NEW YORK — In a battle ofthe blues, Kansas and UK fanserupted in cheers, booing andheckling from start to finish atthe State Farm ChampionsClassic double-header whereUK beat No. 12 Kansas 75-65in New York’s MadisonSquare Garden.

This was the Cats’ firstmatchup with Kansas since the2006-07 season when they lostunder former head coach Tub-by Smith.

After nearly two scorelessminutes, the Cats were finallyable to make the first bucket, alayup from sophomore Ter-rence Jones, who ended thegame with 15 points and threeblocks.

“Those guys have been ex-posed to some things that a lotof guys their age haven’t beenexposed to,” Kansas headcoach Bill Self said. “They’rebeyond their years.”

UK trailed early in the firsthalf, down 7-2 with 16:14 re-maining.

“We don’t believe we haveto truly play together yet,”head coach John Calipari said.“It’s not talent that wins, it’sgood teams that win.”

Kansas committed someearly fouls in the first half(five in the first five minutes)and allowed UK to startclimbing back within strikingrange.

After a technical foul, UKbegan to close the gap beingdown 10-7 around the 13-and-a-half minute mark, wheresophomore Doron Lamb madeboth free throws.

UK then took the lead withan 8-0 run leading to freshmanMichael Kidd-Gilchrist scor-

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The Ruth Hunt WoodFoundation program is cele-brating its 10th and final an-niversary with the opening ofthe solo exhibit of this year’sartist, Allan Githuka.

The Kenya Artist-in-Resi-dence Program brings artistsfrom Kenya to UK for the fallsemester.

While here, artists studyin the UK art department,spend a week at SomersetCommunity College holdingworkshops, give lectures for

students and produce piecesto be shown in a solo show atthe end of the semester.

Ruth Hunt Wood foundedthe program in 2000 andbrought the first artist here in2001 for UK’s fall semester.

“I had been to Kenya insearch of original artwork and

had a difficult time,” Woodsaid. “So I decided to put aspotlight on the unique artistsof Kenya and their country.”

Wood explained that itwas a long and difficultprocess to bring these artiststo Kentucky.

“The process begins inthe spring, and the artists whoapply send photographs oftheir work and a letter of in-

tent,” Wood said.The information is then

sent to a pre-selection com-mittee, which creates a shortlist, and takes place inNairobi. Wood participatesin that, and then the commit-tee interviews the artists andvotes.

“I’m looking for not justgreat talent, but someone torepresent their country and be

like an ambassador. There aremany ingredients that areconsidered in the selectionprocess,” Wood said.

Allan Githuka, this year’sartist, has enjoyed his time atUK and hopes he can bringhis inspiration back home.

“I feel so privileged withthe publicity I have gotten,”Githuka said, “and the many

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Foundation might feature other countries next

UK facilities management is hosting a freemapping technology conference Thursday,called GIS Day, where students have thechance to win a free iPad and solar pack bookbag.

GIS Day is a global event to make peopleaware of geographic information systems tech-nology, according to a news release. The day isalso a part of the National GeographicSociety’s Geography Awareness Week.

There will be more than 100 sessions andactivities where business leaders and educatorswill present on learning tracks, technical ses-sions and career building opportunities.

GIS standsfor geographicinformat ionsystem, whichis a computersystem used tocreate, storeand analyzespatial data.

It is a“ c o m p u t e r -based mappingtool usedthroughout the

world to solveproblems related to the environment, healthcare, land use, business efficiency, education,public safety and many other fields,” accord-ing to the release.

UK is now a part of GIS, so all members ofthe university can use it for free.

Michelle Ellington, the GIS coordinator,said the program is $2,000, but the UK com-munity can access it for free. To do so, emailEllington and she will provide the accesscode and free lessons on how to use the pro-gram.

“During the event we will be offering achance to win a free iPad and a solar packbook bag that charges your phone while it’s inyour bag,” Ellington said.

A few exhibits will be displayed at the

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Blood drive aims atcrushing Tennessee

The Big Blue Crush blood drivecontinues throughout the week, whereUK competes against the Universityof Tennessee to donate the mostblood.

The Kentucky Blood Center’s24th annual blood drive is hosted bythe UK Center for CommunityOutreach. UK won the competitionlast year for the first time since 2002.

