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Blanton

leaves

UK for
Frankfort

By Blair Thomas

bthomas@kykarnel.com

Jay Blanton. head of UK public re-
lations. announced late last week that
he is leaving UK to become communi-
cations director for Gov. Steve
Beshear.

Blanton. 40. said his departure is
something he has been considering
since before
Beshear was elected
in November.

“I've always
had an interest in
politics and I've
been given the
chance to work in
something l love."
Blanton said. “I am
taking this position
for a large part be—
cause l have a lot of respect for
Beshear. i think he is a man of real in-
tellect and real commitment."

Blanton replaces Dick Brown. who
will become spokesman for the cabi—
nets of Energy and Environment and
Public Protection and Labor.

“Jay brings a unique set of talents
to a position like. this.“ said Beshear in
an e—mail to the Kernel. “He‘s not only
got a communications background.
he‘s a person with a lot of background
in politics."

Blanton said recent budget cuts at
UK. including many for faculty raises.
had nothing to do with his decision to
leave his position at the university.

“If you know anything about state
gov ernment. you know budget cuts at
the state level. if possible. have been
even larger than ones at UK." Blanton
said. “We‘re living in challenging eco—
nomic times and we‘re all suffering."

Blanton. who has worked at UK
for almost 4 years. said he will miss
his work at the university.

"I love L'K. l have loved etery
moment at this uni\crsit_\ and with
(UK) President (Lee) Todd." Blanton
said. “And it will be hard to leave my
alma mater. especially at a time w hen
this uni\ersity is aspiring to national
prominence, something the state really
need.s it to do,"

Tom Harris. associate \icc presi-
dent of external affairs. will be in
charge of replacing Blanton and will
be making a decision regarding how to
go about filling the position in the next
few days.

in the meantime. Blanton‘s respon—
sibilities at [K will be divided among
three of his former deputies Kelly
Bo/emaii will handle marketing.
Amanda Nelson will be in charge of
the medical campus and hospital and
Kathy Johnson will handle main cam-
pus. according to the office of public
relations.

"In the interim. we are gitist going
to do our best to continue day to day
work." Johnson said.

Blanton said he is confident the
university will be in good hands with
these "three very capable individu—
tils."

His wife. (‘arla Blanton. served as
one of former Gov. lirnie Fletcher‘s
communications directors but left her
position during the state hiring iiiVesti»
gation.

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UK student to serve on higher ed council

By B|a_ir_Thomas
bthomas©kvkernetcom

Gov. Steve Beshear named Chris
Crumrine. former chief of staff of Stu—
dent Govemment, the student member
of the state Council on Postsecondary
Education this week.

Crumrine. who graduated in May
with a bachelor's degree in mass com»
munications and is currently working
toward a master of public administra-
tion degree. said serving as a voice for
students will be his main priority
while on the council.

“Considering the budget cuts that
have taken place this year and how
they have effected tuition. it is impor-

tant to make sure we find ways to
keep college affordable." Crumrine
said.

One of the CPE‘s main focuses
this year will be finding a way to set
future tuition rates. Crumrine said.

"There won't be a huge tuition de-
bate this year among the council be—
cause we are in the middle of a budget
cycle, but deiennining how we will
set the price of tuition in the future is
something we will focus on to try to
keep higher education affordable.“
C rumrine said.

The council will look at how uni~
versities in other states determine rates
of tuition as possible influences on a
policy for Kentucky. Crumrine said.

(‘rumrine will work closely with
the Board of Student Body Presi-
dents. a group made up of leaders
from Student Govemments at col~
leges around Kentucky. to help him
serve as the students‘ liason to state
government.

"l'm the best way for students to
communicate with state govemment
and have a say in what goes on at the
state level." Crumrine said.

The Board of Student Body Presi—
dents helped select Crumrine for his
position as one of l6 members ap-
pointed to the council by the gover»
nor. Crumrine was nominated by cur—
rent SG President Tyler Montell and
was one of three candidates who met

with Beshear in contest for the posi-
tioti.

