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Raise your hand if you saw this one com-ing: a basketball team going from NationalInvitation Tournament regular to an NCAA

Tournament top-fourseed?

Matthew Mitchell, putyour hand down. Obvious-ly, you don’t count.

To tell you the truth,my hand is one of thosenot raised. Before the sea-son, I would have neverguessed Mitchell wouldhave turned the Cats frommediocre to really, reallygood.

Two years ago, Iwatched this same program lose an exhibi-tion game to a bunch of thrown-together for-mer women’s basketball players and won-dered how much longer Mitchell could lastas head coach of the women’s basketballteam.

After this season, one in which the Catsfinished second in the Southeastern Confer-ence and are a lock to make the NCAA Tour-nament, my guess is for as long as he wantsto be.

After a few seasons of decent play,Mitchell has righted the ship. The only thingkeeping the UK women from the spotlight isthe success of the men’s team. But at the endof the day, the women’s team, depending onthe draw, has just as much of a chance to godeep into the Big Dance as the men.

How did Mitchell do it, seeminglyovernight?

Truth be told, it wasn’t that quick of aturnaround.

Players needed to graduate to allow SECPlayer of the Year Victoria Dunlap toprogress as she has and command this year’ssquad. They needed to move on to allowAmber Smith to flourish.

Mitchell had to work the recruiting trailand the phone lines to get his current roster.He took three transfers – Rebecca Gray,Keyla Snowden and Crystal Riley – at theexpense of the 2008-09 season, but to thebenefit of this year’s squad.

And he got the state’s best player, SECFreshman of the Year A’dia Mathies, to wearblue instead of going out-of-state like manyothers have.

Mix that all together and the outcomeseems to be what Mitchell has this year: a re-ally good basketball team.

That was proven Sunday evening as theCats nearly won their second SEC Tourna-ment title over powerhouse Tennessee. At the

same time, we saw that some work is stillleft over.

Regardless of whether UK gets upset inthe first two rounds or the Cats make it to theFinal Four, this season is a success forMitchell. It’s a cornerstone to build the pro-gram off of.

All the top players return for another sea-son at the helm. They’ll all be hungry forwhat they missed out on – SEC titles, maybean NCAA title.

And they’ll know what it takes to getwhere they want to be.

So enjoy the ride, UK Hoops fans. It’sonly up from here.

Mitchell and the Cats should play likethey have nothing to lose (because theydon’t) and set a strong foundation for nextyear.

Because then we won’t need a Drive for5K, baking shows or seemingly weekly ap-pearances by Mitchell on local country sta-tions to get people in the seats.

The basketball will do the talking.And we’ll all raise our hands, saying we

knew this was coming.Kenny Colston is a journalism senior. E-

mail kcolston@kykernel.com.

PHOTO BY ADAM WOLFFBRANDT | STAFFThe UK women’s basketball team huddles during its 70-62 loss to Tennessee on Sunday in the SECChampionship. The women missed the NCAA Tournament last season.

UK Hoops’ turnaroundequals high seed in NCAA

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PHOTO BY ADAM WOLFFBRANDT | STAFFJunior forward Victoria Dunlap, the reigning SECPlayer of the Year, has emerged as an offensiveforce to lead the Cats in her third season.

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By Nick Craddockncraddock@kykernel.com

The Cats will be dancing forthe first time since 2005-06.

Although UK’s place in thewomen’s NCAA Tournament won’tbecome official until SelectionMonday, the No. 19 Cats (25-7, 11-5 Southeastern Conference), run-ners-up in the SEC regular seasonand SEC Tournament, simply haveto sit and wait to find out whereand when they’ll play in the fieldof 64.

“I know that many consider ita down year in the SEC, but Idon’t think anyone thought (UK)would be this good,” said ChrisHansen of ESPN’s HoopGurlz.“(The Cats) were criticized earlyon for not scheduling a difficultnon-conference schedule, butleague play has rendered that criti-cism moot.”

ESPN women’s college basket-ball bracketologist Charlie Cremeprojects UK as a No. 4 seed in theKansas City Regional. The Cats’projected opponent is the HorizonLeague’s Wisconsin-Green BayPhoenix (26-3), which was in thetop 25 for eight consecutive weeksduring the season, reaching as highas a No. 14 ranking in the coaches’poll in week 10.

According to Creme’s projec-tion, UK would head west to Seat-tle for the first two rounds andplay on a Saturday/Monday sched-ule.

Most importantly, the Cats cur-rent projection has them avoidingthe Connecticut Huskies, who areriding an NCAA women’s basket-ball record 71-game win streak, asthe top seed in their region.

“No team, regardless of seed-ing, wants to be in Connecticut’sregion,” Hansen said. “(UConn)has the tourney experience, elite

players at multiple positions andplayers that put winning over sta-tistics.”

The Cats’ performance againstTennessee this Sunday proved theyare capable of sticking aroundagainst an elite team, especiallywhen junior forward Victoria Dun-lap is on her game. Creme has theVolunteers projected as a No. 1seed.

Dunlap heads into the NCAATournament after being named tothe SEC All-Tournament Team.She averaged a little more than 22points and seven rebounds in UK’sthree tournament games.