All donors will receive a T-shirtand a McDonald’s coupon for a smallMcCafe beverage. Donors will alsobe eligble for a $200 gas card, givenaway each day.

The grand prize is an NCAAGame Package, which includes twotickets to a regular season NCAAgame and three days and two nightsof hotel accomodations.

To schedule an appointment todonate blood, call 1-800-775-2522 orvisit kybloodcenter.org.

PHOTO BY LATARA APPLEBY | STAFFSophomore Terrence Jones scored 15 points and had three blocks in UK’s win over Kansas. Sophomore Doron Lambwas UK’s leading scorer in Madison Square Garden with 17 points.

if you goWhat: GIS DayWhen: Thursday, 9 a.m. to4:30 p.m.Where: Various locationsin the Student CenterAdmission: Free for students

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PHOTO BY QUIANNA LIGE | STAFFGuards A’dia Mathies and Maegan Conwright swarm a Jacksonville State ball-handler inUK’s 100-25 victory Tuesday at Memorial Coliseum.

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CHICAGO — The bad news for the cast of“Twilight” is that filming of the series haswrapped, and the actors likely will neverreprise their most famous roles to date. Thegood news? They no longer have to wearthose ridiculous wigs again.

While the actors on hand for the “Twi-light” cast and concert tour last week at Chica-go’s House of Blues couldn’t agree on whosewig looked the silliest (I vote for Taylor Laut-ner’s long locks in 2008’s “Twilight” — his‘do would make Nicolas Cage cringe), nearlyall of them agreed that the wigs were uncom-fortable to wear.

“One of the nice things about being donewith this character is that I finally get to stopwearing white make-up, annoying contactsand sometimes a wig,” said Jackson Rathbone,who wore a wig in 2009’s “The Twilight Saga:New Moon” and 2010’s “The Twilight Saga:Eclipse.” “Have you ever tried wearing a wig?It’s fun for one day. Now imagine wearing thatsame wig for seven months straight. It gets alittle annoying.”

Brunette Nikki Reed dyed her hair in theoriginal “Twilight” but wore a wig in the restof the films. Peter Facinelli also dyed his hairblond and wore a wig during the series (hewas filming Showtime’s “Nurse Jackie” whileshooting the last three “Twilight” films).Which did he prefer?

“I prefer dying it,” Facinelli said. “I didn’tlike wearing (the wig). It feels foreign and un-comfortable. It makes your job harder. Youfeel like you’re in a Halloween costume. Myjob was to pretend like it’s not there.”

Ashley Greene wore four different wigs —one for each installment — beginning with herDido-like chopped hair in the original “Twi-light.” She didn’t seem to mind them, but shealso had input on her short-hair wig in the up-coming “Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn”films.

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artists I’ve worked with havebeen so supportive. Hopeful-ly, I will go home with some-thing to benefit the artists inmy community.”

Githuka said he has seenthings in Lexington that willcontinue to inspire his pieces.

“I was at Commonwealth

Stadium; I created a paintingthat depicted a lot of peoplewearing blue, so that was themain color,” he said. “Andthe trees. The trees are beauti-ful with their different colorsand I will welcome them inmy future paintings.”

Wood explained that thiswould be the final year thatthe foundation would bringartists from Kenya, but thereis a possibility of a switch to

another country if the pro-gram is to continue.

“I’ve been talking tosome friends of mine aboutanother country, but it takes alot of behind-the-scenes workbecause you are working ontwo continents with two em-bassies,” she said.

It took Wood two years toset up the program, she said.

“Perhaps in the future,my foundation and UK can

collaborate on another coun-try, but it’s just in the talkingphase right now,” Woodsaid.

Benjamin Withers, the artdepartment’s chair, hopes thefoundation can continue.

“It has provided an op-portunity for our students tosee how someone of a differ-ent culture approaches art,”Withers said.

“It has been a delight

working with Ruth over thesepast 10 years. We would lookforward to continuing that re-lationship.”

Regardless of the future,Wood said the program hasgiven both the artists and theuniversity an opportunity tolearn from one another.

“Cultural exchange iscritical to artists. They seesomeone come from 8,000miles away and produce

enough for a solo show inone semester. It’s very im-pressive to see their work eth-ic,” Wood said. “It’s beenvery rewarding to see theartists come here and developtheir talent and take it to thenext level.”