“There were a couple of good can-
didates for the position but Chn's real-
ly stood out." Montell said.

During his time as an undergradu-
ate. Crumrine worked “hard to lobby
for lower tuition and had a good un-
derstanding of how state government
works." Montell said.

Crumrine was appointed on Tues-
day for a term that expires June 30.
2009. He succeeds UK law student
Ryan Quarles whose term expired at
the end of last month. Quarles will at-
tend Harvard University this school
year as one of '25 Zuekerman Fel-
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weeks during the Kentucky Classical Theater Conservato»

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Trish Clark. executive director of the conservatory. start‘
ed the program six years ago as a training ground for up—

coming actors.

“The mission of the (conservatory) is to offer a platform
for artists of all ages and highlight the talent of all the ages."

(‘lark said.

The 2008 summer intensive. entitled “Will Power.“
asked students to perfonn monologues. to improvise and to

get to know other aspiring actors.

SummerFest. pan of KCTC. has three shows throughout
the summer. Starting the season yesterday with Anthony and
Cleopatra. Summerli‘est will continue with Lord of the Flies

and close with the musical Hair.

During the weeks in the conservatory. students work

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and is a graduate of the School of Creative and Penniming Arts and plans to attend the Chicago
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With gas at $4 a gallon. it would cost
about 39.6”) to travel from Dallas. Texas
to Calgary. Alberta. ('anada.

But this month. students front UK‘s
(‘ollege of Engineering will make the trip
without using a single drop of gasoline

Led by protect manager Matt Hatfield.
engineering students will compete in the
North American Solar (‘ar Challenge.
where 24 cars front around the world. in-
cluding one from UK. Will race 2.400
miles from Dallas to Calgary.

The car. (iaio del Sol III. was com»
pletely engineered by students in the (‘ol-
lege of Engineering and over the next
week it will be provmg its mettle by con-

tending in the 3.400—niile endurance test.
Competition aside. the team's goal this
year is solely to complete the race.

“I don't care if we come in dead last
Hatfield. a mechanical engineering senior.
said. "if we cross the finish line we‘ll have
done better then we ever have before."

UK entered the competition in 2003
and 2005. but both times failed to make it
through the preliminary phases of the com-
petition. The first phases. called scrutineer-
ing. include rigorous safety testing and in»
spections to make sure that the car is up to
snuff and meets regulations. Hatfield said.

"ln 2003 we never expected to make it
to the race. we were just there mainly to
learn from the other teams." said Scott
Stephens. a professor of mechanical engi-
neering at UK.

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The new car is modified from the earli-
er version: the chassis has been redesigned.
a significantly improved safety system has
been added and new lithium polymer hatA
teries now run the car. Stephens said.

The (iato del Sol lll completed the
scrutineering phase yesterday and will be
the 6th best car entered in the race. Today
it will be competing in a road test at the
Motorspott Ranch in Cresson. Te\as before
finally being allowed to hit the highway on
Sunday,

The trip will take [0 days and avoid
mayor interstates‘. All cars w ill be accompa»
nied by a lead and tail car staffed by the
support team who are equipped to handle
anything from a flat tire to a battery over-
load. Stephens said.

The (iato del Sol lll is capable of gen»

crating 3 horsepower worth of energy.
which can power the car to a maximum
speed near 65 miles per hour.