“I think people forget that Vic-toria Dunlap was a highly-toutedrecruit,” Hansen said. “We rankedher in the top 60 based on her ath-letic potential and she’s lived up toit and then some.”

Both UK and Dunlap show nosigns of slowing down, but the rel-atively young Cats — only AmaniFranklin and Lydia Watkins areseniors — will be experiencingsomething completely new cometournament time.

In fact, the only player withNCAA Tournament experience forUK is sophomore guard RebeccaGray, a true freshman on the 2008North Carolina team that reachedthe regional final.

Even UK head coach MatthewMitchell will be making his firsttournament appearance as a headcoach, following back-to-backWNIT appearances in his first twoyears at UK.

Although UK’s tournament runmay be unpredictable, the postsea-son experience will be good for theupward trend of the program,Hansen said.

“With some good young play-ers returning (UK) should continueto compete at the top of the SECand for tournament bids (in the fu-ture),” Hansen said.

Inexperienced Cats holding own to get into tourney

PHOTO BY SCOTT HANNIGAN | STAFFThe UK women’s basketball team hasn’t been to the NCAA tournament since the 2005-06 season, but they finished secondin the SEC this year and are predicted to receive a No. 4 seed.

SEC Freshman ofthe Year A’diaMathies drivesduring UK’s winover Ole Miss onFeb. 4 at Memo-rial Coliseum.

PHOTO BYSCOTT HANNIGANSTAFF

“I know that many considerit a down year in the SEC,but I don’t think anyone

thought (UK) would be thisgood.”

Chris HansenESPN’s Hoopgurlz

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By Metz Camfieldmcamfield@kykernel.com

On Oct. 15, 2009, freshmanforward DeMarcus Cousins had amessage to the doubters: “We’llshow you.”

It was Media Day at that time,and Cousins was more known forhis nicknames, dancing and stag-gering size than anything else.With the Southeastern ConferenceTournament beginning on Fridayand the NCAA Tournament begin-ning the week after that, the Catshave another chance to silence thedoubters.

But unlike most SEC teams,UK’s main focus is not the SECTournament.

The current focus of the No. 2Cats (29-2, 14-2 SEC) is to get aNo. 1 seed in the NCAA Tourna-ment. The future focus is to hanganother banner in the rafters ofRupp Arena.

“My teams have had success(in conference tournaments), his-torically, we don’t worry aboutthem,” UK head coach John Cali-pari said. “We’re only trying towin it to get a high seed (in theNCAA Tournament). And I knowpeople may be mad, ‘We’re Ken-tucky we don’t do it that way.’You hired me and that’s how I doit.”

College basketball punditsacross the country say the Cats area virtual lock for a No. 1 seed inthe Big Dance, but Calipari saidhe wasn’t so sure. Calipari be-lieves if the Cats win two gamesin the SEC Tournament, whichwould put them in the conferencechampionship game, they will be aNo. 1 seed. If they win only onegame it would be dicey, Caliparisaid, and if they lose in their firstgame he’s not sure they will be aNo. 1 seed.

To get to the SEC champi-onship game, the Cats may have togo up against both of the teamsthat beat them earlier this season,South Carolina and Tennessee.

“The hottest team (Mississip-pi) is on our side (of the bracket),”Calipari said. “Two teams that justwon their last game of the season(South Carolina and Alabama),we’re going to play one of them,which means they’re going to uswith a two-game win streak andthey’re stretched and ready to go.Mississippi has won four straight,

Tennessee has won three straight.That’s all on our side (of thebracket). What? Who’s on the oth-er side?”

For the Cats, the proverbialbull’s-eye on their back will be thebiggest it’s been all season. Withthe SEC having only three teamsas locks for NCAA Tournamentbids, the nine other schools will becompeting for the automatic bidthat comes with winning the con-ference championship.

The Cats have had great suc-cess in the SEC this season and theSEC Tournament historically, win-ning more conference tournamentsthan all other members combined.But their inability to put teamsaway has drawn the eye of naysay-ers.

Freshman guard John Wall saidhe expects his first SEC Tourna-ment to be crazy like the regularseason.

“Some teams get a run andthey feel like they can win games,”said Wall after UK’s game againstFlorida on Sunday when the Catsallowed an 18-point lead to betrimmed to two. “We haven’t doneour best to put pressure on them.We needed to do a better job at notletting them think they have achance.”

With conference tournamentsserving as the initial heat to themayhem that is March Madness,allowing a team back into a gamethat at one point seemed to be outof reach is something UK will notwant to happen.

“Whenever we get up 18, weneed to make it 25, probably con-tinue on,” junior forward PatrickPatterson said. “We need to stepup, if we get tired we need to comeout the game. We can’t let up.”

Almost five months later,Cousins had another message that

still rings true today. When askedabout how big of a recruiting toolCalipari’s ability to turn freshmen

into NBA-ready players afteronly one year in college was,Cousins said they weren’t fo-

cused on that.“We’re worried about winning

a national championship,” he said.

Calipari, Cats focused on ‘that other tournament’

“Mississippi has won fourstraight, Tennessee has wonthree straight. That’s all on

our side (of the bracket).What? Who’s on the other

side?”JOHN CALIPARI

UK head coach

PHOTO BY BRITNEY MCINTOSH | STAFFFreshman forward DeMarcus Cousins is projected as a high pick in the NBA draft, but he said he and his teammates areonly worried about winning a championship.

