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PHOTOS BY ALLIE GARZA | STAFFComputer science graduate student Kireet Polla receives the intranasal H1N1 vaccine from UK Healthcare nurse clinician Val Owens on Thursday at Uni-versity Health Services. More than 1,200 of the 2,000 vaccines received by UK were given out at the free clinic.

First h1n1 clinic held forUK community a success

By Chris Robbinsnews@kykernel.com

They stood in a growing line stretchingout the door and down the block. Youngand old, staff and student. They were notwaiting for basketball tickets, for Black Fri-day shopping deals or for their turn at thepolls.

Thursday morning, the UniversityHealth Services clinic began giving outvaccinations for the 2009 H1N1 influenzavirus. UHS received an allotment of 2,000doses of the vaccine on Monday, UKspokeswoman Amanda Nelson said.

At 9 a.m., a line of UK students andemployees began signing in and receivingtheir vaccinations — intranasal doses forthe healthy and injections for patients clas-sified with risk factors. By 10 a.m., the clin-ic gave out 255 doses of the vaccine, UKspokeswoman Julie Meador said.

As of 3 p.m. on Thursday, the UHS hadissued 1,212 vaccinations, UK spokes-woman Amy Ratliff said.

“I have young children. They’re little,they’re exposed to it and I’m working in anenvironment where I can be exposed,” said

Carl Harper, a nursery inspector in the Col-lege of Agriculture.

Despite the long lines, patients were di-rected in and out of treatment rooms in anorderly fashion.

“This is the largest lot of vaccine thatwe’ve gotten as a university,” said Dr. ChrisNelson, UK Healthcare Enterprise medical

director for infection prevention and con-trol. “This is the first vaccine we’ve gottenfor UK students. Before today, the vaccinehas been given to mostly health care work-ers.”

The front of Thursday’s line appeared

BluegrassCommunityand TechnicalCollege med-ical assistantstudent Les-ley Shafferwaits in lineto receivethe freeH1N1 vac-cine onThursday atUniversityHealth Serv-ices.

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Two debatebenefits,

downfalls oflowering age

By Roy Yorknews@kykernel.com

The alcohol debate has come to the heart ofthe Bluegrass.

On Thursday, James Fell, senior program di-rector with the Pacific Institute for Research andEvaluation, and John McCardell, founder ofChoose Responsibility and former MiddleburyCollege President, squared off in Worsham The-atre in a debate concerning lowering the nation-al drinking age and the effectiveness of the cur-rent under-21 law.

McCardell cited shortcomings and unex-pected consequences of the current system,while Fell cited statistics and argued the mini-mum drinking age has saved lives and reducedalcohol-related incidents across the board.

McCardell said states have the power tolower the drinking age below 21, but if statesdo, they forfeit 10 percent of their federal high-way appropriations under the Uniform DrinkingAge Act, passed in 1984. McCardell said nostate is going to risk the loss, and therefore nodata can be gained from younger drinking ageexperiments in the U.S.

He said today's problems have shifted to an-other issue prevalent on college campuses.

“The problem of 2009 is binge drinking,”McCardell said. “The law has been effective atreducing drinking in public venues, but drinkingis still taking place behind closed doors.”

He said between 1993 and 2001, there has

McCardell

Fell

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“We have changed theculture of drinking anddriving and there is noindication that we aregoing to wake up and

forget those changes.”

“There is no evidence thedrinking age has been

harmful. No data suggests (the law)increases alcohol poisoning, binge

drinking or alcohol related injuries.”

Shadow run pays homage to U.S. soldiers past and presentBy Nick Craddocknews@kykernel.com

UK students will run at 10 p.m.on Friday. In Baghdad, where it willbe 6 a.m. Saturday morning, so willU.S. soldiers.

The Run for the Fallen shadowrun on Friday was organized to hon-or all soldiers the week of Veteran’sDay. The event is intended to coin-cide with the 5K that over 700 sol-diers currently deployed in Baghdadwill run early Saturday morning.

“We will show our support forour troops by running alongsidethem on Friday night at 10,” said

Stacey Martinez, the coordinator ofthe shadow run.

Martinez’s fiance, 2nd Lt. JeffGraham, died on Feb. 19, 2004while serving in Iraq.

“Jeff was one of a kind. It’s sohard to put his personality intowords, as cliche as that sounds,” saidMartinez, who was with Graham forfive years. “He always had a smileon his face, and he just lit up a room.Very few people disliked him.”

Though this run is the first timeMartinez has organized anything ofthe sort, similar events exist, includingone in which Martinez participated.

In the summer of 2008, Martinez

ran one mile in the Run for the Fall-en campaign, in which one personran one mile for each fallen soldierfrom the Middle East starting in Cal-ifornia and forging east to Washing-ton, D.C.

However, Martinez emphasizedthe event is not just to rememberfallen soldiers, but to remind peoplethe service veterans have given tothe nation. She said the run is not afundraiser and the times of runnerswill not be logged.