“It's a lot of fun to drive." said Nick
Such. a mechanical engineering senior.
“the car doesn't hay e power steering. so it
can be hard to tum when you‘re going 55.
but liccause it‘s a three wheeled car it actu—
ally handles better than any other car He
droen "

ify en with the advancements and modi-
t'icaiions to the car. Hatfield said mass-pro-
ducing solar cars isn't a possibility for the
near future

“Solar energy still isn't a feasible alter
native for conventional gasoline powered
cars right now." Hatfield said. adding that
the panels of solar cars are expensive and
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Every week. Rccsc Withcrv
spoon and thrcc murricd girl-
fricnds huvc ‘.l rcgulirr hciirt—to-
heart about their lives. On this
particular wcck. art I] am. on
Junc 20, over ii fruit plzrrc with
melon and bcrrics ut l-.A.'s Le
Pain Quotidicn. the arctrcss told
hcr fricnds that cycn uftcr dut-
ing Jukc (Tyllcnharul for morc
than u ycur. shc still finds it
hard to bclicvc that things arc
going so wcll. ()ycr thc coursc
of her scvcn—ycirr mirrriagc to
Ryan Phillippc. she explained.
she had grown Ltccustomcd to
being with a man who ,.,, cvcn
on her birthday - preferred to
party with friends instead of
With her. Now the uctrcss. 32.
faces the cirviublc chullcngc of
having a ncw. younger bcuu
who can't gct cnough of her.
"Jukc will say things likc. ‘l‘ll
sell my housc and you can sell
your house and wc‘ll movc
away together.” she told her
friends.

Well. they'rc halfway thcrc
already. Quietly. with thc low-
lcvcl fanfare typical of the cou—
plc. (iyllcnhoal has moycd into
her $5 million LA. homc and
is zilrcudy part of hcr ficrccly
guardcd family. helping her
raisc her two kids. Ava. 8. and
Deacon. 4. "They‘ve gotten so
comfortablc having Jake
around that thcy risk for him
when hc‘s not there." a Withcr-
spoon friend says of thc stand-
in dad. 27, who hclps chauffeur
them to ~ and chccrs them on
at ~— Avu‘s horse—riding lessons
and Deacon‘s flag football
games. Though he still owns
his $2.5 million bachelor pad in
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sidcr tclls Us. lndccd. Gyllcn-
haul stayed at thc house while
his girlfricnd was in Japan for
an Avon charity initizitivc in
mid-Junc: Withcrspoon. for her
part. cvcn culls (iyllcnhuul‘s
German shcphcrd mix. Atticus.
"my dog" now.

Playing housc has worked
so well. says it source close to
Witherspoon. whosc divorce
from Phillippc. 33. was final—
izcd on June 12, that they're
talking about making it official:
”Murriugc is definitely what
they arc working toward."

Path to the Altar

At the one-hour brcukfust
with her fricnds. Withcrspoon
confided that when she rnct
Gyllcnhaial on the sci of 2007‘s
Rendition. the buoyant. boyish
actor s'ccmcd the furthest thing
from what she was looking for
in 11 boyfriend. let alone a hus—
band or potential stcpfuthcr to
her kids. So while the former
chccr'lcadcr debutante from
Nashville may not seem the
typc to shack up without a
Wedding ring, members of her
inner circle tell Us a move-in is
u tcst-thc-wutcrs movc for thc
couple. ”She is a traditional
girl. but shc is happy to tukc
her timc and mukc sure she is
doing what's best for her and
the kids." a Witltcrspoon confi-
dunt tells Us. “Moving in to-
gcthcr and getting remarried
arc not things shc is taking
lightly."

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wcdlock at the age of 23 with
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nunt with Avir. the Oscar win—
ncr has cvcry rcuson to tirkc
things slowly. “Miirriugc is
hard." shc has said. "It‘s not
about cxpccting somconc to
make you happy cvci'y dzry. or
to complctc your lifc."

But (iyllcnhuul sccms to bc
trying hard to do just that. Hc's
bccomc fricnds' with her
fricnds. hanging out with othcr
couplcs in hcr L.A. neighbor-
hood. including hcr hcst [)‘dl.
Jcnnifcr Belushi. and Bclushi‘s
funnymiin husband. Jim. Diitc
nights can find them ill trendy
L.A. spots Commc. Madco or
Piucria Mouzr. but the two
seem just as happy ordering in
from thcir usual. Thc (‘luy Pit.
on Indian restaurant.

