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FRIDAY

UK Parking and Transportation Servic-es and Student Government are offering afree shuttle service between campus andFayette Mall on the next two Sundays.

The shuttle will run from 11 a.m. to 6p.m., both Sundays, with campus pickupsscheduled for 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.

Buses will pick up passengers on thenorth side of the mall near the Macy’s en-trance at noon, 2 p.m., 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. toreturn to campus.

To schedule a pickup, students should e-mail their name, campus address, campusphone number or cell number, and the date,time and location of pickup with the subject“Holiday Shopping Shuttle” [email protected].

E-mails must be received by Friday andDec. 12 for pickups on Sunday and Dec. 14.A PTS representative will call to confirmthe pickup time and location.

— KATIE PERKOWSKI

Groups jointo offer free

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PF ChangsChina Bistro

Buses will pick up at the Macy’s

entrance at 2 p.m., 4 p.m. and 6 p.m.

KELLY WILEY | STAFF

By Ben [email protected]

Senior left-handed pitcherJames Paxton is suing UK, butstill hopes his UK career isn’tover.

According to the lawsuit,filed in Fayette County Circuit

Court on Wednesday, Paxton wasapproached by UK Senior Asso-ciate Athletics Director SandyBell, who told him in October hewould have to meet with anNCAA investigator. Bell wouldnot inform Paxton what allega-tions had been brought againsthim. Paxton was also instructed

he was not to speak to hisparents or a lawyer aboutmeeting with the NCAAinvestigator.

The lawsuit also allegesUK Athletics DirectorMitch Barnhart told Paxtonhe would not be allowed toplay on the team until heagreed to the interview. Paxton isseeking an injunction that wouldallow him to play without meet-ing with investigators.

Paxton was the 37th overall

pick in this summer’sMLB draft, but returnedto UK after deciding notto sign with the TorontoBlue Jays. Paxton’slawyer, Tony Miller, toldthe Kernel Wednesdaythat Paxton absolutelywants to pitch for UK

this coming season. Paxton isconsidered a potential first roundprospect for the 2010 draft.

Paxton still wants to take mound

Holiday shopping shuttle

Preparing for the worst

PHOTOS BY SCOTT HANNIGAN | STAFFMembers of the Lexington Police Department’s Emergency Response Unit train in unoccupied homes on Conn Terrace Thursday afternoon.BUY THESE PHOTOS AT UKCAMPUSPHOTOS.COM

A member of the Lexington Police Departmentpeeks out of the front of a house on Conn TerraceThursday afternoon during training.

Lexington Policetrain near campus

By Laura [email protected]

Twenty men in black vests, with shieldsand firearms, snaked along the exterior of ahome just off campus, quietly entering withcareful organization. However, no one wasbarricaded inside. No standoff occurred.

The Lexington Police Department’sEmergency Response Unit was trainingoutside and inside unoccupied housesalong Conn Terrace Thursday afternoon.The unit trained for high-risk warrant,hostage and suicide-by-cop situations, saidAssistant Commander Sgt. Frank Kirk-patrick.

“We create mental options to respond ina way other than lethal,” he said. “ … Theprimary goal is to get everyone in and out

safely, even the suspect.”Kirkpatrick said the ERU has been fired

at numerous times during its 26 years. Theunit has never had to take a life.

The 20-member ERU began training at9 a.m. Thursday, with a cross-fit workout,Kirkpatrick said. The scenario training last-ed nearly four hours.

The unit, comprised of LPD patrol offi-cers, detectives and training instructors, alsotrains at firearm ranges and other locations.The unit trains for various situations, suchas tactical rappelling, chemical agent train-ing and door breaching every other week,Kirkpatrick said.

“We want people to see what their taxdollars are doing,” he said. “We’re out heresweating, not sitting around and eatingdoughnuts.”

Drinking fora cause

Happy hour to raisemoney for cancer research

By Katie [email protected]

For one UK student, a simple hobby hasturned into a fundraiser.

Economics junior Tucker McNulty gotin the habit of running two or three miles a

day and decided hewanted to completea marathon. Thenone day, he receiveda packet from theLeukemia and Lym-phoma Society anddecided to run amarathon to raisemoney.

The program,called Team inTraining, requiresparticipants to get

If You GoWhat: Happy HourWhen: Friday at 10p.m. Buses pick up at10 p.m. near SororityCircle and run until2:30 a.m.Where: The Paddockand Tin RoofAdmission: $5 in ad-vance, $7 at each door

See Fundraiser on page 2

See Paxton on page 2

UK Parking: Losing ground, gaining facilities

By Anna [email protected]

It’s not a magic act; parkingspaces are disappearing.

