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Monday, October 24, 2005

Same Ole son

Turnovers, miscues help keep UK
winless in Southeastern Conference

By Chris Johnson
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OXFORD. Miss.
Defensive coordinator
Mike Archer believed
his unit could do it.

UK had just
marched down the
field on its only scor-
ing drive of the after-
noon. and with 2:28
left in regulation.
Archer told head
coach Rich Brooks to
order a regular kick-
off, not an onside kick,
because he believed
his defense could stop
the Ole Miss rushing
attack that would be
trying to run out the
clock and secure a six-
point victory.

He was wrong.

On the very first
play. finding the mid-
dle of the field bottled
up, Mississippi run-
ning back Mico Mc-
Swain stopped. turned
to the outside and
found nothing but
green field ahead of
him.

Roger Williams fi-
nally brought Mc-
Swain down at the UK
47, but the damage
was done.

After one more ten~
yard run. Ole Miss (3-
4, 1-3 Southeastern
Conference) had

snuffed out the brief ‘

UK comeback and
held onto a 13-7 victo-
ry at Vaught-Heming-
way Stadium.

It was one break-
down in an afternoon
of solid defensive ef-
fort for the Cats (1-5. O
3 SEC).

“All day. we were
disciplined ~ in our
gaps. taking care of
assignments." said UK
defensive coordinator
Mike Archer. “One
guy freelanced. That‘s
what’s frustrating.”

Then. with the
Rebels backed up to
their own 13-yard-line,
one blown assignment
cost the Cats their
chance to get the ball
back.

“We called the
same defenses all af-
ternoon," Archer said.
“It’s just guys getting
caught up in the mo-
ment. We had guys do-
ing another guys‘ job."
' UK's defense
seemed to tire in the
fourth quarter. allow-
ing Ole Miss to go 4-0f-
6 on third down after
holding the Rebels to
four conversions on 14
attempts up to that
point.

“At times. the de-
fense played really
good,” UK head coach
Rich Brooks said.

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OXFORD, Miss. ~~
Mike Archer said it best.

"That pisses me off."
the UK defensive coordi-
nator said after the Wild-
cats failed to hold Ole
Miss in check. giving the
Rebels a
13-7 win
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Freshman quarterback Curtis Pulley is tackled during the third quarter Sat-
urday. Pulley also had four catches and blocked two Ole Miss field goals.

points.

the Grove?

I would imagine UK
fans are. after the Wild-
cats lost another oppor-
tunity to make any sort
of progress in the South-
eastern Conference. Be-
fore the game. an Oxford
local quipped in the
press box of Vaught-
Hemingway Stadium. “If
Ole Miss doesn’t win to-
day. they won’t win an-
other SEC game all
year." Sounds like UK's
outlook to me.

Actually. after watch-
ing the Rebels drop pass-
es and move backward
clue to repeated penal-
ties, the overall bad luck
resembled watching UK.

themselves.

Fumbles have come
in bundles for the Wild-
cats. Four giveaways at
South Carolina was the
knockout against the
Gamecocks. and the
three more they tallied
versus Ole Miss certain-
ly made matters worse
in Oxford.

Unfortunately for the
best player on UK‘s 0f—
fense. four of the lost
fumbles in the past two
games have come from
the arms of sophomore
tailback Rafael Little.

“When you try to
coach it up so much this
week. sometimes you
can get in a kid‘s head."

Who else is upset
with the anti-thriller in

It was almost as if the
Wildcats were playing

offensive coordinator
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Friends, footwork and foils

UK's Fencing Club welcomes newcomers

By Kendra Suchy
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Everyone wears white.
everyone wears a mask and
everyone has a sword.

It sounds like a fairy
tale scene. but it’s not.

Dressing in jackets and
masks is a part of a stan-
dard meeting for UK's Fenc-
ing Club. who start the
night warming up and re-
viewing the basics.

“Fencing is called physi-
cal chess because it’s very
aerobic. fast and mentally
challenging.” said geology
senior Jason Lambert. “It
takes a full semester just to
learn the fundamentals."

But learning is also a lit-
tle tougher for newcomers
to UK’s Fencing Club.

“Fencing Club does not
have a maestro, so begin-
ners can get good funda-
mental ideas from more ad.
vanced members." said
classics sophomore Alex
Morris. who is also the
fencing club’s president.

The basics consist of
learning footwork. includ-
ing how to advance and re-
treat from an opponent.
Fundamentals involve

learning footwork and
learning how to handle one
of three types of weapons,
foil. saber or epée.