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Now that the weather’s turning, I can usethe excuse of spring cleaning to get rid ofsome things I don’t ever want to see again.

I need to get rid of oneparticular document burn-ing a hole in my harddrive: my preseason top 25,as published in October.

My picks weren’t aw-ful. I aced the top two spotsand, even if a bit out of or-der, correctly tabbed six ofthe top 10. Spots No. 11-25weren’t great. Stupidchoices.

Preseason top 10, inorder: Kansas, UK, North

Carolina, Michigan State, Texas, West Virginia,Villanova, Duke, Purdue, Mississippi State.

Seven of those teams are still legitimateFinal Four contenders. Kansas, UK and Texashave each held that No. 1 spot at some pointin the season, but Texas has since faded intothe pack.

Two of those teams, though, won’t evenmake the tournament. Usually, North Carolinacoach Roy Williams proves people wrong bywinning. This year, he and his team went an-other direction. And even if Renardo Sidneydidn’t play (and I didn’t expect him to when Imade picks in October), Mississippi State stillreturned all five starters from last year’sNCAA Tournament team. Is Bulldogs coachRick Stansbury feeling any heat?

Preseason Nos. 11-20, in order: Con-necticut, Butler, Washington, Tennessee, OhioState, California, Georgetown, Notre Dame,Maryland, Michigan.

As of this week’s polls, three of theseteams still fall in this range: Butler, Tennesseeand Maryland. Ohio State has since jumped upto No. 5, and could earn a No. 1 seed in the

NCAA Tournament if it wins the Big 10 tour-nament and gets some help from Duke in theACC.

Both Washington and California, membersof the Pac-10, fell off early in the season. Un-less a rogue team from outside the projectedNCAA field wins the Pac-10 tournament, theleague will likely only have one NCAA bid.That’s a pretty far stretch from two teams inthe preseason top 20.

Michigan, a team reliant on 3-point shoot-ing, hit 29.8 percent from outside and finishedeighth in the Big 10.

Preseason Nos. 21-25, in order: Clem-son, Siena, Louisville, Oklahoma, Dayton.

None of these teams are ranked.Louisville, playing well as of late, and Sienareceived a combined four votes in the regularseason-ending Associated Press poll. No. 25Texas-El Paso received 134.

Preseason unranked teams now ranked,with current ranking: Syracuse (No. 3), NewMexico (No. 8), Kansas State (No. 9), Wis-consin (No. 13), Brigham Young (No. 14),Pittsburgh (No. 16), Temple (No. 17), Gonza-ga (No. 18), Vanderbilt (No. 20), Baylor (No.21), Texas A&M (No. 23), Xavier (No. 24),Texas-El Paso (No. 25).

Ouch.Not that my picks were much different

than that of the mainstream — Syracuse didlose an exhibition game to Division II LeMoyne — but it still stings knowing that mypreseason No. 3 is a lock to miss the tourna-ment, and the current No. 3, which I had un-ranked, is a Final Four favorite. Basketball canbe kind and it can be cruel.

Glad that’s off my chest. It gives me a fewdays to breathe well before my always-awfulbracket fills its void.

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

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Preseason doesn’t hold up

Ben Jones n Sports EditorSEC Tournament champion: TennesseeWhy they'll win: No one in the SEC had a

better mindset for big games than the Volunteers,who rose to the occasion to beat UK and Kansas.They're still in the fight for a high seed, and a deepSEC Tournament run could mean as much for themas anyone in the conference. Even though they did-n't get a bye, they caught a break with a first roundmatchup against Louisiana State and a possiblesecond round game against Mississippi.

Final Four teams: Kansas, UK, Syracuse,West Virginia

National champion: KansasThe Jayhawks have a combination of raw tal-

ent, experience, coaching and depth no other teamin the country can match. Offensively and defen-sively, no team is as balanced as they are. Theywere the preseason favorites for a reason, and theyshould still be the odds-on favorite to win it all.

The Cats are the only other team with a level oftalent comparable to Kansas, and that should pro-pel them deep in the tournament (as long as theymake their 3’s). Syracuse and West Virginia have al-ready survived a brutal conference schedule andhave proven they have the track record to succeedin a tournament-type environment.

Metz Camfield n Assistant Sports EditorSEC Tournament champion: UKWhy they'll win: They have the most talented

team not only in the SEC, but possibly the country.The only knock on the Cats is their youth. The youngCats made clear all the things they want to accom-plish this season, and winning the SEC Tournamentis one of those goals.

Final Four teams: Kansas, Syracuse, UK, Vil-lanova

National champion: KansasWhat Kansas has that many other teams do not

have is experience and players who know how towin NCAA Tournament games. Kansas senior guardSherron Collins has won a national championship,as has center Cole Aldrich. The wealth of talent willpush the Jayhawks over the top.

Syracuse could win the national championshipdue to their inside-outside presence with WesleyJohnson, Andy Rautins, and Arinze Onuaku.