Surface lots on campus areslowly being replaced with newuniversity buildings, possibly re-sulting in higher permit prices.

Recently, two new sites aretaking over North Campus em-ployee lots, a loss of nearly 300spaces. Bob Wiseman, vice presi-dent for facilities managementsaid the university is only begin-ning to replace the surface parkinglots with buildings.

"All of our future buildingswill go in parking areas," Wise-man said. "All surface parkinglots should be considered as futurebuildings for the most part."

Don Thornton, director of UKParking and Transportation Serv-ices, said PTS has to adjust tobuilding and surface lot changessince they do not have controlover what happens to the parking

New university buildingsto take over parking lots

Despite lawsuit, senior southpawabsolutely wants to play for UK

See Buildings on page 6

By Jenny [email protected]

UK's available student parkingis decreasing annually while stu-dent frustration takes the oppositeroute.

Falling from 6,277 in 2008 to6,206 current student parkingspaces, buying a permit and find-ing a spot to legally park on cam-pus has become increasingly diffi-

cult for some students.However, UK is not the only

one in this boat. Other universitiesare having a hard time dealingwith the same problem: a growinguniversity with limited space forparking. The difference is howthey are choosing to deal with theproblem and what students have tosay.

By Hope [email protected]

Campus parking spaces withnonfunctioning meters are not free,as one professor discovered.

When UK journalism professorBuck Ryan returned to his car, hefound the meter repaired and a tick-et under his windshield wiper.

UK Parking and TransportationServices enacted a policy that pro-hibits parking at broken metersabout five years ago, after a seriesof issues.

“People would sometimes jammeters, so we have to have ‘noparking’ when they’re broken,” sai d

Broken metersdo not equalfree parking

See Meters on page 5

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St.Joe Craft Center

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Proposed site for new Wildcat Coal LodgeJoe Craft Center

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As schools grow, spaces vanish

University Number ofstudents

Number ofparking spaces

Number ofpermits issued

University of KentuckyUniversity of LouisvilleOhio State UniversityUniversity of DaytonNorthern Kentucky UniversityEastern Kentucky University

25,00022,00055,01410,90815,00016,268

21,22712,64831,7925,7768,2008,245

23,91914,24844,0006,500Not available11,200

INFORMATION COURTESY OF INDIVIDUAL UNIVERSITIES’ DIRECTORS OF PARKING

Parking numbers at nearby universities

See Spaces on page 6

LAUREN FRAME | STAFF

Construction on North Campus

Nearly 300 parkingspaces will be lostdue to new buildingconstruction onNorth Campus.

Paxton

EnGarde SCORE, page 3CAT FIGHT Wall takes on hometown

school that overlooked himTen-member club

fends off competition

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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 a 6 — An older associateprovides you with an opportunity thatpromises satisfaction but alsoensures a basic income.Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Todayis a 5 — Take your partner with youto any important meeting. Togetheryou accomplish far more than you canseparately. Opportunity knocks.Gemini (May 21-June 21) — Todayis a 7 — A female presents a newidea that you jump on right away. Sheunderstands the need for balanceamong the ideas supplied by each co-

worker.Cancer (June 22-July 22) — Todayis a 6 — Get creative with whatevermaterials you already have. Clean outrefrigerator and cupboards to makespace for the new.Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a7 — Stick to the basics today. Youget more for your money. Grab holdand hang on tight, then shift gears.Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Todayis a 7 — A female provides excellentideas to help raise money. Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Today isa 7 — Without the aid of a female,you might not get anything done.Together you can do big things.Scorpio (Oct. 23 — Nov. 21) —Today is an 8 — If there’s a votetoday, the ladies win. Accept this factand work with it. There’s no point in

struggling against the inevitable.Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) —Today is a 7 — To get the most outof business opportunities, dress forthe moment.Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) —Today is an 8 — Remarkably, every-one’s in sync today. You find opportu-nities to soften the competition or toreach clients with your message.Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) —Today is a 7 — Reach for the stars.We know they’re far away, but theylook so close right now, and they’reactually within your grasp.Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) —Today is a 7 — Accept an opportunityfrom an elder. This could involvemoney.

Most stars of long-running series go screaming outthe door when their show wraps. No more contract, nomore money, no more need to talk to pesky reporters.

"I'm off the clock, so it does feel a little funny," saidTony Shalhoub on the phone Tuesday, "but we're proud

of the finale, so we want people totune in."