Capt. Joey Orr, the UK ROTCoperations officer, said roughly 50people are committed to the run, thebulk being UK students. Orr said

participation in the run is open toanyone and everyone.

“I think word of mouth hashelped this event, and I think Veter-an’s Day this week really got somepeople motivated to remember thesoldiers,” Orr said.

Josh Lynch, a sophomore cadetin the UK ROTC program, will runon Friday. Just like Graham, Lynchis a Pershing Rifleman, a militaryfraternity, which is how Lynchlearned of Graham.

“I think this is a good way to re-member Lt. Graham,” Lynch said.

With all the support, Martinezsaid as long as the soldiers in Bagh-

dad continue to do their run, shewould organize an event like this “ina heartbeat.”

“(Without our soldiers) wewouldn’t be able to go run freely ona Friday night,” Martinez said.

If you goWhat: Run for the FallenWhen: Friday at 10 p.m.Where: Commonwealth Stadiumbus stop, University DriveAdmission: Free

Public healthgraduate stu-dents JessicaJones, GreggoryDang, John Kimand Joe Bellsort through theclothes donatedto the WildcatWarmth projectat the ReynoldsBuilding onThursday.

PHOTO BYJON REYNOLDSSTAFF

Keeping the state warm

By Rick Burchfieldnews@kykernel.com

Winter is quickly approaching, but parts ofsoutheastern Kentucky will be staying warmthanks to UK students.

Wildcat Warmth, a student-organized chari-ty project that has been going on for the pasttwo weeks, aims at gathering used winter wearclothing such as coats, sweaters, jeans, hats,gloves and shoes. Those items will be transport-ed to rural areas of the southeastern part of the

state, to be distributed to needy families.John Kim, a graduate student in the UK

College of Public Health, formulated the ideafor Wildcat Warmth last year when he learnedthat UK did not have a clothing distribution or-ganization. Kim took inspiration from his moth-er, who used to collect articles of clothing andtake them to Appalachian regions on her own.

“The main goal of Wildcat Warmth is to letthe community out there know that the studentsat UK care,” Kim said. “We’re privileged andfortunate to be here and we’re not just doing re-search and doing studies, we’re out to make adifference, too.

“I feel through doing charity and communi-

UK students hold clothingdrive to benefit Kentucky

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Bogue semifinalist forWilliam V. Campbell

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To get the advantage, check theday's rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0the most challenging.Aries (March 21-April 19) —Today is an 8 — Use your energyfor healing. Other people respondto emotional stimuli. Optimismgrows.Taurus (April 20-May 20) —Today is an 8 — Healing energyflows through your veins. Use it tohelp others. You feel better as well.Gemini (May 21-June 21) —Today is an 8 — Take time today toevaluate your diet. Boost your ener-gy while reducing fat intake.Cancer (June 22-July 22) —Today is an 8 — You perk up aftereating a healthy meal. Walking oryoga helps focus your thoughts.

Take time for yourself.Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Todayis an 8 — Help someone else treata small injury. You have a healingtouch. Love cures all wounds.Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) —Today is an 8 — Healing needs tooccur. Take time to rest sore mus-cles. The work will still be theretomorrow.Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) —Today is an 8 — Optimism growstoday as you sort through newinformation. You have everythingyou need to accomplish your goal.Scorpio (Oct. 23--Nov. 21) —Today is an 8 — Expand your think-ing in an area where a perceivedlimitation has held you back. Makeoptimism your best friend.Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

— Today is a 7 — Try not to runyour legs off today as you check offagenda items. Leave something fortomorrow.Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)— Today is an 8 — Soothe yourbruised ego with comfort food. Besure you have enough to go around,because others will want some, too.Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) —Today is an 8 — Take a half-day offto go to the spa. The steam roomrelaxes your body. A focused work-out relaxes your mind.Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) —Today is an 8 — Check as manythings off your list as you possiblycan. Focus on your own work andleave others to theirs. You're jam-ming!

DALLAS — Classmates looking for Katie Feather-ston at James Bowie High School in Arlington, Texas,usually knew where to find her. "I spent more time inthat drama room than I did at home in those years," shesays.

It was more of the same when she moved on toSouthern Methodist University to study acting: "It was anamazing four years of wearing sweat pants and beingtrapped in the Meadows (School of the Arts) basement."

So when it came time to star in the hit no-budgethorror film, "Paranormal Activity," which unfolds in aclaustrophobic suburban home, the 27-year-old actresswas already more than familiar with working in cozyconfines.

In other words, she's not complaining."We loved making the movie and we really be-

lieved in it, but we never expected this," Featherstonsays by phone from her manager's office in Los Ange-les. "This is above and beyond what we could haveeven considered. I haven't even wrapped my headaround it."