While UK may have the most talented roster,they also have the most inexperienced roster of allthe teams that can compete for a championship.Not one player on UK's normal starting lineup oramong the first three off the bench has ever playedin an NCAA Tournament game. The Cats could winthe national championship with their wealth of tal-ent, but they could also lose in the second round.They're too risky to pick for your national champion.

Villanova is a good team that, like UK, couldwin it all or lose in the second round. The differencewith these Wildcats is Scottie Reynolds. If Villanovaisn't hitting from outside though, their lack of adominant big man could cause them to get upset bya hot-shooting team.

Kevin Novak n UK studentSEC Tournament champion: UKWhy they’ll win: UK will win the SEC tourna-

ment if they limit their turnovers and spread the ballout between Patterson, Cousins, and Wall. Thebiggest threat in the tournament for the Cats will beTennessee, but they will be out for revenge againstthe Vols after suffering a loss to them two weeksago. Other than Tennessee, UK should have no prob-lem getting to the championship game and takinghome the SEC crown.

Final Four teams: Kansas, UK, Ohio State,Kansas State

National champion: UKKansas has been dominant all season against a

tough schedule, suffering only two losses to a verygood Kansas State team and Tennessee who beatUK as well. Other than those two losses Kansasdidn’t have very many close games. They have agreat team with four players averaging over 11points a game.

UK is going to go into the tournament with a lotof energy and as long as they limit their turnoversand hit their shots they will coast their way throughto the Final Four. The two losses to South Carolinaand Tennessee will help them in the tournament.

Ohio State has been playing great basketball asof late, winning a share of the Big Ten regular sea-son title. They go into the tournament with the front-runner for the Player of the Year in Evan Turner. Aslong as Turner gets support from guard Jon Diebler

on the outside knocking down 3’s and Dallas Laud-erdale playing good down low, I feel the Buckeyeshave a very good chance to make it to the Final Four.

Kansas State is another very good team out ofthe Big 12. They have great players on the team thatwill help them win in the tournament. They have sixlosses but four of the six losses have been qualitylosses (if there is a such thing). Both of their startingguards average over 16 points per game.

Nick Craddock n Staff writerSEC Tournament champion: Mississippi St. Why they'll win: I’m throwing — something

Mississippi State fans have been guilty of — cau-tion to the wind with this pick. The Bulldogs have afavorable draw and wouldn’t have to meet UK orTennessee until the final, and unlike the Cats orVols, who are more concerned with a better seed-ing, the Bulldogs need to win out to go dancing, justas they did a year ago.

Final Four teams: Kansas, UK, Villanova,West Virginia

National champion: Kansas The Jayhawks, the No. 1 team for the most

weeks, have a dynamic inside-outside duo in Sher-ron Collins and Cole Aldrich. The Cats’ John Walland DeMarcus Cousins aren’t too shabby either, butthey aren’t upperclassmen like Collins and Aldrich,and experience matters come March. How Walland Cousins respond on the biggest stage yet, isstill an uncertainty.

Guard play is also crucial in March, and Villano-va has three dynamite guards in Scottie Reynolds,Corey Fisher and Corey Stokes that should send‘Nova back to the Final Four for the second straightyear. Plus, ‘Nova and West Virginia, a team withgrittiness, have been battle tested by the Big East,the toughest conference in nation.

James Pennington n Sports columnistSEC Tournament champion: UK Why they'll win: Postseason play is less

about rising up to a big-game situation than what isoften talked about. It's the postseason; everybody isrising up to the challenge. Looking at it that way,unfiltered talent is what will carry UK to winningthe league tournament. The fact that UK is likelythe only school in the conference to have takeneach team's best shot also helps.

Final Four teams: Kansas, UK, Ohio State, NewMexico

National champion: KansasThe teams to beat in three of the brackets will

be Kansas, UK and Syracuse. Of those teams, Syra-cuse may be the strongest when it is playing well. Itmay also be the most beatable. Louisville showedtwice this year the way to beat the Orange is just toshoot well. If a likely No. 2 seed like New Mexico ismatched in a region with Syracuse, the Lobos' out-side shooting, if it's on, would be tough for the Or-ange to overcome.

UK and Kansas have the talent and coaching tomake it through to Indianapolis. Whichever team isthe final No. 1 seed will likely be paired with OhioState, which should be the highest of the No. 2's. TheBuckeyes would have been a clear-cut top-line teamif Evan Turner hadn't missed six games earlier in theyear. Making the Final Four will prove it. You could tellme today either Kansas or UK will win it all and I’dbuy it. I’d just be less surprised if it’s the Jayhawks.

Kenny Colston n Editor in chiefSEC Tournament champion: UKWhy they’ll win: They ran through the confer-

ence with only two losses on the road and undefeatedat home all year long. If you haven't noticed, even indown years the SEC Tournament is more like RuppArena than a neutral site. Playing in an arena full ofBlue and White will allow John Wall and Co. to makequick work of whoever stands in the way. Add in a byegame and there's really no other choice in Nashville.

Final Four teams: Kansas, UK, MichiganState, Villanova

National champion: UKObviously, this could all be skewed by the time

the brackets are released, but the above mentionedare the best suited for the Big Dance. Kansas andUK boast the best talent, while there is not a bettercoach in the country when it comes to drawing upcrucial plays and winning in the tournament thanTom Izzo. And while Syracuse may be the betterteam, my guess is Villanova gets an easier road toIndianapolis. UK and Kansas will finally meet in thetitle game and Calipari will learn to foul before let-ting a Jayhawk hit a crucial 3-pointer that turns thetide against his squad.