Adrian Monk, the characterShalhoub plays on the USA Networkseries "Monk," sails off into the sun-set Friday at 9 p.m. EST, havinghelped turn USA, and cable TV ingeneral, around.

Shalhoub, about as relaxed asMr. Monk is obsessed and prickly,

doesn't take a lot of credit. "Cable was in the process ofchanging, and more and more people were drawn to ca-ble — writers, producers, actors, directors. In eightyears, that entire landscape has sort of done a 180."

"Monk" premiered on USA on July 12, 2002, fourmonths after "The Shield" showed up on FX. The twoproved not only that there was a place for quality script-ed fare on basic cable, but that basic cable, with itsshorter seasons and greater freedom than the tradition-al networks, might actually be the place for qualityscripted fare.

"The networks really have their work cut out forthem," Shalhoub said. "Cable always was regarded assort of a bastard child or something, and when nobodywas looking, it just exploded."

"Monk" was lighter than most of the cable hoursthat followed, but it set the stage for Kyra Sedgwick's

"The Closer" on TNT, which led on that network to agenre of tough female cops. On its home network USA,the characters were quirkier: "Burn Notice" features afired spy who won't take no for an answer. "Psych" hasa fake psychic.

And it helped revive the off-beat detective charac-ter that was once a TV staple, from James Rockford toThomas Magnum to Rick and A.J. Simon. "The Mental-ist" is one of CBS' biggest new hits. Tim Roth's Dr. CalLightman sees through criminal fog on Fox's "Lie toMe." Geekball mathematicians work cases on CBS'"Numb3rs."

In the winter of 2003, after the show's first season,Shalhoub won the Golden Globe for best comedy per-formance by an actor. "That happened before I realizedwe were really on anyone's radar," he said. "That firstyear, a lot of people were scratching their heads."

He won the Emmy for the category later in theyear, and went on to be nominated like clockwork at theEmmys as best comic actor throughout the life of theshow, winning again in 2005 and 2006.

Friday night, we'll discover who murdered Mr.Monk's beloved wife, Trudy, sending him so deep intoobsessive-compulsive disorder that he needed to hire acompanion to help him get through the dust of life thatmost of us find so easy to ignore.

When Traylor Howard replaced Bitty Schram in theposition in 2004 (because of "a new creative direction"or supporting-actor greediness, we may never know),the fans went nuts, but Howard proved to be a reason-able change.

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Miller said that by requiring Pax-ton to submit to an interview withNCAA investigators without inform-ing him of the allegations againsthim, UK violated Paxton’s rights asa student.

“Mr. Paxton is a student at theUniversity of Kentucky,” Miller said.“And as such he has the rights andprivileges set forth in the StudentCode of Conduct.”

The lawsuit cites Article 1, Sec-tions 7(c) and 25(a) as well as Sec-tion 7(b) of the Student Code ofConduct as reasons for the lawsuit.Section 7(b) states that “a studentshall not be compelled to give testi-mony and refusal to do so shall notbe considered evidence of responsi-bility for an alleged violation (infront of a university hearingagency).” Section 7(c) states the “...student shall be informed in writingof the reasons for appearance beforeany hearing agency and given suffi-cient time to prepare for the appear-ance.” The lawsuit claims UK hasnot followed either practice.

Barnhart and Bell declined to beinterviewed through UK athleticsspokesman DeWayne Peevy earlyThursday afternoon. A phone mes-sage left for the NCAA was not im-mediately returned.

Paxton struck out 115 batters in2009, leading the team and rankingfourth in the Southeastern Confer-ence.

PAXTONContinued from page 1

sponsors to donate money towards miles run, andall money raised goes toward the cancer researchorganization.

“Leukemia and lymphoma affect a lot of peopleand I just wanted to start running and help people asmuch as I could,” McNulty said.

McNulty said he individually has to raise$3,800 through the program with the organization,but wanted to do something bigger.

That is when his friend, Jon Brown, helped himout.

Brown, a mining engineering senior, said Mc-Nulty came to him at the beginning of the semesterbecause McNulty knew Brown did philanthropywork.

The idea hit home for Brown because he hasfamily members who have been diagnosed with dif-ferent types of cancer.

Brown, who had heard of the Kentucky non-profit organization Happy Hour for Humanity, con-tacted founder Rock Daniels to begin organizing anevent to raise money for the Leukemia and Lym-phoma Society.

The society is the largest voluntary health or-ganization in the world that funds cancer research,education and patient services, according to its Website.