"It" is a domestic gross closing in on $100 million,magazine covers including Entertainment Weekly and a"Blair Witch"-like buzz for a film that cost $15,000 tomake. After a slow-trickle release through 13 collegetowns, Paramount gradually widened the screen count

to meet audience demands."Paranormal" is now considered the most profitable

movie ever made.Featherston credits the no-frills film's success to

our fear of the unknown: "What's behind that corner,what's in the dark. Once you get finished watching amovie set in a normal everyday home, you have to goback to your normal everyday home. It's easy to bringthat lingering fear with you."

And she credits her own accomplishments to hertime at SMU, where she graduated in 2005 with abachelor's degree in acting.

It's no secret that Los Angeles is crawling with as-piring actors. Though Featherston agrees with the con-ventional wisdom that "you don't have to have a collegedegree to act in this town," she also knows her formaltraining at SMU gives her a leg up on auditions, includ-ing the one for "Paranormal Activity."

"Having that root and that groundwork laid out forme put me ahead of people who didn't have that oppor-tunity," she says. "The professors at SMU, the studenttheater productions ... I cannot say enough good thingsabout my time at SMU."

For Michael Connolly, one of Featherston's favoriteprofessors, the feeling is mutual.

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Holiday movie ‘intense’ in 3DCharles Dickens’ classic story “A Christmas

Carol” has been told in many different formssince the 1800s when it was written — stage,

film or even cartoons.(Check Wikipedia’s listingof its many incarnations.)

Ebenezer Scrooge(wonderfully voiced by JimCarrey) is back once againwith his “Bah Humbug!”rants denouncing the goodname and nature ofChristmas in the 2009 ani-mated version of “AChristmas Carol.”

Much like “Beowulf”and “The Polar Express,”

director Robert Zemeckis brings this story tous in 3D and uses the film technique “Perfor-mance Capture,” the process of recordingmovement and turning the data into a digitalmodel. This process is a new way to make an-imated films, and the story has never lookedor felt more entertaining.

Like all of the other versions, the film tellshow the bitter and grumpy old man is visitedby the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present andFuture (all voiced by Jim Carrey), which caus-es him to have a drastic change of heart aboutthe holiday and himself.

This classic story doesn’t change in thenew version, so it really comes down to howit’s portrayed. The film’s special effects areamazing. Once Ebenezer is haunted by thefirst ghost, the movie experience becomes in-tense and never lets up until he learns his les-son. The hauntings jump off the screen into

the audience’s laps and the 3D effect makesyou feel like you are with Ebenezer at everystep in his journey to redemption.

Carrey being cast as Ebenezer Scroogeand the other characters in the film is a touchof genius. He adds an unrecognizable humorand familiarity to the different roles. I thoughthe would throw an “Ace Ventura/The Mask”brand of humor, but surprisingly he stays trueto each character.

Even though this film is animated andcasts the always funny Carrey, the story isportrayed seriously. Not concentrating onwhen the next laugh is makes the film moregenuine, allowing the audience to feel morerelatable to Scrooge.

Waiting to see “A Christmas Carol” when itcomes on video won’t do the film justice. Dis-tributers sometimes try to put the 3D glasseswith the rental so you can watch it on your owntelevision, but it’s nowhere near the same. Sowhile you get a chance to enjoy films like thisin theaters, you should take full advantage of it.

A bit of advice about watching 3D films:it’s natural for some to want to sit up closethinking they will have the best view of all theeffects. But you have to let the screen breathe.Sitting at a decent distance will allow you toget those effects perfectly from every angle.

Films like these in the 3D format are rarereleases and have proven to be very impres-sive. I would advise everyone to check thismovie out because it really is an adventure inthe theater. I’m positive I will be checking themovie out again for myself.

Bryce Bradford is an agricultural communi-cations senior. E-mail bbradford@kykernel.com.

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SCOREFriday, November 13, 2009

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By Neal Bassettsports@kykernel.com

Senior tight end Ross Bogueis in Heisman contention.

Bogue was named a semifi-nalist for the William V. Camp-bell Trophy, formerly the Drad-dy Trophy, which is popularlyknown as the “Academic Heis-man.” The William V. CampbellTrophy is awarded to the collegefootball player with the bestcombination of academics, com-munity service and on-field per-formance.

Bogue’s competition for“Academic Heisman” includes2007 Heisman Trophy winnerTim Tebow and 2008 HeismanTrophy runner-up Colt McCoy.

“I am honored and humbledto be nominated for an awardwith names like Tebow and Mc-Coy,” Bogue said. “It’s been mygreatest achievement at UK.”

Bogue earned a place on the

SEC Academic Honor Roll inthe 2008-09 season and has con-tinued his excellence in theclassroom this year. Bogue isone of the football representa-tives for the Student-Athlete Ad-visory Committee, and served asthe director of the UK StudentLobbyist Corps, which repre-sents the student body on leg-islative issues.

Bogue has learned muchfrom his father, a former foot-ball player at Georgia Tech, thathas carried over to both the foot-ball field and the classroom.

“He has taught me aboutwork ethic and outworkingeverybody else,” Bogue said. “Iapply that to the classroom,football field and organizationson campus.”