Staff picks for SEC, NCAA

By Jennifer Parlinews@kykernel.com

The use of coal at UK hassparked numerous protests, debatesand discussion. While many seek toeliminate coal as a fuel source com-pletely from the university, othershold firm that coal is still the bestchoice for Kentucky.

Chairman of the Department ofMining Engineering Rick Honakersaid UK is taking every opportunityto use natural resources for its vari-ous needs around campus. Honakersaid UK has been trying to providethe lowest possible cost of energyover the last few years.

UK uses stoker coal, which isthe highest quality of coal, and isextracted from the mines of south-

eastern Kentucky. Stoker coal isalso a coarse grain coal, whichmeans it doesn’t emit any particlesinto the atmosphere and is also eas-ily handled.

Coal and gas are both used tomake steam that heats buildings,water and various other uses. UK’ssteam is produced by burning coal,gas and sometimes No. 2 fuel oil inboilers.

According to documents fromUK, normally around 80 percent ofsteam is coal produced and 20 per-cent is gas produced. Last year 60percent of steam came from coaland 40 percent gas.

Honaker said he doesn’t see anynegative aspects of the coal. He saidhe simply supports whatever sourceis the best use of time and money.

“I support the use of the mostefficient and inexpensive process ofgenerating electricity, if that is coaland I believe it is,” Honaker said.

The cheapest electrical produc-tion is located in Midwest of thecountry, which includes Kentucky,he said. Because of coal, Kentuckycan offer electricity at lower ratesthan other states.

“Kentucky provides the third-lowest energy cost electric rates inthe country,” Honaker said.

Some students support the useof coal on campus and around thestate. Undeclared sophomore KyleOstrander said it makes sense forUK to use this resource to supportits energy needs.

By Taylor Moak and Katie Saltznews@kykernel.com

The first item on the agendabrought the UK Board of Trusteesmembers to their feet at Tuesdaysmeeting.

UK cheerleaders made a guestappearance as part of a resolution torecognize the team for their unprece-dented 18 national titles.

“The UK cheerleaders are recog-nized as some of the finest, intelli-gent athletes in the university’s pro-gram,” board member Ann Haneysaid.

In the presidential report, UKPresident Lee Todd reported that UKwas granted $11.8 million to build astand-alone energy building.

UK applied for the stimulusmoney and received the fifth largestamount, Todd said. He said thestrength of UK’s proposal was a fac-tor in UK receiving the grant money.

“(The) Kentucky proposal is No.1 in the whole group,” Todd said.

Todd also asked the board to ap-prove five UK professors as University

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By Cassidy Herringtoncherrington@kykernel.com

A voice heard on radios aroundthe world will resound in MemorialHall on Wednesday evening. Melis-sa Block, a host for National PublicRadio’s daily news program “AllThings Considered,” will speak onher coverage of the aftermath of the2008 earthquake in China’s Sichuanprovince.

Shana Herron, assistant directorof the UK Asia Center, has helped

coordinate the event and saidthe center was interested inbringing Block to speak atUK shortly after the disaster.

“We became interestedin inviting her here soon af-ter she went to China for thefirst time in May 2008,”Herron said. “Soon after …we first contacted NPR.”

Block and her crew were theonly western journalists in Chinawhen the earthquake hit, Herron said.In 2009, Block returned to China to

investigate the developments. “She went back a year

later to follow up on all sortsof stories about how Chinesepeople are dealing with theirgrievances with the govern-ment, and how are they put-ting their lives back (togeth-er) a year later,” Herron said.

The Asia Center represents stu-dents and faculty of many nationali-ties, and seeks to link Asia and theUK community through the devel-opment of a curriculum on Asia,

connections with higher educationinstitutions in Asia and outreach toelementary school children, Herronsaid. The Asia Center hopes to in-crease enrollment in its Asian Stud-ies classes, and the event will high-light the growing Chinese programat UK, Herron said.

However, Block’s message isfor anyone wanting a comprehen-sive analysis of China.

“We feel very comfortable withMelissa Block. She’s someone wehear as we’re driving home,” Herron

said. “She will have a very broad ap-peal to people that might not havebeen drawn to a talk about China.”

NPR personality to speak on Sichuan earthquake

What: Melissa Block talkWhen: Wednesday at 7 p.m.Where: Memorial HallAdmission: Free and open to thepublic

If you go

Block

UK’s coal useBelow is a random sampling of coal useon campus in 2007-08. The steam fromcoal is used to heat buildings and water.

See Block on page B2

Housinggets

heatedWork session

brings both sidesBy Melody Bailiff

news@kykernel.com

It’s a debate that is be-coming more heated than the2008 presidential race, andLexington residents arejumping in.

UK students and Lex-ington residents gathered atthe Lexington-Fayette Ur-ban County Governmentcity council work sessionmeeting Tuesday and dis-cussed the definition of“family” according to cityhousing laws. If this defini-tion passes, many studentswould not be eligible forhousing in near-campus ar-eas because of zoning re-strictions and may not beable to live with as manypeople as desired.