“It’s just a good cause, and as much as they gothrough we can try to help as much as we can,”Brown said.

The fundraiser will take place Friday night atthe Paddock and Tin Roof. Tickets can be boughtfrom Brown or McNulty for $5 or on Friday nightpeople can pay $7 at each door. McNulty can bereached by e-mail at [email protected].

Shuttle busses for the event will run from Columbia Avenue across from the library from 10p.m. to 2:30 a.m.

FUNDRAISERContinued from page 1

SCOREFriday, December 4, 2009 Page 3

PHOTO BY BRITNEY MCINTOSH | STAFFFencing Club members watch a dual during Fencing Club practice on Tuesday night at the Buell Armory. The club got its start in the 1970s and currently has only 10 members.

Taking a stab at the competitionBy Patrick [email protected]

Normally, trying to stab the opponent in a sport isfrowned upon — not in fencing.

The fencing team got its start in the 1970s and competesin the United States Fencing Association. Although the clubhas only 10 members, it still sees great success when itsends its best fencers to regional and state competitions.

Club president Alex Kreiser says winning is a hardtask for club members because the team lacks a maestro,fencing’s version of a coach.

“It puts us at a competitive disadvantage,” Kreisersaid. “We’re forced to learn what has been passed on frompast fencers here.”

A lack of guidance didn’t stop seniors John Kille andMatthew Christie from performing well at the recentBourbon Open, held Nov. 14 in Louisville. Kille placed11th and Christie placed 26th in the mixed foils division, acompetition that had 41 fencers.

Kille attributes his success to his teammates’ help.Kille said the team utilizes books and other resources tolearn and teach the fundamentals of the sport to newermembers.

“UK fencing really gets you ready before you com-pete,” said Kille, who helps train other fencers in footmovement and foils.

With teammates helping one another, the fencing clubfosters a friendly atmosphere for students new to the sport.

Kreiser began fencing when he came to UK and said any-one is welcome to join the club.

“No experience is necessary,” Kreiser said. “Reallyonly one person in the club has worked with a maestro.The rest of us started fencing when we got here.”

Members new to fencing can choose to practice withthe team before competing in competitions. Kreiser saidthere is no pressure to compete, but the opportunity isthere for any willing fencer.

Newer fencers will have a chance to gauge their skillsthis spring when the team hosts in-state foe Louisville, ateam UK has handled with ease in recent years.

“Last year, we killed them,” Kreiser said. “It should bea great opportunity for newer members.”

With some members fencing for fun and others forgold, Kille fences for a different reason.

“What could be a better stress reliever?” he said.

Fencing club offers chance for newcomers to learn sport

By Metz [email protected]

His favorite team was NorthCarolina. His favorite player wasVince Carter. His hometown wasfewer than 50 miles from campus.But Raleigh, N.C., native John Wallwasn’t recruited hard by UNC headcoach Roy Williams.

Coming out of high school, Wallwas the top-ranked point guard inthe country. Normally, head coachesat local universities are salivatingfor the opportunity to land that typeof player from their own backyard.On Saturday, Wall will have the op-portunity to take on the coach andthe school that overlooked him.

“I’m looking forward to it a lot,”Wall said. “I think it’s going to be agreat game. It’s going to be our firsttime being really challenged thisyear by a great team that’s coachedby a great coach who’s RoyWilliams.”

After facing seven mid-major-type schools, the Cats will face offagainst the No. 10 Tar Heels in oneof the more highly anticipated gamesin all of college basketball so far thisseason. The Cats have lost their lastfive meetings with UNC. The Heels

are coming off a seven-point victoryover Michigan State where theytrailed the No. 9 Spartans for only 33seconds the entire game.

“They have key big men whoscore in the post for them and theylook to get them the ball as much asthey can,” Wall said. “… If youdon’t stop their big men it’s going tobe tough. And coach Roy Williamsis doing a great job of coachingthem and preparing them for the up-coming season.”

Wall said he still doesn’t knowwhy Williams and UNC didn’t recruithim as hard as other schools did, butthat it’s behind him and he’s happywith his choice to come to UK.

“That’s behind me and they did-n’t decide to offer me and didn’t de-cide to let me come there,” Wallsaid. “That’s their decision, I chosethe University of Kentucky to playfor Coach Cal so I’m happy withmy decision.”