Bogue has played in everygame the past three seasons, andhas rotated in and out of thestarting lineup this season.Bogue made his first collegiatecatch last season, an eight-

yarder against Florida. Continu-ing that trend, Bogue grabbedthe first touchdown reception ofhis career against Florida onSept. 26.

“It was exciting. I grew uploving Florida,” Bogue said.“Against that team at home is agood feeling.”

Like most athletes, Bogueknows there is life after sports.Bogue is already planning towork for a year and then returnfor graduate or law school. Hehas demonstrated how to mixathletics and academics in stay-ing on track to earn his commu-nity leadership and developmentdegree, and is excited for thingsto come in the future. Bogue saidstudying for an accounting examis more difficult than the Cats’playbook.

“I’ve loved (the team) sincethe time I got here,” Bogue said.“The team was headed in a greatdirection. It was a great deci-sion, and also an easy one.”

PORTRAIT BY ADAM WOLFFBRANDT | STAFFSenior tight end Ross Bogue is a semifinalist for the William V. Campbell Trophy, awarded to thecollege football player with the best combination of academics, community service and on-fieldperformance.

PHOTO BY BRITNEY MCINTOSH | STAFFSenior tight-end Ross Bogue celebrates after scoring UK's only touchdown in the second quarter of Florida's 41-7 win over UK on Sept. 26.

Bogue, UK’s Heisman contender, takes in senior year

By Ben Jonesbjones@kykernel.com

QuarterbacksMackenzi Adams has been less

than impressive since relieving the in-jured Larry Smith for Vandy. MikeHartline and Morgan Newton willboth go for UK, and at least one ofthem should be effective enough tocreate a passing game.

Advantage: UK

Running backsBoth teams rely heavily on the

running game to set up the offense.UK is led by Derrick Locke, whileWarren Norman leads Vandy. Eventhough defenses load up on Norman,he’s averaging 5.7 yards per carry toLocke’s 4.8.

Adv: Vanderbilt

Wide receiversUK’s receiving corps ranks near

the bottom of the Southeastern Con-ference, but Vandy’s receivers arevanilla at best and rum raisin at worst.At least with Randall Cobb UK has

one playmaker at the position, whichis more than the Commodores can say.

Adv: UK

Offensive lineLast week you saw UK’s line cre-

ate a running game with AlfonsoSmith, Moncell Allen and DonaldRussell replacing Derrick Locke.Their ability to create opportunitiesfor plays should not go unnoticed.

Adv: UK

Defensive lineEven though the defense looked

better against Eastern Kentucky, it ishard to shake the image of the lastSEC game. Anthony Dixon terrorizedUK to the tune of over 250 yards onthe ground. Until UK proves the linecan stop the run again, they cannotwin here.

Adv: Vanderbilt

LinebackersThe linebackers have definitely

been a bright spot for UK, with SamMaxwell in particular making asplash.

Adv: UK

SecondaryTrevard Lindley got his feet wet

last week after returning from injury.He gave up one big play, but heshould be back to 100 percent thisweek. It has been a long time sinceUK’s secondary has been as healthyas it will be this week.

Adv: UK

Special teamsUK continued to have problems

in the special teams game last week,giving up a touchdown on a fake fieldgoal. The Cats do not have to be greathere, but these negative plays cannotcontinue to happen.

Adv: Vanderbilt

OverallFive of Vanderbilt’s eight losses

have come by two scores or less. It is ascrappy team looking to salvage whatit can from the season, but the Catsought to have enough talent to beatthem. Most of the Cats are healthyagain anyway, which will help.

Adv: UK

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POSITION BY POSITION

UK vs. VanderbiltCalipari era hits the

hardwood Friday night For over seven months now,

John Calipari has earned hispaycheck fromUK.

In thoseseven months,he’s built quitea reputation forhimself and theuniversity. He’sspent his timebuilding good-will for bothself and schoolall across thestate, almost as

if his post as UK coach were togo up for re-election every fouryears.

Looking at it that way, he’sstopped just short of kissing ba-bies and buying anti-Cardinalads on Louisville-area television.

Calipari has also spent timeacross the country and even asfar off as China to put a new, en-ergized face with the program’sname, which was getting a littleold and stale not too long ago.

As a result, the popular be-lief is that Calipari has turned

this thing around. A master re-cruiter, they say: He’s been toChina, but he found the Great(John) Wall in North Carolina.

Even more so, they say Cali-pari’s a marketing man: He cansell anyone on his product. He’sthe Don Draper of college bas-ketball — they even share thatsame penchant for fine suits andpristine hair.

Lost in it all, though, is Cali-pari’s coaching record at UK. Asin, he doesn’t yet have one.

He’s spent all this time earn-ing that paycheck, yet he hasn’tcoached a single regular-seasonsecond on Rupp Arena’s floor,underneath all those banners andretired jerseys he’s promoted (al-most ad nauseum) since hismove to Lexington.