UK Student Govern-ment Chief of Staff BenDuncan was present to rep-resent students, but no otherUK student attended themeeting. Duncan spoke onthe economic impact thisproposal would have onUK.

“The student perspectiveis less beds near campusmeans students must goelsewhere and that manystudents must drive to cam-pus,” he said. “It is an eco-nomic issue. Students al-ready pay outrageous tu-ition— why push out stu-dents and make them spendmore?”

Duncan said more com-muters would cause more

See Housing on page B4

See BOT on page B4

Recognitions, awardshighlight board meeting

PHOTO BY ALLIE GARZA | STAFFUK uses coal, among other fuels, to heat many of the buildings on campus. The National Resource Partners report the averageperson in the U.S. uses 20 pounds of coal per day in electricity usage.

“I support the use of the most efficient and inexpensiveprocess of generating electricity, if that is coal and I believe it is.”

— Rick Honaker, Chairman, Department of Mining Engineering

See Coal on page B2

■ Coal accounts for half of the electricityuse in the U.S.■ Coal costs less than any other major fos-sil fuel source.■ The world’s largest producers and con-sumers of coal are China, Poland, Russia,India and the U.S.■ Coal’s share of total world energy useclimbed from 25 percent in 2003 to 26 per-cent in 2004 and is expected to increase to28 percent by 2030.

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INFORMATION FROM UK FACILITIES MANAGEMENT

Bat Cats lock up win lateBy Aaron Smith

asmith@kykernel.com

In a game where UK wasmissing two top-of-the-order bats,the Cats turned to the bottom ofthe order to get the offense rolling.

With second baseman ChrisBisson and catcher Marcus Nidif-fer injured and out of the lineup,the 7-8-9 hitters — BradenKapteyn, Michael Williams andTaylor Black — went a combined5-for-10 with four RBI as No. 22UK (10-1) beat Evansville, 7-1.

“Kapteyn saw the ball welland was taking good swings, itwas a great day for MichaelWilliams, and Black hitting theball hard in the eighth inning real-ly kept that thing going,” UK headcoach Gary Henderson said.

It was that trio, sitting at the

back end of the lineup card, thatpropelled the Cats when the gamemattered most. Holding a 3-1 leadentering the eighth inning, UK ex-

ploded for four runs in its last at-bat to put the game out of reach.

See Baseball on page B4

PHOTO BY BRANDON GOODWIN | STAFFSophomore catcher Michael Williams slides safely into second base.

Off to best start in school history,UK softball prepares for Louisville

Check back with the Kerneltomorrow for part two of

the coal series, wheremembers of UK Beyond

Coal share their views oncoal on campus.

Advocating for coal

RIVALRYGAME

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Block will also visit Lexing-ton’s NPR station, WUKY, andtwo UK journalism classes be-fore speaking at Memorial Hall.

“I hope the students have achance to learn from her aboutwhat it takes to be a profession-al journalist, especially oneworking abroad,” Herron said.

As a voice of NPR for 24years, Block’s familiar tone willmomentarily draw public radioenthusiasts away from their ra-dios, Herron said, and hopefullyinform people about a regionthey might not be familiar with.

“It would be helpful for alot of us who listen to NPR al-most every day ... to hear some-one we trust going throughsomething we are goingthrough, which is, ‘What is thisChina?’ and ‘What do I need toknow about it?,’” Herron said.

CorrectionIn the Kernel’s College LivingGuide, which ran March 8, anarticle on page B2 incorrectlystated the price for a four-bed-room apartment at 5 TwentyFour Angliana. The correctprice is $535 per month.

To report an error, call the KentuckyKernel at 257-1915 or e-mail

editor@kykernel.com.

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To get the advantage, check the day'srating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 themost challenging.Aries (March 21-April 19) —Today is an 8 — Ideas flow easilytoday, allowing you to express yourdesire, formulate a plan and consultwith co-workers.Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Todayis a 7 — Your less-than-perfectworld places you at home when youwish to be climbing mountains.Gemini (May 21-June 21) — Todayis a 6 — As the sand filters throughthe hourglass today, set aside imagina-tion in favor of practical considerations.Cancer (June 22-July 22) — Todayis a 6 — An older person bows to the

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Lauren Graham chats about returning to the smallscreen and her wild teen years.

I've seen parenthood a million times. I love it!" Lau-ren Graham says of the 1989 hit movie, which inspiredNBC's new dramedy series of the same name (Tuesdays,10 p.m.). So when Maura Tierney dropped out of the castlast year following a breast cancer diagnosis, Grahamstepped right up to take on the role of financiallystrapped single mom Sarah, who moves home with herparents. The unattached Virginia native, 42, who alsoplayed an unwed mom on Gilmore Girls for seven years,catches up with Us.

Q. Did you watch the pilot episode Maura filmed?A. No, I had all the information I needed from the script.But I haven't even seen my pilot. I don't have a greattime watching my stuff in general. I'll watch and bethinking, What is my hair doing?

Q.Your kids on the show are rebellious. Were youa wild teen?A. I was so not a wild teenager that it's embarrassing! Iwas always the designated driver when everyone wentout dancing and drinking. I was really dorky until later inlife.