While Wall says that, fellowfreshman DeMarcus Cousins isn’t sosure. Cousins said he believes there’sstill bad blood from Wall — whocurrently ranks third nationally in as-sists and first in the SoutheasternConference with 7.8 per game —and his hometown school, and it’ll

come out Saturday at Rupp Arena.“Y’all should see another side of

John (on Saturday),” Cousins said.“He’s playing his hometown and Ibelieve there’s a bad blood betweenthe two. So, John should come outpretty intense himself.”

With such a big game and it be-ing UK’s first game broadcast onnetwork television, some worry theCats will come out overhyped. UKhead coach John Calipari said hemay talk to Wall separately to tryand keep his emotions in check.

Throughout the season, Caliparihas said he believes his team isoverrated and isn’t where he thinksit can be. Calipari said Saturday’sgame will be a good barometer tosee exactly where they stand andthey may get punched in the mouth.

“I want them to understand thelevel of play as you move up andhow hard you have to play,” Cali-pari said.

“This is going to be a hard gamefor us to win. This is going to be avicious – you’re going to see oneteam playing just absolutely life anddeath and the other team trying todo their stuff … There’s no lying,the ball’s thrown and there it is andwe go.”

krystalballPicks for Week 14

THIS WEEK’S GAMES

Ben Jones(50-28)Sports editor

FloridaTexasPittsburghGa. TechUSCHouston

Sports columnistFloridaTexasCincinnatiGa. TechUSCHouston

Metz Camfield(46-32)Asst. sports editor

AlabamaTexasPittsburghGa. TechUSCHouston

Nick Craddock(41-37)Staff writer

FloridaTexasCincinnatiClemsonUSCHouston

Kenny Colston(53-25)Editor in chief

FloridaTexasCincinnatiGa. TechUSCHouston

Kevin Novak(52-26)UK fan

FloridaTexasCincinnatiGa. TechUSCHouston

James Pennington(49-29)

Florida vs. AlabamaTexas vs. NebraskaCincinnati at PittsburghGa. Tech vs. ClemsonArizona at USCEast Carolina vs. Houston

Wall, Cats ready for firstbig test of season

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Join Kernel sports writers Saturdayat 12:15 p.m. for a live blog of

the game against North Carolina

OPINIONSFriday, December 4, 2009 Page 4

BRETT HATFIELD, Kernel cartoonist

Modernize trusteespeaking policyfor transparency

UK isn’t alone. It andseveral other schools havepolicies that keep the agendaof the university boards oftrustees privy to the exclu-sive group.

According to a Dec. 3Kernel article, of the variouspolicies for trustees meet-ings, UK’s falls in the com-pany of the more closed-door variety. No recordswere available for a list ofanyone making requests tothe board at UK in the past10 years.

“ … We know of no suchrequests,” said Frank Butler,official records custodian inan open records responsesubmitted by the Kernel.

Well students are smart,but we aren’t mind readersand it’s hard to know aboutrequests if the people whowould make the requestshave no idea of what is go-ing on in the meetings. Post-ing a meeting agenda at 9a.m. the day before the meet-ing simply is not enoughtime to inform people of thetasks of a group that over-sees so many major deci-sions.

Where’s the harm intransparency?

The University of Flori-da’s Board of Trusteesmakes the agenda public atleast one week before themeeting, having a minimumof three full days before tosubmit a request to appearon the agenda.

If that policy is too openand progressive for theboard, why not adopt a poli-cy similar to Purdue Univer-sity’s? The agenda is posted

on the Monday before themeeting to be held on Friday.

“The public is generallynot invited to speak,” saidBrian Zink, associate direc-tor to Purdue’s news service.“ … The board can make ex-ceptions, but generally not.”

Zink said registering forpublic requests is offered onlyfor meetings regarding tuitionand fees. This way the issuesthe public needs to knowabout are out in the public andopen fodder for discussion.

As for UK’s policy, isn’t iteasier to make an exceptionthan take the huge PR hit andsubsequent backlash from theWildcat Coal Lodge issue?

Why not give those whowant to speak a spot to speakto the board outside of themeeting? Normal businesscan still be conducted withinthe meeting but board mem-bers will have the opportuni-ty to hear different input.

Trustees assemble onlyonce a month on campus tomake decisions that couldlast for years and effectevery single student on cam-pus.

What’s the harm in tak-ing a few minutes to hear in-put on a decision that maylast a few years and affect afew thousand people?

“It’s been in place for 39years, so obviously it’sworking,” said UKspokesman Jimmy Stantonof the policy.

But when the policy dis-courages speaking to thepoint such that no one re-quests to do so, obviouslythings aren’t working. It’stime to update the policy.