But now there will be nomore book signings in Ashlandor daytrips to Manhattan. FromFriday until March (or April, ifall goes according to plan), it’sall about basketball.

To prepare, practices have

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OPINIONSFriday, November 13, 2009 Page 4

WILLIAM KILUBA, Kernel cartoonist

Trustees handledCoal Lodge poorly

This semester has beenan opinion columnist’s fan-tasy. We’ve had more con-

troversiesin the firstthreemonths ofschoolthan, to usea colloqui-alism, youcan shake astick at.Not oncethis semes-ter have Istruggled

to come up with a topic towrite on; usually I have twoor three in mind before Ieven sit down to write. Butthis column will not be somuch as my opinion, as it ismy analysis of a series ofmiscues by those individualswho run our university.

Sometimes thought-pro-voking analysis fans theflames of discussion anddiscourse more than a ram-rod opinion.

Unless you have beenliving under the proverbialrock for the last 2 to 4weeks, then you are fullyaware of the “Wildcat CoalLodge” controversy that hasembroiled our university. Itseems like everyone who isbreathing has a strong opin-ion on this issue, and thiscolumnist is no exception.

However, I will refrainfrom actually giving myopinion on the situation, as Ibelieve the issue to be toocomplex to tackle in the lit-tle space I am allotted. In-stead, I would like to at-tempt to bring some civilityto the conversation, and givemy theory as to why thiscontroversy has ballooned tosmoking ban-size propor-tions.

For the last 2 to 4 weeksI watched as what I will sounoriginally call “coal-gate”grew from three protestersoutside Memorial Coliseumto the massively bloated be-hemoth that we are dealingwith today.

Yet, it was not until adinner conversation earlierin the week with my girl-friend that I was able to pin-point the detonation momentfor coal-gate. No, it wasn’tthe three protesters on thestreet or the pro-coal T-shirtspassed out at the student-only practice.

The explosion point tookplace within the UKTrustees meeting, in a per-fect display of the UK ad-ministration’s knack of hav-ing no idea how to interactor relate with its students.

Sensitive issues like

coal-gate require a delicateapproach from all parties in-volved. Delicate is the lastword I would use to de-scribe the UK Trustees’ han-dling of the situation.

The UK administrationcould take away two lessonsfrom this debauched sce-nario, and tuck it away forfuture reference. Lesson onebeing that when you are do-ing something controversial,don’t do everything you canto make it even more con-troversial.

The UK Trustees’ refusalto allow students to speak atthe meeting and their light-ning quick exit after the votefrom the meeting only madecoal-gate seem more contro-versial.

Any public relationsfirm will tell you that whena business or person makesa decision that falls on ques-tionable moral ground, thelast thing you want to do isact like you’re ashamed ofthe decision.

Members of the UKBoard of Trustees shouldhave acted like this was arun-of-the-mill decision in arun-of-the-mill meeting.

Lesson two is anotherno-brainer, but a little lessof a no-brainer than lessonone. When you are goingto make a decision withoutthe input of the people yourepresent, at least act likeyou care about the opin-ions of the group you’regetting ready to disenfran-chise.

Not allowing supportersor dissenters to speak at themeeting in question againreinforces the idea that coal-gate was a big, dirty thingthe university was trying tosweep under the rug.

You can only imaginehow much listening to anopposing person or groupwill go toward disarming atense situation. If a personor group at least thinks youcare about their opinion,then the fact that you arecompletely disregardingtheir opinion becomes a lit-tle less obvious and a littleeasier to bear.

In the end, it all comesdown to the fact that a situa-tion that should have beenhandled with “kid gloves”ended up being handled witha Chuck Norris-style round-house kick to the face.

It is the public relationsnightmare of UK’s own cre-ation that I feel will stickaround for awhile, or at leastuntil Nov. 19.

Zac Kiser is a biologyjunior. E-mail opinions@kyk-ernel.com.

Q. What is the timeline ofremoving disposal devicesand posting signage?

Beatty: It’s in processnow. There’s several stepsthat have to happen. Youhave to come up with whattype of retrofitting they needfor the ash urns on the con-tainers. The (physical) plantfolks are working on that onwhich ones we will use andthen when the decision ismade, the switch out will oc-cur. So it’s in process.

Q. Why do college studentshave a higher rate of tobaccouse?

Hahn: They are the newmarket for tobacco compa-nies. In the early 2000s whenthe master settlement agree-ment occurred, that’s whenthe state’s Attorney Generalsettled with tobacco compa-nies so that they wouldn’tsupposedly target young peo-ple. A lot of those ads wereremoved. At that time then,they switched their focus andnow their focus is adults. Forexample, when you go into abar, there’s a lot of promo-tion. Like, they take your dri-ver’s license and swipe it andgive you free stuff and youdon’t have to be a smoker —although if you ask them,they say that, but you don’t

have to be a smoker. Whenyou give them your driver’slicense and they swipe it,they can give you freecoupons and free trips outWest and all that stuff. Sowhile tobacco companies arethere to make money, theyare looking for the new mar-ket and your age group is thenew market.