Q. Does having a big cast give you more free time?A. Yeah, I have a sane life because I'm not in everyscene. I try to read more, work out and not watch anymore Real Housewives!

Q. Do real moms ask you for advice?A. They do. And I say, "I don't know how to help you!”

The Blonds' brigadeIt's not only gentlemen who prefer blondes! Fergie,

Katy Perry, Rihanna and Britney Spears have been don-ning daring getups by The Blonds, a.k.a. NYC couplePhillipe and David Blond (named for their locks!)."Women should celebrate their curves and dress like amodern-day showgirl," David tells Us of their custom-made creations. One diva they long to dress? Madonna."To see her in our pieces would be amazing! She's ahuge inspiration," says Phillipe.

Tinsley Mortimer: What's in her closetNo wonder Tinsley mortimer keeps two fully-

stocked clothes closets in her NYC loft: She changesoutfits at least twice a day and tries not to repeat looks.As the oft-photographed socialite, 34, tells Us, "Peoplewill call me out!" Luckily Mortimer, whose new CW real-ity show about her life in the limelight, High Society(March 10, 9:30 p.m.), is pals with the likes of designersKarl Lagerfeld and Carolina Herrera. "I borrow a lot!"says the separated entrepreneur, now linked to onetimeAmerican Idol finalist Constantine Maroulis. Favoritesinclude Marchesa gowns ("They're art!"), and the self-described "girlie-girl" also admits: "I'm always in heels."

Lauren Graham’s family ties

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The candidates for mayor of Lexington will be talk-ing about Lexington’s growth and vitality at a forum on6 p.m. Wednesday in the Lexington Public Librarydowntown. Mayor Jim Newberry, Vice-Mayor Jim Gray,former Mayor Teresa Isaac and Skip Horine will partici-pate in a question and answer session. The event is freeand open to the public.

Mayor forum todiscuss growth

BLOCKContinued from page B1

“I think we should be careful about what we do but Idon’t think we use too much coal or anything really,”Ostrander said. “Kentucky has the most coal out of thestates of the nation. We would be foolish to not take ad-vantage of our resources and to try overcompensate withother resources that we do not have.”

According to the Natural Resource Partners Website, some of the advantages of coal usage include its af-fordability, efficiency, abundance, and the fact that theprices of coal in past have remained relatively stable.The U.S. leads the world in cheapest source of electrici-ty.

The NRP also reports that each person in the U.S. uses“about 20 lbs of coal per day in the form of electricity.”

Honaker said UK started to use more natural gas be-cause of its cheaper price with the current status of theeconomy, but said they switch back and forth. Honakersaid he isn’t opposed to finding ways to be more envi-ronmentally efficient on campus.

“I’m certainly open to working with people that areopposed to coal,” Honaker said. “Let’s make a clear pic-ture, rather than having it fuzzy.

“If there is a problem, let’s try to solve the problemand not get rid of it.”

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This past weekend, morethan 600 students came to-gether to dance for 24 hours,all to help raise money forcancer research.

The 5th annual Dance-Blue event raised a staggering$636,638.58 for the GoldenMatrix fund, which supportsthe Pediatric Oncology Clinicat Kentucky Children’s Hos-pital. This year’s total wasover $30,000 more than lastyear’s. Anytime a group ofcollege students band togetherto raise over half a milliondollars for cancer, it shouldcatch the attention of those innot only the city or state, butin the nation as well.

What’s more is that inthe event’s five-year history,

it has already raised morethan $2 million for the Gold-en Matrix fund.

And in case John Caliparihadn’t flexed his philanthrop-ic muscle enough during hisHoops for Haiti telethon, hetook time to make an appear-ance despite a noon game onthe following day.

Calipari wasn’t the onlystar to make an appearance atthe event, however. Dance-Blue stresses the fact that itsreal stars are the kids whoeveryone comes together todance for.

What some forget is thatDanceBlue doesn’t start atthe beginning of themarathon and end when it’sover. Months of planning go

into organizing the event,raising money and ensuringeverything runs smoothly.Students with full courseloads and commitments toother campus programs stillfound the time to dedicate toensuring the event wouldhave the success that it did.

DanceBlue is a chancefor students who may nothave otherwise crossed pathsto work together for a com-mon cause. The students’motives are selfless and theyavoid ever having the focusshifting to their own effortsfor the cause.

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“We just kept battling, andstuff started falling for us,”said sophomore third basemanAndy Burns, who added ahome run later that inning.“We talked it over, went upthere with a plan, and thingsstarted going our way.”

UK might have made thehits start falling for them byputting better swings on theball.

“We hit some balls on thenose,” Henderson said. “Wewere able to hit some ballshard and put things together.”

Up to that point, the of-fense had to grind it out forruns. The first two runs,scored in the second inning,were unearned, and UK left atotal of 11 runners on base.

“I thought it was some ofboth (bad luck and poor exe-

cution),” Henderson said. “Ona couple of occasions we hitthe ball hard right at some-body, but on a couple of occa-sions the quality of our at-batswas very good.” While theCats seem to have a propensi-ty for the big inning, theywould rather be able to con-sistently manufacture runs.