All beginners’ start out
on a foil. which is a 35-inch.
one-pound blunt sword. and
they later move on to either
a saber or an epée. Morris
said.

Sabers are a form of
cavalry sword. and points
can be scored with the side
of the blade as well as the
point. Morris said.

Lambert said epée is a
free-style type of fencing
where the fencers can score
points on any part of the
body from head to toe.

When using a foil.
fencers target their oppo-
nent's torso. front and back.
from the shoulders to the
groin to gain points. The
arms. legs and the face are
considered off-target hits
and halt the game when in
tournament.

All three types of fenc-
ing are done at local and na-
tional tournaments.

“Tournaments are tak-
en much more seriously.
and you're fencing people

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By Katie Hicks

THE KENYUCKY KIRNEL

Two years ago. Nick Reed left
the house of Mary Kate Armstrong.
his girlfriend. to run to the store.
When he returned to her house. the
door had been kicked in and his
girlfriend was locked in a closet.

Although Armstrong was un-
harmed and was robbed of only a
few things. the experience jolted
their awareness of violence.

“I was really scared. and I just
want to keep her safe." Reed. a
telecommunications junior said.
“You have to remember. it could be
your sister. friend or girlfriend
that‘s being victimized.”

Now, Reed and Armstrong are
trying to help change the culture of
women’s safety on campus by tak-
ing part in a new UK program

Reed and Armstrong are both
members in a program called Stu-
dents Educating and Empowering
for Safety (SEEDS). The 14 people
who have become mentors in the
program were required to go to a
two-day training program in
Cincinnati. teaching them how to
give presentations about violence
against women to campus groups,
direct victims to seek help and be-
come leaders on campus.

The mentors now speak to
Greek organizations and residence
halls and are available upon re-
quest.

But the program's mentors were
taught more than how to give pre-
sentations. They were given insight
into the struggles of being a victim.

“The SEEDS themselves are go-
ing through a transformative
process. and deepening their under—
standing.“ said Dorothy Edwards.
director of Women‘s Place.

Women‘s Place was started as
part of an initiative to reverse a
trend of violence against women at
UK. According to a 2004 study done
by the Center for Research for Vio-
lence Against Women. 36.5 percent
of women will be a victim of crime
while they attend UK.

As part of their training. Reed
and Armstrong were taught to chal-
lenge the stereotypes that have
been created about men and
women.

“Taking action doesn't always
mean going out and joining an or-
ganization." Reed said. “It could
just mean watching your guy
friends to make sure they don‘t
take advantage of a girl."

Armstrong. an integrated

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steer clear of bad landlords

By Walter Smith

THE KENTUCKY KERNIL

Students having trouble with their
landlords will soon have a Web site that
can help them out.

Lisa Johnson. a former president of
the Aylesford Neighborhood Associa—
tion. is setting up the site as a place
where tenants can warn others about
bad experiences they have had renting.
The site will help educate student ten-
ants about their rights so landlords
can’t take advantage of them. Johnson
said.

“The landlords know that kids don‘t
know the law." Johnson said. “I‘m try-
ing to educate them about the law."

Johnson added that she wants the
site to be a place where “students can
go in and compare landlords."

Last year. Johnson passed out her
business card to student tenants in the
area and told them they could come to
her for advice. She said she got many
calls from students about how their
landlords were ripping them off.

This is how Tim Brown. a mathe»
matics senior at UK. heard about John-
son. A friend of his was having trouble
getting his deposit back from his land-
lord. and Brown thought it was unfair.

“I honestly think this is a big prob
lem." Brown said. “Students need to
know the law and what it means for
them.“

Brown eventually joined up with
Johnson and is working on designing
the site. which will be www.stu-
dentsknowyourlexlandlord.com. They
hope to have the site up and running by
April 2006.

“The goal for the site is to have peo-
ple come together and use it as a tool to
decide where to live or where not to
live." Brown said. “We want it to em-
power students so they won‘t get taken
advantage of."

Johnson has been trying to work
with the new Student Government ad-
ministration to help her with the site.

“This Web site would be very help
ful in our efforts to educate students
about their rights." said Jason Robin-
son. SG‘s communications director.

UK released the Student Source
Book for off-campus residents this year.
The book includes information about
what to consider in a lease and legal
services students can utilize.

Larry (‘rouch. UK associate vice
president for student affairs. designed

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Tenant/Landlord Information

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who aren‘t your friends. who are more
competitive and it’s for points.” said
Matt Speer. a history senior and a
member of the fencing club.