With Ava busy taking
horseback riding and ice Skill'
irrg lcssons and Deacon occue
picd with flag football camp.
the twosomc arc also free to
shore workouts: starting thcir
day with a run around L.A.'s
Brentwood Country Club or
yoga zit YoguHop. or a bike ridc
out to Venice. And beforc Gyl~
lcnhaal left town for work on
his big-budgct epic Prince of
Persia: The Sands of Time in
London (and. soon. Morocco).
thc pair squcczcd in on early—
bird dinner at the sushi bar of
thcir regular haunt Kutsuyu.
“Thcy huvc mudc surc w'hilc
Jake is on location thzrt they
spend as little timc apart as
possible." thc confidant says of
the NYC nutivc. Whilc Gyllcn»
haul shot the comcdy Nailed in
South Carolina iii May. says
the source. "even if he only hard
48 hours off. hc‘d tTy homc be—
cause he misscd her so much."

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State budget cuts mean U of L president

might not get bonus

University of Louisville President Jim Ramsey
will i‘eceiie the same $7le lump~sum salary in—
crease as all other U of L employees this fiscal year.

Due to state budget cuts. he may go without a
[x'rformance bonus. regardless of how he scores.
according to a news release. Ramsey is expected to
score high on his perfomiamce evaluations but will
probably receive a raise less than the bonus given
to UK President Lee Todd on June l7.

Todd scored a 97 out of 100 on his perfor—
mance evaluation and was awarded a bonus of
more than $|45.(Kl(l. the Kernel reported on June
l9. Todd accepted $05,500 of that sum and gave
UK back the other $50.00 to go toward campus

programs.

The L‘ of L Board of Trustees is expected to
vote in the next few days on a rect)Iiiiitendatioii that

 

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the president would receive no additional bonus.

Fraternity members plead not guilty in

hezmg case

campuses.

for eight years.

Three members of the Kappa Alpha Psi frater—
nity pled not guilty to criminal charges of fourth—
degree assault in Richmond on Tuesday.

The three men— two active members and one
alurniius~ are part of a hazing investigation of the
fratemity at UK and Eastern Kentucky University

UK suspended the Kappa Alpha Psi chapter
from the Lexington campus until the issue is re—
solved. liKU suspended the fratemity last month

A regional director of the fraternity recommend-
ed iii a letter emailed to the Kemel that nine fr‘atemi—
ty members be suspended or expelled after the haz-
ing incident. According to police. pledge Brent
Whiteside was beaten with fists. a paddle and a cane,

Internet privacy best protected by industry, FTC says

By that Glass

McClatchy Newspapers

WASHlNGTON The Fed—
eral Trade Commission indicated
Wednesday that it would leave it
to data—mining Web companies
and lntemet marketers to decide
how best to protect users” privacy.

“Selllregulation may be the
preferable approach for this dy-
namic marketplace." Lydia
Parties. the director of the com-
mission‘s Bureau of Consumer
Protection. told a Senate coin
mittee.

The FTC's decision not to
step in i even as Microsoft and
Google representatives testified

KY Basketball Museum
moves to campus

Kentucky Basketball Muse—
um’s board of directors and UK
ha\e decided to relocate the inu—
seum to an on»campus location
this fall in an attempt to resolve
the museum's financial debt.