Githuka’s work can beseen 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at afree exhibit in the TuskaGallery, located inside theFine Arts Building.

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event, which will map the BigBlue Nation and GIS resourcesfor the UK community. Theywill also offer sessions on howto use the program.

The GIS system is also atool that allows its users to cre-ate searches and edit the data.

GIS Day is an opportunityfor career building experienceand technology exploration.UK Facilities is encouragingeveryone to go because it canbe used on campus.

There will be 39 organiza-tions participating, includingeducators from UK and otherhigher education institutions,and members of academic andprofessional organizations,government agencies, busi-nesses and non-profit organiza-tions, according to a news re-lease.

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ing a fast break layup to putUK up 11-10 with about11:30 to play in the half.

That lead didn’t lastlong, though, as the Jay-hawks continued to makeplays offensively and weresuccessful shooting behindthe arc.

The Cats continued toshoot throughout the firsthalf, but the rim wasn’t asgenerous as it was forKansas.

But a steal forced byJones along with a dunk atthe other end of the fastbreak served as a momen-tum changer for the Catsas he closed the gap again,putting them down bythree with around 6:30 toplay.

UK trailed throughout

the first half but was able tohang with the Jayhawks.

The Cats and Kansas leftthe first half tied 28-28 withJones leading the Cats inscoring with nine points,three rebounds and one as-sist.

UK almost looked likea different team in the sec-ond half, jumping to an 11-0 run to lead the Jayhawks39-28.

“We’ve got a lot of scor-ers on this team,” Lambsaid. “A lot of weapons onthis team.”

The Cats contestedeverything Kansas had to of-fer offensively, pressing itsdefense to force turnoversand blocking shots into thestands.

It was all UK fromthere. The Cats and the Jay-hawks essentially switchedpositions after the first half,and UK remained in control

of the game in the last 20minutes.

After numerous Kansasattempts to close the leadand get ahead, no leadchanges occurred in the halfas the Cats closed out thegame.

“They had a will towin. That’s what I wantedto see,” Calipari said.“That’s the hardest thing toteach in what we do: a willto win.”

UK continues with an-other road game againstPenn State at noon Saturdayin Uncasville, Conn.

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This week we celebratethe second anniversary ofUK’s tobacco-free campusinitiative prohibiting the useof all tobacco products —cigarettes, chew, pipes, ci-gars, snuff, hookah — any-place on campus.

I love being able to walkaround campus in the briskfall air. But the thing I lovethe most about our tobacco-free campus is how it is help-ing students quit smokingand using other tobaccoproducts.

Without the exposure be-tween classes to the triggerof tobacco smoke, studentswho have struggled to quitare more successful.

Two out of three smokerswant to quit and there are re-sources available on campusto help.

Our culture is changingand more undergraduates arecoming to University HealthService for tobacco treat-ment. Even social or occa-sional smokers are impact-ed.

Every cigarette matters.The U.S. surgeon gener-

al’s 2010 report on “How To-

bacco Smoke Causes Dis-ease” has some importantfindings for college students.

Even if you don’t smokeevery day, smoking damagesyour DNA. The report de-scribes in detail how tobaccosmoke damages the humanbody through specific path-ways.

The take home pointsare:

1. There is no safe levelof exposure to tobaccosmoke. Any exposure —even an occasional cigaretteor exposure to secondhandsmoke — is harmful.

2. Damage from tobaccosmoke is immediate.

3. Smoking longer meansmore damage.

4. Cigarettes are designedfor addiction.

5. There is no safe ciga-rette or tobacco product.

6. The only proven strate-gy for reducing the risk oftobacco-related disease anddeath is to never smoke, andif you do smoke to quit.

Joanne Brown is a nursepractitioner and tobaccotreatment specialist at theUniversity Health Service.Emailopinions@kykernel.com.

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The decorativetrees are onceagain going up,transforming com-mon householdwindows intobeautiful portraitsof comfort and joy.Ribbons, tinsel andgarland wrapstreetlights likegifts; beacons forhumanity to followthis holiday sea-son.