Speer said some children start
fencing at a very young age. and can
reach a "worldclass" level by the time
they are 10 or 11 years old.

‘Some people take it very seriously
and are very competitive. but I just do
it for the fun." Speer said.

The fencing club had three or four
members fence at a tournament in
Lexington in late September. The next
regional tournament will be this Sun-
day in Louisville.

“It (fencing) makes me feel better
about myself." Chenault said. “When

l'm having a rough day or week. I can
come in and vent out my frustration."

Others fence because of the spirit
and association. even if they don’t
come out on top.

“I enjoy the sport and the people."
Morris said. “i have fun fencing even if
I’m losing a match."

Lambert said he just can’t put his
sword down.

“i always had an interest in fenc-
ing. and when i found out there was a
club. 1 got addicted." Lambert said.

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the Source Book and said
15.000 copies were produced

and distributed in neighbor
hoods around UK.

“We thought it would be
good for students to equip
them with knowledge and
background of what to
know." Crouch said.

The Source Book also
contains sample letters for

communicating with land-
lords. which help keep stu‘
dent tenants legally protect~
ed.

“All the letters were
cleared through the universi.
ty's legal counsel." Crouch
said.

Crouch does not think

renters being taken advan-
tage of is a big problem
around UK. but said safe is
better than sorry.

“You don‘t want to oblig-
ate yourself to a contract
without knowing what
you're doing." he said.

Some students said the

Web site could be a good. ob
jective guide to finding a
place to live.

“I think it would be a
good idea because your land-
lord isn't going to tell you
what’s wrong before you
move in." said English
sophomore Amy Talbott.

“I think it‘d be a great
thing," social work junior
Christa Della Bella said of
the Web site. “I‘d do it. l‘d get
on there."

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BAGHDAD. lraq Lawyers for Saddam Hus-
sein and his codefendants refused to attend a spe-
cial court hearing yesterday. citing worries about
violence and the recent assassination of one of
their colleagues.

The defense attorneys have demanded that the
Iraqi government and US. forces let them deputize
their own relatives and tribesmen as armed body-
guards before they agree to continue to take part in
the trial. which began Oct. 19.

Prosecutors interviewed a dying former intel-
ligence officer yesterday in a private hospital in
the presence of an investigative judge but without
defense lawyers. They said they had offered the de-
fense several ways to take part in the session.

The lead prosecutor said the witness testified
against Saddam and his deputies in connection
with charges stemming from the punishment of
Shiite villagers in the town of Dujail after a 1982
assassination attempt.

The dispute over security came as bombs and
shootings left at least nine lraqis dead yesterday.
and cut off vital exports from lraq‘s northern oil
fields. US. troops have suffered at least 1.996 deaths
since the war started in March 2003. and Associat-

strategic communications se-
nior. agreed.

“Everyone is in a position
to do something." she said.

Edwards said she hopes stu-
dents speaking to peers will
leave a lasting and deeper im-
pression. The success of the
mentoring program lies in the
students’ leadership in chang-
ing attitudes and beliefs.

“Violence is a problem at
UK. and to stop it. everyone
must get involved." Edwards
said.

“If it‘s a minority of people
perpetrating. how is it still
happening? Where‘s the major-
ity’.’“

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Baghdad yesterday

it foreshadows the difficulties that may arise
in conducting a sensational trial in one of the most
dangerous countries in the world.

The spat over the hearing also shows how the
two sides might duel in the media before the next
full court session on Nov. 28. as well as the court-
room.

The U.S..backed government vows that the tri-
al will continue.

“The government will not interfere in the judi»
ciary process. but its duty is to provide these trials
in order to provide justice for the people.” govern-
ment spokesman Laith Kubba told reporters yes-
terday. “We will not transfer the trial outside lraq
because all the resources are here. We want the
people to sense justice."

Defense attorneys say they can‘t mount a prop
or defense for their clients in the current climate of
insecurity. Saadoun .lanabi, the lawyer for one of
the defendants. was found dead Thursday with a
pair of bullets in his head an hour after he was
grabbed from his office by gunmen.

The killing of the 58-year-old attorney who
was defending the former head of Saddam's Revo
lutionary Court. Awad Hamed Bandar, has sparked
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manded an international investigation.

Kubba said the defense lawyers rebuffed gov-
ernment offers of the same protections and securi-
ty it has given other officers of the court. They re
jected an offer to obscure lawyers‘ faces during tri- '
al and keep their names private. he said.