“It’s always nice to getthat big inning, put thosecrooked numbers up,” Burnssaid. “But we need to get bet-ter scoring runs on a consistentbasis. That’s something we’regoing to go to work on.”

UK’s offense may havebeen streaky, but the pitchingwas steady. Nick Kennedy,who had been injured sinceearly last season, made a suc-cessful return, tossing threeshutout innings at the end ofthe game to earn the save.

“I was happy for him,”Henderson said. “It’s been along road for Nick. He’s hadtwo surgeries, but he’s worked

hard. He’s a talented kid whocan be effective in short stints.”

The submariner’s per-formance earned him a loudovation from his teammatesin the postgame huddle.

“It was my first time backin about a year, and there’s al-ways jitters when you haven’tpitched in a while,” Kennedysaid. “But after that first pitchit all came back. It was niceto get out there and do welland have them give me a lit-tle ovation at the end.”

Besides being a heart-warming story for Kennedythe player, it was a hope-forming story for the bullpen.Kennedy’s return gives theCats another arm to use in anow-bolstered bullpen.

“We’re really glad to havehim back,” Henderson said.“He’s really got a chance tohelp us, that’s pretty clear. He’sa talented kid who can be effec-tive in short stints. Not perfect,not unhittable, but effective.”

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traffic in Lexington, a conse-quence that would benefit noone.

Duncan told the councilstudents do want to voicetheir opinions, but withmidterms this week andspring break coming up, heis not sure how many willactually make it out to themeetings.

An elderly Lexingtonresident said the college stu-dents in her neighborhoodhave good character and aredecent people.

“It is nice to see youngfaces … we don’t mind themliving in our neighborhood,”she said.

Anthony and KatyHumphress made the pointthat student housing is theirmain income as landlords.Anthony Humphressshowed the council picturesof houses that he rents tostudents. He said aftercleaning up the houses forstudents before move-in,some students actually leavethe houses in a nicer condi-tion than they were previ-ously.

“Only a few students areabusing the system — a lotare making it better,” Antho-ny Humphress said.

As many people thatwere there to support studenthousing, there were just asmany to oppose it.

Amy Clark, another Lex-ington resident, urged that nomore than three students bepermitted to share a home.Clark said she didn’t agreewith the idea that the changein the housing laws wouldhurt students.

“The people who are suf-fering are the families,”Clark said.

Clark said she believesthree students to a housewould solve many densityproblems and possibly solvemost of the issues with stu-dent housing.

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Research Professors for2010-11. Each professor re-ceives $40,000 for researchsupport.

The professors con-firmed were Kimberly An-derson, department ofchemical and materials en-gineering; Sumit Das, de-partment of physics and as-tronomy; Pradyumna (Paul)Karun, department of geog-raphy; S. Randal Voss, de-partment of biology; andSidney Whiteheart, depart-ment of molecular and cel-lular biology.

Michael Speaks, deanof UK’s College of Design,gave a presentation to re-port on his college’s work.Speaks showed around 100slides with student projectsand ideas for future work,including fly ash, the solardecathalon team and plansto revamp Louisville’s wa-terfront.

Todd praised Speaks forhis work, which he saidwould benefit the Com-monwealth.

“I can’t tell you howimpressive it is to havesomeone to come into thatposition who is not a Ken-tuckian to adopt some ofthe projects which I thinkwill utilize Kentucky as-sets,” Todd said.

Student AffairsTraveling the world was

the focus of the Board ofTrustees Student AffairsCommittee Tuesday morn-ing.

Susan Carvalho, the as-sociate provost for interna-tional programs, presentedthe goals her office has setfor increasing the numbersof UK students studyingabroad. Carvalho discussedthe four F's that are the typ-ical barriers for studentswishing to travel: family,friends, finances and fear.

“UK needs to be aglobal institution if it is go-

ing to serve the studentsand serve the state,” shesaid.

Since 2002-03, thenumber of UK studentsstudying abroad increasedfrom 369 to 590 in 2008-09. The goal is to have anadditional 400 studentsstudying in other countriesannually by 2014.

The possibility of creat-ing an international campuswas discussed, but Carval-ho said the office is justnow looking into that op-tion. Peking University inBeijing, China has offeredspace if UK wants to set upcourses. Carvalho said theprogram would be mostlyPeking professors teachingUK syllabi and the classeswould be worth UK credit.

“It is very attractive forChinese students, it wouldbe a gold mine of studentscoming to UK,” she said.

Carvalho said her officeis very cautiously exploringthis option and is planninga trip to meet with facultyin Beijing.

Student GovernmentPresident Ryan Smith alsospoke at the meeting, givingan update on current issues.The housing issue with thecity is a priority of SG, hesaid, and he has been work-ing on a compromise withMayor Jim Newberry.

“We want to accommo-date current students and notpenalize them for followingthe laws,” Smith said. “It'sbeen a lack of enforcementon the city's part.”

Another issue up fordiscussion is the process ofthe ticket lottery for stu-dents. Smith said problemshave occurred with thehuge increase of studentsattending the lotteries.

“We heard an outcryfrom students,” Smith said.“We want to come up witha more equitable way todistribute tickets.”

Smith said he is plan-ning a meeting to discussthe way other SoutheasternConference schools distrib-ute student tickets.

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