The milseum. which was
housed in the Lexington Con—
vention Center next to Rupp
Arena. has received a $|00.00()
annual contribution from UK for
the last several years. according
to Rob Mullens. Deputy Direc—
tor of Athletics at UK. The mu-
seum‘s relocation to an on—cam-
pus facility will enable the uni-
versity to direct this annual

that some regulation would be
helpful means that Washing-
ton won‘t address the matter be—
fore a new administration and
Congress take office in szuary.
At issue is what privacy
rights consumers have when
data-mining cotnpanies use their
Web browsing patterns to target
them for ads. It's a gold mine for
oiiline advertising and lntemet
marketing. but consumer and e-
privacy groups say it‘s intrusive.
NebuAd. a media company
based in Redwood City. Calif.
has been in the hot seat for part-
nering with lntemet service
providers to deliver personalized
ads to users‘ computer screens,

Svom‘s BRIH

The company s chief exeeu»
tive officer. Bob Dykes, told the
Commerce, Science and Trans-
portation Committee that there's
no privacy lost in the process.

"NebuAd's systems are de—
signed so that no one, not even
the govemment. can determine
the identity of our users." Dykes
said.

Leslie Harris. the chief exec-
utive for the Center for Democ-
racy and Technology. a Washv
ington—based civil liberties
group. said that NebuAd and
other data—miners shouldn‘t be
able to track browsing pattems
without advance consent from
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funding toward the museum‘s
longtenn debt. Mullens said.

John Hayden. UK assistant
director of athletic media rela—
tions. confiimed the university's
commitment to the legacy of
UK basketball.

"When the museum was un-
able to go forward financially.
we explored various options of
how we could ensure that the
history and tradition of UK bas—
ketball is represented in a man—
ner in which our fans and sup-
porters have come to expect and
deserve." Hayden said. “In do-
ing so. we made the decision to
bring that legacy into an athletic
facility. where it can be properly
put on display."

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Gary Conelly. UK head
swimming coach. announced
the hiring of Ted Hautau as
the new diving coach on Tues—
day.

Hautau previously coached
at Davidson College and most
recently at NC. State where he
had an All-America honorable
mention diver in 2008.

Hautau replaces Mike Lydcn
who served as head diving
coach for 16 seasons before he
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Ilititstldy

Illl\ Ill Joint

Page 4

I KERNEL EDITORIAL

Louisville office gives
UK chance to recruit

new students, funding

Lexrngton and Louisville have al~
ways harbored nyalries. whether it is for
NCAA chrunpionsliips. economic ae—
coiiiplishments or population growth. So
when I'K established an office of re-
cruitment in the middle of downtown
Louisville. some may have thought get-
ting natives from the largest metropoli—
tan area in the state to

it comes as no surprise UK is suffering.
After taking a 6 percent cut in state
funding. making cuts in programs and
faculty raises. and still managing to ap—
prove a $2.2 billion operating budget. up
front last year‘s $2.09 billion. economic
times are visibly hard. Tuition is higher
than ever. up 9 percent. and students are
going to be looking

 

take in interest in
UK was a lost
cause.

Louisville not only is the

for salvation from
other. more affordable.
post-secondary institu-

Bux don‘t be largest metropolitan area norm.
too quick to judge. - - Kentucky resi-

As the Kernel In the State! bUt IS also dents in Jefferson. Bul-
reported on July 3. home to businesses and hit. Trtmble and Old-
there are currently , ham counties can at-
.Wu 25.000 UK corporations. many of mi mama Unites-

alumni living in
Louisville and 3.000
students who make
up 10 percent of the

which have large financial
backing that could aid UK

ty Southeast in New
Albany. Ind. at the cost
of Indiana in—state tu-
ition. That means pay-

 

student body are from
the city.

So plopping a recruitment office.
called UK on Main. smack in the middle
of the Cardinal City might be a key asset
in helping UK expand not only in its re-
cruitment of students but in its recruit-
ment of financial sponsors and support—
ers. That is. if IIK is willing to utilize its
new OITICL‘ in every possible way.

Louisville not only is the largest
metropolitan area in the state. but is also
home to businesses and corporations
many of which have large financial
backing that could aid UK in its post-
budgct cut years that Lexington does-
n’t have. But asking for patrons isn‘t that
easy. In a city that is already home to a
large university. UK on Main should
serve as an office that makes a viable ef—
fort in competing for financial support
from companies and alumni in
Louisville.