“We offered them security advice.” he told re- ,,

porters. “If they ask for security. it’s our duty to ..
provide it."

Defense lawyers say they mistrust the Interior
Ministry. which they say is infiltrated by Shiite .‘
militiamen who wish them harm. .

“We do not know the people in the Ministry of .
interior." said Khamis Ubaidi. a veteran criminal
lawyer who represents several of the defendants.

“We want our relatives to protect us. We want the .'
people in charge to issue licenses for them to carry _ .

weapons."

Prosecutors yesterday interviewed Wadha Is-
mail Sheik, a high-ranking intelligence official .
who is apparently dying of cancer about the defen- .
dants' involvement in the Dujail case, which might
be the first of half a dozen cases against Saddam.

Lead prosecutor Jaffar Mussawi said the court
had offered the dozen or so defense attorneys four
ways to attend the session, including participation
via video teleconference or the supply of a US. mil-
itary escort. but the defenSe refused.

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Both the men’s and women’s swim-
ming and diving teams lost to rival Ten-
nessee Saturday, the women by a tight
124-119 score and the men by a 134-107
count. The women fell to 1-1 (01 South-
eastern Conference) and the men’s loss
was their opening match of the season.
The combined swimming and diving
team will travel to College Station, Tex,
to face Texas A&M Nov. 5.

Voleyball splits weekend
with Barriecoclts, Volunteers

Seniors Danielle Wallace and Amy
Kaplan led the Cats with 14 kills apiece,
and setter Leigh Marcum achieved a ca-
reer high with nine kills to go with 49

Sports

SPORTSBRIEFS

assists, six digs and three blocks as UK
overcame a Friday-night loss to Ten-
nessee to defeat South Carolina 3-1 yes-
terday afternoon. UK (137, 04 SEC)
swept the second, third and fourth
games of the match to turn away the
Gamecocks (109, 3-6). Freshman Ashlee
Fisher contributed 11 kills Sunday and
10 Friday

Against the Volunteers, Wallace
again led the Cats, this time with 15
kills. Fisher led the team with four
blocks. After UT took the first game of
the match. UK held an advantage
throughout game two, holding off sever-
al Volunteer rallies, but UT eventually
broke through to tie the game at 26. UK
took another lead, but allowed UT to tie
the game back up at 29. After five more
ties, UT got a kill and a block of a
Queen Nzenwa shot to ice the game and

 

eventually the match, 3-0.

Madras named to preseason
All-SEC

UK guards Rajon Rondo and Patrick
Sparks were named to the SEC Coaches‘
All-SEC teams last week. Rondo was one
of four unanimous selections to the first
team while Sparks made the second
team. Alabama and Arkansas led the
team selections with three players
apiece. The Crimson Tide’s Chuck
Davis. a senior forward. and Ronald
Steele, a sophomore guard, were also
unanimous first-team choices, along
with Arkansas junior guard Ronnie
Brewer. Maysville, Ky, product Chris
Lofton. a sophomore guard for Ten
nessee, was a second-team selection.

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Cats

Continued from page 1

 

“Given the field position. the defense did
a great job of keeping us in the ball
game.”

Ole Miss dominated the field posi-
tion in the first half. UK had one offen-
sive play in Rebel territory during the
half —- a false start on lineman Fatu Tu-
rituri during a second-quarter drive
that placed the line of scrimmage back
at the UK 47-yard-line.

Sophomore running back Rafael Lit-
tle and the Cats wouldn't return to
Rebel territory until 13:44 remained in
the third quarter, when Little himself
ran to the Ole Miss 46-yard-line and was
stripped of the football by the Rebels‘
Travis Johnson for his second fumble of
the afternoon.

“He’s a guy that has to protect the
football,” said UK offensive coordinator
Joker Phillips of Little. “So we start to
coach it up and get into the guy's head.
We gotta correct it.

“He’s our best player. but if he puts
the ball on the ground, we’ll get Arliss
Beach in there."

Little finished the afternoon with 77
yards on 14 carries, while Beach fin-
ished with 73 yards on 11 carries and
UK's only touchdown.

The Cats again found their offensive
strength in the rushing attack, finishing
with 149 yards as a team on the ground.

But UK couldn’t stop the Ole Miss at-
tack either, as McSwain finished with
104 yards and the Rebels finished with a
team total of 163 yards.