Woods’ situationtoo common a case

How do you connect asingle person, single car ac-cident with a possible sex

scandal?S i m p l e .You takethe guywho raninto a fireh y d r a n tand thena tree andyou lookat thes c r a p e son hisf a c e .

Bingo, he must have beenhaving domestic issues.

See how ridiculous thissituation is. In case youhaven’t turned on a TV,opened a newspaper or got-ten online in the past week,Tiger Woods all of a suddenhas a hidden personal lifeworth talking about everysecond of the day. This allstemmed from a seeminglyharmless car wreck.

This begs for an answerto the age-old question ofwhere is the line drawn be-tween personal life and pub-lic information. SinceWoods is a public figure, thescrutiny and questioning iswarranted, but think aboutthe topic of the questioning.

The possibility that hecheated on his wife is whatseems to be stirring the pot.In today’s society, this is justanother day in the U.S. Idare anybody who has nevercheated or simply donesomething wrong to throwthe first stone.

Woods is one of the pub-lic’s greatest mysteries. Bynot throwing himself in frontof the public with constant in-terviews or constant publicappearances, he continuallytempts people to figure outwho he truly is. That could bethe reason behind this seem-ingly continual media whirl-wind: the desire to know.

Everybody wants toknow everything abouteverybody no matter what itis. Just look at society’s fas-cination with Twitter. Do we

really need to know whatBarack Obama or any otherpublic figure is doing everysecond of the day? Probablynot, but there is one personout there who needs to knowwhat Obama was thinking ashe walked to the bathroomthis morning.

Regardless of whatWoods does in his personallife, he handled this the wayeverybody should handlethese situations. By makingstatement after statement ex-plaining the situation he wasin will be a family matterand not anybody else’s, itwill lead to people eventual-ly getting tired of hearingabout it.

The “controversy” willthen be left where it shouldhave been the whole time:on his property. The FloridaHighway Patrol did not needto investigate the accident,nor did TMZ need to stir thepot by exploring his possibleaffair candidates.

Woods will continue totake the high road and otherswill try to break through hissuper-human shield that no-body likes, but the only per-son coming out on top in thissituation is Woods. No per-son has the personal driveand motivation to better him-self after being slighted thanhim.

The Tiger Woods sagawill continue to evolve forsome period of time. Peopleclose to him will be askedquestions and the story willfind new angles.

The one thing Woods hasin his corner, though, believeit or not, is the current prob-lem he is facing. Becausehis situation is normal andpeople are enamored with it,the scrutiny will only contin-ue until the next public fig-ure runs his car into a treeand has scrapes on his face.It’s the way things are andthe way things will continueto be.

Austin Schmitt is an ac-counting and finance sopho-more. E-mail [email protected].

Ban enforcement in UK members’ handsOn Monday, Nov. 30, as I

passed White Hall ClassroomBuilding, a foolhardy twenty-something rebel stood, stat-

u e s q u e ,l e a n i n gagainst theClassroomBui ld inglike theMarlboroman, suck-ing on acigarette. Ic a l m l ysaid as Ip a s s e d ,“ s m o k e -free cam-

pus.” Her subsequent string of

four-letter words and stomp-ing of her Ugg boots was notonly laughable in its immatu-rity, but is insulting that she,as daring as she may be, isnot being swiftly reprimandedfor her carcinogenic loiteringon a campus that has gone togreat lengths to purport itsban of smoking.

Allow me to spare youthe statistics on death due tocigarette smoking. You knowthem. Those of you that areaffected by them do notsmoke. And those of you ig-

norant enough to think youare invincible, or insecureenough to smoke as a meansof blending in with the coolkids need no lecturing onhow you are sucking secondsof life out of a straw stuffedwith noxious herbs and can-cer. You know the dangers ofsmoke inhalation. Evensmokers leave burning houseswhen they fill with smoke.Why? Smoke inhalation willkill you.

I am not expecting toomuch to ask a smoker to stepoff campus.

They sigh and groan androll their eyes in disgust formy insolent defense of myown right to breathe. Howev-er, non-smokers, do not be soquick to assume they wouldappreciate the exercise — ifthey’re willing to suck deathdown their throat — thenthey’ve no romantic notionsfor the benefits of the steps ittakes to do it.

I do not write this to cen-sure smokers, for hopefullythey’ve got the brainpower tofeel guilty enough on theirown for their blatant discard-ing of the precious gift oftheir own life. I will not evenguilt them for being so self-

important that they dare toblow deadly smoke in theface of others who do appre-ciate their lives.

