ashland. Ky. He be—
gan broadcasting UK football and
basketball games in 1945. and he
worked with (‘awood Ledford. the
"Voice of the Wildcats,“ who
called UK sports games from 1953
to 1992. Sullivan retired from [K
sports in 1963. and he began an
nouncing for the Cincinnati Reds,

Sullivan was “every bit as
good. every bit as revered as (‘a-
wood Ledford." said UK play-by-
play announcer Tom Leach. who
introduced Saturday‘s ceremony.

He w as Kentucky Sportscaster

of the Year every year from 1959.
when the award was created.
through 1966. the year before he
died. UK inducted him into the
Kentucky .loumalism Hall of Fame
in 2006.

UK President Lee Todd and his
wife. Patsy. attended the unveiling.
along with members of Claude Sul-
livan‘s family and other UK offi-
cials.

"It is amazing. the history of this
place." Lee Todd said. "Many. many
people will see this when they walk
by. It is in the perfect location."

The plaque placed in Sullivan‘s
honor describes him as “an uncom-
mon man who retained the com--
mon touch: whose excellence in his
profession and whose qualities of
humanity continue to guide and
challenge all broadcasters,"

The plaque is surrounded by
pictures of former football players
who received academic honors as
[K athletes. Plaques dedicated to
Stoll Field. the original home of
l'K football. also line the wall.
'l hose plaques were remm ed front
Sioll Held and placed in Common-
wealth Stadium in 1974.

Flat Cats cough up ball six times in loss to Bulldogs

By Eric Lindsey

elindsey@kykernel com

With brutally tough games
against South Carolina.
Louisiana State and Florida. the
UK football team hasn't been
accustomed to playing the role
of favorite the past few weeks.
And when the Cats finally got
their chance to play that part on
Saturday against Mississippi
State. they played much like
they were the underdogs in an
ugly 31-14 loss to the Bulldogs.

”When a game goes that
poorly. you have to look at me
first." head coach Rich Brooks
said. “I obviously did not get the
message to my team in the man-
ner that needed to be delivered
about how difficult this game
would be."

The message was clear on
Saturday: In a game Brooks la-

beled a “total systems failure."
the Cats didn‘t come to play
against a spirited MSU squad

that is now just one win short of

bowl eligibility.

“That was not representative
of how we play football out
there." Brooks said.

The No. 23 Cats (6-3. 2-
Southeastem Conference) com-
mitted blunder after blunder Sat-
urday afternoon
68.173 fans at Commonwealth
Stadium. UK turned the ball
over six times and was dominat»
ed from the get—go by the Bull~
dogs (5—4. 2-3 SEC).

“Before the game started. i
thought we had a great attitude
going into the game; 1 thought
the guys were very excited." se
nior quarterback Andre Wood—
son said. “But as the game wore
on. you could definitely tell we
weren't into it."

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in front of

With the loss. the Cats find Bowl
themselves in a tough position.
No weeks ago the Cats were

to unnumi STAFF
Senior center Eric Scott sits on the srdeli nes With his helmet on during the
fourth quarter of UK 5 34-14 loss against MISSISSIppl State on Saturday

hopefuls.

Championship Series
Now they‘ve fallen
out of the Associated Press top

25 and into a tie at the bottom of
the SEC East with three tough
conference games remaining.
UK is now No. 23 in the USA
Today poll.

“We took about 14 steps
backwards today because we
didn‘t get better at all i we got
worse." Brooks said. “Mississip—
pi State came in and took the
fight to us in every phase and
had us on our heels and kicked
our fanny "

The Bulldogs ate tip chunks
of clock early in the first half.
Behind a steady nmning game
from tailbacks Anthony Dixon
and Christian Ducre. MSU
burned up more than 12 minutes
of play on two 80-yard drives.
The first one spanned l4 plays
and the second one took a stag-
gering 17 plays.

MSLT quarterback Wesley
Carroll's l-yard touchdown toss

to Dixon capped the second dri-
ve early in the first quarter and
ptit the Bulldogs up 14—7.

“From an offensive stand—
point. that first drive was ab-
solutely critical." said MSU
head coach Sylvester Croom.
"It was a big. big part of the
ballgame because it gave our
guys confidence on the road
like that. and I think it was a lit-
tle bit of a waming shot for
them

The w aming shot became a
reality for the Cats early in the
third quarter. The Bulldogs
tacked on a field goal following
sophomore running back Alfon-
so Smith‘s fumble on the kickoff
that opened the second half.
MSU then took a commanding
lead after the Cats botched a
punt attempt.

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