Like two weeks ago at South Caroli-
na, when UK had four turnovers in
eight offensive plays. fumbles were a
problem for UK. Little‘s pair of
turnovers stopped two offensive drives
and a fumble on a squib kick at the end
of the first half nearly cost the Cats
three more points.

After Ole Miss kicked a field goal to
move the lead to 10—0, kicker Will Mose-
ley sent a squib kick into the UK return
unit. The ball glanced off of Alexis
Bwenge’s shin, and it bounded far
enough away so that the Rebels smoth-
ered it at the Wildcat 30. They then pro
ceeded to bounce a 47-yard field goal off
the right upright as time expired.

The Rebels’ kicking did its part in
keeping UK in the game. Six-foot-4 fresh~
man backup quarterback Curtis Pulley
blocked two field goals. and Rebel kicker
Matt Hinkle missed two more, after
starting kicker Robert Bass had his first
kick blocked by Pulley. Altogether, the
Rebels finished two for six on field goals.
including Pulley’s blocks.

“Our kick-block coverage kept us in
the game, but it just wasn’t enough,"
Brooks said.

UK’s defense also kept the Cats in
the game. but poor field position finally
cracked the unit‘s resolve in the second
quarter.

The third play of the second quarter
was a Rob Park punt that the Rebels
downed inside the UK l—yard-line.

The teams traded five punts. the last
of which gave Ole Miss the ball at the
UK 42-yard-line. The Rebels scored two
plays later. on a nine-yard pass from
quarterback Michael Spurlock to Mike
Espy following a 33-yard pass from
Spurlock to receiver Taye Biddle.

The Rebel defense, known for its
speedy, blitzing attack, held UK in check
in every drive except the Wildcats‘ final
one, when Woodson marched the team
70 yards in 2:21 to make it a one-posses-
sion lead for Ole Miss.

Brooks lauded the Rebels‘ quick and
complex defense for holding UK to 256
yards of total offense.

“Ole Miss has great team speed on
defense," Brooks said. “They show you a
lot of different looks and pressure you
from different areas. For 30 minutes. we
responded poorly to what they did. By
the time we got it right, it was too little,
too late."

Woodson finished the first half 2-for—
6 passing for six yards. Running back
Rafael Little had seven carries for 24
yards. contributing more than half of
the teams 47 yards of total first-half of-
fense.

For the game, the UK offense held
onto the ball for less than 25 minutes
while the Rebels clocked in more than
35 minutes of ball possession.

“It’s great to get off the field, but we
gotta get the offense across the 50."
sophomore linebacker Joe Schuler said.

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Joker Phillips said. “That has not been
him — turning the football over."

Little has become the workhouse
for UK’s offense this season, with the
Cats’ two best receivers sidelined most
of the year.

Despite solid running by both Little
and senior tailback Arliss Beach, the
offense barely made its presence
known until a fourth-quarter despera-
tion drive, with sophomore quarter-
back Andre’ Woodson using the no-
huddle to roll over a yawning, ready-to-
hit-the-locker-room Ole Miss defense
that was leading 13-0 at the time.

Judging from the success of that
drive, you’d think UK would have con-
sidered the no-huddle sooner.

But offensive coordinator Joker
Phillips said UK opted not to try the
no-huddle sooner because the Wildcat
defense was playing well.

So what if the defense was holding?
Why take any chances when turnovers
can mean the difference? Woodson has
said all season he’s comfortable going
no-huddle. UK is far beyond playing
with something to lose. The Cats have
nothing to lose at this point, so why not
take a few chances?

It’s been painfully obvious the past
few seasons UK is not going to get the
lucky bounce. It’s not going to be spot-
ted anything.

At the end of that final UK series,
Beach scored from four yards out and
UK's defense thought it could hold.

“I told Rich (Brooks) to kick it ,7
that we could stop them, and we did-
n’t,” Archer said. “And that pisses me
off.”

Now UK, formerly one of the least-
penalized teams in the country, is rack-

ing up the yellow flags to go with its
turnovers.

“The last two outings, we beat our-
selves,“ Phillips said. “Neither team
the last two outings have stopped us.
When you turn the ball over and you
give yourself first-and-ls that‘s you
beating yourself. That’s not the defense
beating you."

After a spanking at South Carolina
and Saturday's loss in the Grove. Van-
derbilt looms larger than any game left
on the schedule.

And the Commodores should have
the last laugh. The former bottom-
dwellers are looking down on UK.

And it pisses me off.

Sports Editor Derek Poore is a your
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“Big Blue Review" Wednesdays at 4 pm.
and Sunday nights from 8 to 10 on
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