Holiday favorites flood the air-waves, bringing back fond childhoodmemories. Consumers are eager tofind that ideal gift for loved ones andthe anticipation of home-cookedmeals and togetherness is almost toomuch to bear.

This is the time a year whenmany feel that there can be no pricetoo high to achieve that perfect happi-ness; a year’s worth of less than per-fect moments just to reach this point.

However, the reality is that eco-nomic times have proven unjust tosome. There are thousands through-out the U.S. that have no beacon tohold dear to their hearts this holidayseason.

Homelessness, hunger and loneli-ness can be seen in the eyes of chil-dren, men and women alike; misfor-tune does not discriminate.

There is no reassurance thatChristmas will find them among thestreets they call home and, for themajority, little to be thankful for thisThanksgiving. In fact, for most, theonly goal they wish to achieve is ahot meal and a safe, warm place tolay their heads.

The desperation of the situation isheartbreaking.

Imagine a child on a cold winter

night huddling next to loved ones try-ing desperately to keep warm. Thischild has not eaten for days. Sirensand the sobs of her mother are herlullaby.

Christmas Eve holds no excite-ment for her like it does most smallchildren. The closest she will get toexperiencing a true Christmas isspending the night at a shelter, ifthere is room, or staring into the win-dow of a blessed and fortunate fami-ly.

She is well aware there will be nopresents waiting her the next morn-ing, yet this realization does not stopthe child from looking up at a star-filled sky wondering if Santa Clauswill once again fly by.

She is among the forgotten.

So what needs to be done to put astop to this growing epidemic? Theonly tools needed to find resolutionto this problem is compassion, loveand time.

Society must reclaim the humani-ty lost in the name of progress.

Some argue that one small deedof the heart cannot undo all the painand suffering of the world. However,even the smallest gesture can have

quite the impact and help assure theseneedy families will no longer beoverlooked.

The UK Center for CommunityOutreach is paving the way to createawareness of this growing problem.

The center is currently taking do-nations of baskets filled with nonper-ishable food for God’s Pantry andcollecting Christmas Gifts for fami-lies that have none.

Anyone can contribute to theseevents regardless of demographic.Furthermore, many locations have setup food banks, and organizations, likethe Salvation Army, are always inneed of toys and gifts for the needy.

Goodwill is always eager to takelast year’s winter clothing and coatsoff your hands. This gesture alonecan guarantee that some needy familywill be a bit warmer during colderweather; and for those on a limitedbudget wishing to contribute, manyhelpful organizations and shelters arealways in need of caring volunteers.

If one person can make a differ-ence, just think of what many couldaccomplish for the few.

Economic climates are treacher-ous, to say the least, and the line sep-arating the fortunate and the unfortu-nate is very thin.

None of us can be sure what to-morrow will bring; no one wants tobe homeless, hungry and forgotten.

Just keep in mind that in a singlemoment you may find yourself in thatvery situation.

This holiday season, do what youcan to assure the next time a home-less child looks up at the sky andwonders if Christmas will find her, itdoes.

Alexis Shoemaker is a psychologyjunior. Emailopinions@kykernel.com.

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Economic climates aretreacherous, to say theleast, and the line separating the fortunate and the unfortunate is very thin.

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After the Student Activi-ties Board raised awarenessabout Kentucky’s prominentwriters community throughits James Baker Hall WriterSeries this year, UK will re-veal another Kentucky “gem”at the opening of the HarrietteArnow papers with a sympo-sium and an exhibit Thurs-day.

Gurney Norman, directorof UK’s creative writing pro-gram, will speak about hismemories of Arnow alongwith Arnow’s biographer andliterary scholar Sandy Bal-lard, said Kate Black, themanuscript archivist who hasbeen working on the Arnowcollection.

“Mrs. Arnow is arguablyone of Kentucky’s mostprominent authors,” said Am-ber Surface, a graduate assis-tant in the school of libraryand information science who

began working with theArnow collection in Septem-ber 2010. Her job has consist-ed of processing the papers,which she describes as devel-oping an inventory, and find-ing aid so the papers can beaccessible to researchers.