I write this as a plea toUK to not be a lame duck ad-ministration that makes rules,even amidst a cloud, pardonthe pun, of controversy, anddoes not support them.You’ve mustered the fortitudeto make the rule — enforceit.

Alas, I have little confi-dence that UK is as willingto enforce their smoking banas they are their inane park-ing rules. The notion that theuniversity would dare sup-port something healthy withas much fervor as they dotheir ticketing and towingcash cow is utopian at best.Thus, now that the rule is inplace, it is evident the re-

sponsibility to enforce it fallsupon the patrons of the cam-pus.

I do not expect, or desire,a vigilante militia to formwith torches and pitchforks inhand to flush out all thewicked smokers. A simplestatement of, “smoke-freecampus” will do just fine. Agreat many smokers on cam-pus are polite enough to putout their cigarette whenprompted. While I hope weare able to purge the campusof smoking, I do not hope wepurge it of smokers. They areas welcome on campus as Iam, and I have no right tomake them feel unwelcome,as long as they aren’t smok-ing.

If you are a smoker onUK’s campus, and you’resmoking on UK’s campus,you’re breaking the rules. Donot accost me for telling youso. If you’re a non-smokerwho sought solace in thissmoking ban, take matters inyour own hands and stand upfor your right to be healthy.Tell them to put out their cig-arette.

Patrick Sims is a kinesiol-ogy senior. E-mail [email protected].

Israeli-Palestinian conflict needs dialogue“Coal” is the dirtiest four-letter word

on campus, and the (attempted) tobaccoban has members of the UK community

burning with anger,but the flames of yetanother controversyrefuses to die.

More than amonth after formerIsraeli Prime Minis-ter Ehud Olmertspoke at the Single-tary Center for theArts, his appearancecontinues to sparkdebate. Some are in-censed by the stark

difference between Olmert’s speakingfee and the seemingly minimal amountthat UK will pay Palestinian peace ac-tivist and legislator Hanan Ashrawi tospeak in March 2010. Others are iratethat Olmert was allowed to speak atUK at all.

But amidst all the criticism, a centralissue regarding Middle East peace talkshas fallen to the wayside. Palestinianadvocates declare they want peace, butdo their actions reflect that claim?

As soon as Olmert stepped towardthe Singletary Center stage podium,Palestinian protestors began angrilyshouting him down. Cries of “shameon you” and “liar” drowned out Olmertfor several minutes before order wasrestored after many audience membershad walked out of the auditorium.Even after Olmert had gained a rela-tively cooperative crowd, he was con-tinually interrupted before finishing hisspeech.

Palestinian supporters did not give

Olmert a chance. They demonstrated apredisposition toward denying the credi-bility of anything he said. According toan Oct. 15 Kernel article, a Palestinianprotestor in reference to Olmert sums upthe collective attitude: “Everything thathe says is just wrong.”

Closed-mindedness is not going tosolve anything. Understandably, Pales-tinian supporters may never forgiveOlmert for Israel’s deadly attacks onGaza in January, but did disrupting hisspeech accomplish anything positivefor the Palestinian cause? Do youimagine that many individuals who hadcome to Olmert’s speech with a neutralor pro-Israeli bent were won over to thePalestinian perspective by angryyelling?

If either side in the Israeli-Palestin-ian conflict continues claiming it wantspeace, it must engage in civilized dia-logue rather than assuming that whatev-er the opposing side says will be offen-sive, because mutual understanding isimpossible unless both sides listen pa-tiently.

Earlier this year at a different south-eastern university, I attended anotherlecture concerning the Palestinian-Israeliconflict, presented by an Arabic lan-guage instructor whose parents werePalestinian refugees.

The Arabic language instructor neu-tralized her potentially-biased audienceby pointing out that Palestine’s strugglefor independence from Israel is notpurely religious. Israel’s citizens in-clude Muslims, Christians and atheists,as well as Jews. Remember this pointwhen Hanan Ashrawi, a professingChristian, visits UK.

The Arabic language instructor pro-ceeded to present information fromboth sides in offering a comprehensivehistory of modern Israel’s foundingand the tension between Palestiniansand Israelis, including a reference tothe Balfour Declaration’s promise “thatnothing shall be done which may prej-udice the civil and religious rights ofexisting non-Jewish communities inPalestine.”

To provide a fuller perspective infinishing her presentation, the Arabiclanguage instructor invited an Israelistudent to assist her in answering ques-tions from the audience. Despite oppos-ing backgrounds, the two shared thestage harmoniously. Even when theydisagreed on several historical details,they gracefully negotiated to reach apoint of closure.