During these dark times of reces-
sion and economic trials and tribulation.

ing $4.933 per
school year instead
of $7.736 at UK.

University of Louisville offers a
similar reciprocity. allowing residents of
Indiana counties Clark. Crawford. Floyd.
Harrison. Scott and Washington to attend
U of L for the price of Kentucky in-state
tuition. $7.564.

The business of “recruitment" is no
longer easy to define. It means finding
funding. it means instituting programs
like the reciprocity opportunities be-
tween U of L and Indiana University
Southeast to help bring students to UK
and offer them the best for what they‘re
paying when they are here.

Opening an office for recruitment
in downtown Louisville means hiring a
new staff. new expenses. new endeav—
ors. If UK is making the effort. and
spending the money. to open this exten-
sion of the university in its rival city. it
better be prepared to work hard to cam
its keep.

War in Afghanistan has
gone from bad to worse

Thu [ii/[owing ('tllflll'ltl/ appeared in
the Mirimr Hi'rui'rl mi Iiicxrluy‘. .11in 8:

When President Bush said last
week that June had been a “tough
month" in Afghanistan. where more
I'.S. and NATO troops died during
the past two months than in Iraq. he
was pointing to a growing problem in
this country ’s military coitiiiiitiiicnts
overseas. The problem consists of
buying too many soldiers pinned
down in one place Iraq and
not enough devoted to righting an iii-

crcasingly difficult struggle iii another

Afghanistan.

With Iraq dominating the heady
lines. it‘s easy to forget that l' S
forces are fighting on two fronts. but
the spike in violence iii Afghanistan
sparked by a resurgent Taliban is not
likely to diminish anytimc soon. On
the contrary. a recent Pentagon report
painted a gloomy picture of deteriov
rating security conditions in the coun
trysidc and an isolated goyerrimcnt in
Kabul that llrl‘s little reach or .iiitliori-
ty outside of the tilpllill

The \ioleiice has increased cycii
though the number of forcign troops
iii the country is nearing its highest

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level since the invasion of 2001 *7
32.000 US. troops plus about 38.000
more from a NATOAled coalition.

The practical reality is that US.
forces can't fill the gap with the
forces at hand. That leaves few choic«
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The 0-8 countries have vowed to
help .‘\fghanistan‘s govcmment in‘
crease its own military and police ca-
pabilities. but NATO countries have
been unwilling to make a greater
commitment. despite pleas from Sec-
retary of Defense Robert Gates.
Looking for increased help from alv
lies does not hold the promise of
great success in the immediate future.

Another possibility is pressuring
neighboring Pakistan into stopping
cross-border raids into Afghanistan.
but so far Pakistan has rebuffed U.S.
cfforts to step tip vigilance against
militants in the hostile border regions.

As a result. a drawdown of US.
forces in Iraq is the most likely source
of future military manpower to finish
the iob that began almost seven years
ago in Afghanistan. This is one more
compelling reason to urge the Iraqi
govemmcnt to accept greater respon-
sibility for its own security.

 

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Don Wright, Palm Beach Post

 

Todd ignores pleas of those
who make up UK

If you‘ve been keeping up with
my writing the last few weeks. you
probably have a good idea about my
beliefs regarding
our university‘s
lack of regard
for students. As
of yet. I still
lack contrary ev—
idence to show
that my rebukes
of UK are ill-in-
formed or mis—

 

TAYLOB placed Last
SHELTON week‘s letter to
Guest. the editor by
columnist David Lautzen—

heiser. a UK
employee. highlighted an equally im-
portant problem on our campus ~—
the administration‘s disregard for its
employees.

The university should take a les—
son from its cross-state rival‘s current
predicament. Former University of
Louisville Dean of Education Robert
Felner is currently being investigated
by the FBI. Secret Service and US
Postal Service on a number of
charges primarily those regarding
the misuse o