“While she wrote aboutKentucky and Appalachia,her work really transcendsgeographic boundaries. Herpapers are really fun too,”Surface said. “There’s a letterfrom Jane Fonda in the exhib-it.” (“The Dollmaker,” one ofArnow’s well-known workswas made into a TV movie

starring Fonda.)Black said the collection

will not only includeArnow’s literary work, butalso her personal memorabil-ia and correspondence withfriends, family, literaryagents, publishers and edi-tors, as well as scrap booksand photographs.

“She’s not on the comput-er, so they’re actual pieces ofpaper … we’ve had to dosome preservation work,”Black said.

Surface said she was “as-tounded” and “overwhelmed”at the “outpouring of supportfor the project.” She saidArnow is very popular in theAppalachian community.

“People have continuedto use her research even be-fore we finished processingthe papers,” Surface said.“There have been several stu-dents that have written theirmaster and doctorate levelworks.”

Surface will add a virtual

component to the exhibit inDecember, which will be “acomplement to the physicalexhibit,” and include piecesthat didn’t make it in, she said.

Black said UK is hosting

the collection becauseArnow’s subject matter wasKentucky and the SpecialCollections library holds allthe cultural and statistical ar-tifacts of the state.

“We’re really lucky tohave them here,” Black said.“Arnow is one of our treas-ures in Kentucky and … shehad a great capacity for writ-ing on various subjects.”

By Joy Priest

jpriest@kykernel.com

NEW YORK — For one halfat least, UK looked like theNo. 2 team in the country.There it was, emerging in thesecond half, making No. 12Kansas at times look like aNo. 12 seed, trying desperate-ly to keep pace with a teamthat was simply better at play-ing the game of basketball.

After a 28-28 tie at half-time, UK ripped off an 11-0

run coming out of it. Fromthere, the lead never fell be-low double digits in a 75-65win.

It was how UK can playat its best. When it’s hittingthrees, when it’s smotheringteams on defense, when it’smaking the easy plays on of-fense, only a handful ofteams in the nation stand achance at winning. UK issimply more talented thaneveryone else.

“I don’t want to say (thisis the best team I’ve had),”UK head coach John Caliparisaid, “but they have a chanceto be special.”

The special part showed

up, although it took a half toshake off the blinding glareof the big-city lights.

In the first 20 minutes,Kansas, which started fourjuniors and a senior, playedlike a team that has been to-gether for three years. UK,which started three freshmenand two sophomores, playedlike a team that has been to-gether for three months.

Because those two thingsare true, UK’s slow start is alegitimate issue. Does it needto get fixed? Certainly. Shouldit have been already? Proba-bly not, considering it’s thesecond game of the season.

“Kind of expected what

happened in the first half,”Calipari said. “A bunch ofyoung guys out there doingtheir own thing.”

UK played all sorts ofout-of-sorts basketball in thefirst half. Freshman MarquisTeague threw the ball toKansas or out of boundsmore often than he wasthrowing it to teammates. Hehad one point and sixturnovers.

“Yeah, he was a littlefrustrated. He tried to goone-on-one in the first half,”sophomore Doron Lambsaid. “But he settled down.”

Freshman Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, usually a spark of

efficient energy at the begin-ning of games, looked visiblynervous on the big stage withplenty of family and friendsin attendance.

And then, UK — behindthe very same players wholooked so distraught in thefirst half — got comfortable.

Lamb, a New York native,knocked down a couple threesand couldn’t help but smile atdoing so in the arena hereveres the most. Every starterscored in double figures.

“I think we made a goodstatement today,” Lamb said.“We played a top team, thatwas ranked, and we beatthem.”

This game is indicativeof how most of the season,especially before tournamenttime, will look for UK.

Here are three stats fromthe game: 19 turnovers, 14 as-sists, 13 blocks. UK alternatesbetween playing fast and fool-ish and freakishly good. Thetwo halves both existed inequal amounts. Neither’s real-ism can be discarded.

“We’re not bad,” Caliparisaid, “but we’re not a goodteam yet.”

At times, the Cats willlook immature and shaky.

But more often than not,UK will just beat peopledown.

Sometimes foolish; Cats show potential for greatness

UK releases Kentucky author’s work with exhibit, symposiumif you go

What: Harriette Arnow Collection ReleaseWhen: Thursday at 4 p.m.Where: Great Hall of King LibraryAdmission: Free

AARONSMITH

Kernelcolumnist