And now, in particularwith all these tobacco-freelaws, there’s a growing trendwith smokeless or snus —it’s that flat pouch of tobaccoyou put (inside of your lip).It’s spitless and then you endup with oral cancers andesophagal stomach pancreaticcancers and it’s not a prettysight.

But regardless, the com-panies have made a deliber-ate decision to really pushthat and since just 2006, inthe country, a huge jump inuse of smokeless tobacco andthat’s no different here inLexington. You just kind oflook around and look at howthis product is marketed andhow the free giveaways hap-pen and it’s mostly in barsand other places whereyoung people frequent.

Q. Is smokeless tobacco onthe rise?

Hahn: If you notice thetenor of the message, one ofthe things companies are do-

ing is for times when you’reon campus or in a smoke-freeenvironment, this is a greatalternative. But let me justtell you that before ‘06, allthe research we did, therewas no evidence that saidpeople were switching.

In other words, smokingcigarettes are still the nico-tine delivery system ofchoice. But that’s very quick-ly changing and that is one ofthe reasons we’re doing thesurveys. We want to see whatkind of policy works onthem, since it is a tobacco-free policy. And I think thejury’s still out on that be-cause of the way the compa-nies are really marketingtheir products differently. Wewill see different patterns.

Q. Is it safe to say the to-bacco ban is a “me” policy?Is that what the goal is?

Hahn: Tobacco use hassuch a huge price tag interms of lives and money. SoI think when you think aboutinstitutions, not just individu-als, but everybody as a col-lective, you think about howmuch money we’re spendingtreating sick users. There’s aneconomical reason, if for noother reason, and certainlywe’re in a culture, environ-ment where people are living,working and learning. So ifwe’re truly an institution

where we want to make oth-ers’ lives better and create apopulation that’s going togive back to Kentucky andbe the next leaders of Ken-tucky, we need to go back tothe reason why we’re doingit — to create a healthy envi-ronment. So it’s more than,again, a rights thing.

We’re trying to say thattobacco products harm peopleand they cost a lot of money.To be really honest with you,smokeless tobacco, snuff,chew have very severe healthconsequences. I think it is amyth, not a safe alternative tosmoking. You’re right in thatit doesn’t give off second-hand smoke. It still causesearly cancers. They get cancerquicker than a smoker will.It’s all about health.

Beatty: You and I bearthe cost of that. We bear thecost of that. The treatment of$1.2 billion. It’s about ahealthier environment foreveryone.

Hahn: The taxpayers arepaying. That’s what a lot ofpeople don’t get. I had a con-versation one time about thetobacco tax and someonesays, “It doesn’t affect me,I’m not a tobacco user.” Likeheck it does. Yes, it does.You pay taxes, right? Sothose taxes are going to takecare of people who are get-ting sick.

Lexington provides fun opportunities off UK campusAs a National Student Exchange student

from Winthrop, a small public university inSouth Carolina, I want to explore beyond

the UK classroom and dis-cover what makes Ken-tucky the unique state thatit is.

In getting the most outof participating in NSE, Ihave taken advice from fel-low NSE student TarynPachuca, an elementary andbilingual education Spanishand linguistics senior fromNew Mexico State Universi-ty.

“Go do silly, touristythings, eat the local foods and really becomeengaged in the culture which surrounds you,”Pachuca suggested.

An experienced UK student had likewiseadvised me to take advantage of a local cul-tural attraction. During a K Week event backin August, men’s basketball senior MarkKrebs offered his opinion that UK studentsshould visit Keeneland race track at leastonce during their time in Lexington.

“Dress up and make a day of it,” Krebssaid.

Before coming to UK, I knew of Lexing-ton’s reputation as the “Horse Capital of theWorld,” and I was eager to experience Ken-tucky’s thoroughbred culture. In the Caroli-nas, I had watched Triple Crown races on TVand had become familiar with severalKeeneland jockeys, including Calvin Boreland Kent Desormeaux, but I wanted to expe-rience the atmosphere of a well-known horsetrack for myself.

So, on a gorgeous October afternoon, I

joined several friends and went to Keeneland.As we arrived, I could not help but marvel atKeeneland’s picturesque setting with its treesdrenched in autumn color.

As my friends and I made our way fromthe car to the track itself, I overheard a fellowKeeneland enthusiast tell his buddy, “I amgoing to pay the bills with my winnings to-day.” Being a first-time visitor to a horsetrack, I was less confident in my bettingskills.

A race was about to commence when westrolled into the trackside bleachers. “Whichone are you picking?” I was asked. Quicklyglancing at my program, I cluelessly replied,“Uh, the one with the checkmark.” Begin-ner’s luck was on my side. My checkmarkchoice was proven right as Rock Hard Candycrossed the finish line first.

I was informed there are more educatedmethods for predicting winners at Keeneland.Between races, I walked out to the saddlingpaddock behind the grandstands, where spec-tators were scrutinizing horses about to enterthe track.

People-watching was equally entertainingas I observed the fans gathering for a quicklook at the thoroughbreds before placingtheir wagers. The diverse array of individu-als that had assembled at Keeneland amazedme.

“People come here from around the worldfor the horse racing,” my friend said.

Sadly, I returned home from my day atthe races without having correctly predictedanother winning thoroughbred. But overall,observing the workings of a well-knownhorse track on race day was a fun-filled cul-tural fieldtrip. Horse racing had finally comealive for me.

If you have not yet been to Keeneland, Ihighly recommend you go next April duringthe spring season, but Keeneland is not theonly Kentucky locale I recommend to UKstudents.

Why not visit Red River Gorge, HenryClay’s Ashland estate or even the UK ArtMuseum? Although avid hikers and rock-climbers may readily assent to the Red Riv-er Gorge suggestion, I suspect you thinkvoluntarily going to Ashland or the UK ArtMuseum is ridiculous. But how is it so ab-surd?

Given that most college students visit his-torical sites and museums when they studyabroad, why should UK students limit cultur-al exploration to Keeneland? Is being in aforeign country a prerequisite for cultural ed-ucational experiences?

Education is supposed to prepare us forthe world ahead, but how can we understandour world if we do not expand our educationbeyond the classroom? At Winthrop Universi-ty, classroom credits are no longer enough toearn a degree. Winthrop now requires allgraduates to have at least 18 approved cultur-al experiences.

I am not advocating that UK add to itsdegree requirements: I do not want to becomethe least popular student on campus. Howev-er, can information learned outside the class-room not be just as valuable as class notesmemorized and quickly forgotten after anexam?

Kentucky offers diverse opportunities toexpand our cultural understanding. Let’s takeadvantage.

Timothy Kroboth is a political scienceand economics junior. E-mail opinions@kyk-ernel.com.

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to be mostly staff. As the morningwent on, a larger number of studentsentered the line to receive their vacci-nation.

“I’ve had a lot of students in myclasses out (with the flu),” said KatieSingleton, a Spanish and French educa-tion junior. “I figure with small classes

and close contact, it would be best toprotect myself.”

The wait for a vaccine was onlyaround 45 minutes, said Wesley Mc-Sparin, a biology junior who enteredthe line at 9 a.m. McSparin was amongseveral students who said they missedclass in order to wait in line and get avaccination.

“I got the (intramuscular) injectionbecause I have cystic fibrosis,” Mc-Sparin said.

Patients with the H1N1 flu usuallyhave symptoms no more severe than

normal seasonal flu strains, saidKristin Nordlund, spokeswoman forthe Centers for Disease Control. Indi-viduals with risk factors such as dia-betes, asthma or other cardio-pul-monary illnesses are more likely to de-velop severe symptoms, Nordlundsaid.

Dr. Nelson said if enough vaccinekeeps coming, more clinics will be heldfor the UK community.

“If we get another mass shipment ofvaccine, we hope to do another massvaccination,” Dr. Nelson said.

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been louder and more intense, saidfreshman DeMarcus Cousins. Caliparieven instituted a few 6:15 a.m. prac-tices, a time of day Cousins said he hadhardly ever seen before.

“It’s the greatest thing about beingcoach, I can do whatever I want,” Cali-pari said before a midday practice Nov.5. “I can have them walk in right nowand say, ‘I’ve decided we’re not practic-ing and I’ll see you tonight at 8.’ ”

Said Cousins: “No more chill Cal.”After each of UK’s two exhibition

games, Calipari came to the post-gamenews conference a totally different manthan he had let Lexington see before:loosened tie, no jacket, reading glasses,his voice several tones lower than usual.

He wasn’t pushing Fords for local

dealerships or singing the praises ofopening an account with Central Bank,which may be the only venue in whichsome Kentuckians have seen Caliparispeak so far. He was just talking basket-ball.

That’s not to say basketball seasonhas kicked to the curb any trace of per-sonality. In recent interviews, he’sbarked like a dog, rubbed up against ascout from the NBA’s then-undefeatedDenver Nuggets in hopes of stealingsome of the team’s mojo, and referencedthe infamous matchup between theHarlem Globetrotters and the Washing-ton Generals.

But for the most part, NovemberCalipari is a lot different than his offsea-son counterpart.

As the season progresses, his prac-tices will get more intense. Unlike hispredecessor, Calipari lets his emotionsshow through his hands and his tone ofvoice — he credits his Italian roots —

and as the season goes on, the highs willbe higher and the lows, lower.

Before all that, though, he has tocoach his first official game. He’scoached 585 games in Division I, butNo. 586 will be different. He’s nolonger coaching at schools like Mem-phis or Massachusetts, which have loyalfan bases.

He’s now coaching at Kentucky,where the fan base is so endlessly de-voted, the basketball schedule influencesdinner plans, family vacations and evenwedding dates.

He’s now coaching at Kentucky, in astate I’ve heard has a population not offour million, but of four million basket-ball coaches.

Now Calipari can really build hisreputation.

Now he can really earn that pay-check.

James Pennington is a journalismsenior. E-mail jpennington@kykernel.com.

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ty work, to me that’s the best way toshow that we actually do care aboutthese people.”

In a campus-wide e-mail sent Oct.30, UK President Lee Todd encouragedstudents to participate in the clothingdrive.

“The Appalachian region is vital toKentucky, a region rich in natural andscenic beauty, but also an area that ranksamong the poorest in the nation econom-ically,” Todd said. “UK is proud to spon-sor this effort to help families in the re-gion prepare for the upcoming winterseason.”

Support for Wildcat Warmth hasspread out to different affiliations and in-stitutions around Lexington, as well.Along with the College of Public Health,the UK Athletic Association and theLexington Athletic Center placed collec-tion bins at their establishments. Even alocal Catholic elementary school heardabout the program and made contribu-tions to the drive Thursday on UK’scampus.

UK students and Richard Crosby,chair of the Department of Health Be-havior in the College of Public Health,transport the donations. Then, the itemsare distributed by Kentucky Home Placein Hyden, Ky., where community leadersfrom surrounding counties will bring

lists of items they need and give out theclothing to families in their respected ar-eas.

Nursing senior Chasity Gibson isoriginally from Knott County, Ky.,which is close to Hazard, Ky., one of theplaces the donations from WildcatWarmth will be distributed. Gibson saidshe looked around her house to finditems to donate to the charity.

“I also asked one of the facultymembers at the College of Nursing tomention the program in our weekly

newsletter,” Gibson said. “It really was-n't much, but I thought if I could help, Iwould try.”

Kim hopes to see the WildcatWarmth program stay at UK after hegraduates in May.

“In the future it won’t be just for Ap-palachia, because there are other regionsin Kentucky (that) need this too,” Kimsaid. “ … There are a lot of passionatepeople who are working with WildcatWarmth who would love to see it contin-ue, and I think it will.”

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Junior Mike Hartline andfreshman Morgan Newtonwill both play at quarterbackin Saturday’s game at Van-derbilt, UK head coach RichBrooks announced at prac-tice Thursday. A starter willbe determined just prior tothe game.

Newton had started thelast four games since Hart-

line suffered a knee injury atSouth Carolina. There wasstill swelling in Hartline’sknee and Brooks said he wasrusty at times, but Brookssaid Hartline would be eval-uated before the game.

Hartline said the biggestobstacle for him comingback would be getting overthe mental hurdle the firsttime he saw the field.

“Obviously practice isn’tlike a game,” Hartline said.“Once I get out in the flow

of things, they always saythe first play, the first throw,the first hit, after that you’refine.”

Brown not in contactwith WKU

Defensive coordinatorSteve Brown said he has notbeen contacted by WesternKentucky University aboutits coaching vacancy.

Brown’s name has beenfloated as a possible replace-ment for David Elson, who

was fired earlier this week.“Obviously it would be a

great opportunity, but my fo-cus right now is Vanderbilt,”Brown said.

Brown did say he couldbe interested in becoming ahead coach in the future.

“Everybody would liketo be a head coach, I think,”Brown said. “You’d like tobe in front of a group ofmen and be their leader buttime will tell if that willhappen.”

Hartline, Newton will both play Saturday

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been a 56 percent increase in bingedrinking, and today 90 percent of alco-hol consumed by underage drinkers isdone so while binge drinking.

“Our current approach to binge drink-ing is as effective as a parachute thatopens on the second bounce,” McCardellsaid. “Alcohol is a reality in the lives ofyoung adults. We have tried valiantly forthe past 25 years to impose prohibition onthat age group. It hasn't worked.”

Refuting points asserted by Mc-

Cardell, Fell said there is no data to sug-gest that binge drinking is increasing. Hesaid raising the drinking age has no ef-fect on binge drinking, but rather youngpeople learn binge drinking from par-ents.

Fell cited statistics celebrating thesuccesses of the current drinking law. Hesays the under-21 drinking age saveslives and reduces all alcohol-related inci-dents for those under and over 21.

Fell said after the Uniform DrinkingAge Act was passed, the U.S. saw a 13percent decline in 30-day alcohol con-sumption. He said between 1982 and2004, alcohol-related automobile fatali-ties decreased by 33 percent for persons

over 21, and decreased by 62 percent forpersons under 21.

To rebut those who say 18-year-oldsare considered adults in other facets oflife, Fell said many rights have differentages of initiation, such as renting a hotelroom, renting a car or being elected pres-ident.

Fell proposed strengthening drinkinglaws and better enforcement of currentlaws as solutions to keep students fromdrinking illegally. Fell said an increase inthe tax on alcohol would also reduce un-derage alcohol consumption.

“When the drinking age is lowered,problems increase,” Fell said. “Thedrinking age saves lives.”

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