Although giving a Middle East lec-ture as a traditionally dressed Arabwoman in a small, conservative south-ern town was undoubtedly intimidating,the Arabic language instructor made aconvincing case for an independentPalestinian state. I left her lecture witha new appreciation for the Palestiniancause and was amazed by her fair-mind-ed approach, an outstanding example ofhow to reach agreement on such a heat-ed topic.

I am not asking Palestinians to sitidly by while Israelis make speeches. Ifboth Palestinian supporters and Israelisengage in patient, respectful dialogue,peace is a realistic goal. And peace issomething we all could be thankful for.

Tim Kroboth is a political scienceand economics junior. E-mail [email protected].

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All meters are to be clear-ly marked with a sticker,warning drivers that cars can-not be parked at inoperablemeters.

“I looked down and sawkind of a tattered sign thatsaid if the meter was broken,don’t park here, but I wasstuck,” Ryan said. “I had tomake my way to a meeting.”

When Ryan returned, hesaid the meter had been re-paired and the sticker hadbeen removed. Ryan went tothe PTS Office to see whatcould be done about the cita-tion and was told it would bepossible to appeal the citation.Ryan submitted the appeal in-formation and waited for a re-sponse.

Thornton said in Ryan’scase, a repairman could havefixed the broken meter and af-terward a UK Parking ControlOfficer could have maderounds and noticed his carparked in the functioning andexpired meter, and issued aticket.

Anyone who receives al-most any parking violation oncampus has the right to appealthe violation through PTS.Exceptions to appeal includeparking in fire lanes, losingcitations, failing to notice

parking control signs, forget-fulness and expired or failedmeters. However, Ryan’s ap-peal was still reviewed and re-solved.

“Much to my joy andamazement, I received acheck in the mail for $25,which covered the cost of mycitation,” Ryan said. “I don’tknow why exactly, but itworked.”

When an appeal is re-ceived, it first goes throughan internal review. If it isnot resolved there, the appeal

can go to an adjudication of-ficer, who could be a studentor an employee. If still notresolved, the appeal can gobefore a committee, but ap-peals are often resolvedquickly through internal re-view.

All meters currently usedon campus are electric. andbatteries are replaced everysix months, so meter prob-lems are rare, Thornton said.

PTS does not receivemany appeals, Thornton said,but he had one piece of ad-vice for drivers seeking aspot.

“When in doubt, don’t(park).”

METERSContinued from page 1

“When in doubt,don’t (park).”

DON THORNTONDirector of UK Parking and

Transportation Services

Bill Brown, an integratedstrategic communicationssenior said over the four yearshe has attended UK, the park-ing situation has slowlygrown worse.

“When you do find aplace to park, it is a toss-upwhether or not you will get aparking ticket by one of thenumerous (UK Parking andTransportation Services) em-ployees who roam the campusat all times,” he said. “There isa need for more parking and itneeds to be more affordable,because in my opinion, it ishighway robbery.”

Ohio State University’sparking is similar to UK’s, inthat there are less spaces thanstudents, but OSU studentsfeel the school is doing an ad-equate job of dealing with thesituation by adding parkinggarages on campus.

“I feel that (OSU) is al-ways trying to add parkinggarages and make parking op-portunities more available,”said Megan Singer, an OSUcommunications junior. “Ican think of three parkinggarages that have been addedin just the past year.”

Northern Kentucky Uni-versity accounting seniorEmily Dean recently trans-ferred from UK and is muchhappier with her current park-ing situation. Trying to find aspace at UK was torture, shesaid, but NKU is a differentstory.

“I never have to worryabout parking (at NKU), butat UK I always had to allowfor an extra 30 minutes oftravel time,” Dean said.

The University of Daytondoes not allow freshmen tobring cars to school. As asmaller university with lessspace for parking, stringentrules have been implemented.

“As a freshman, I proba-bly would have said that anystudent with a car should beallowed to purchase a parkingpass,” said Stephanie Leow, aUD chemical engineeringsenior. “Now I understandthat there is limited universityspace for parking ... and aswith most things in life, sen-iority rules.”

Some UK students feelthe lack of available parking

is not just an inconvenience,but a safety issue, as well.Freshmen living on NorthCampus are sold “K” lotpasses, or permits to park inthe Commonwealth FootballStadium lot, located on theopposite end of campus. Un-less they park on a side streetcloser to their dorms, NorthCampus residents have totake a bus or the CampusArea Transit System to thelot, or hike across campus totheir cars.

Justin Bencomo, a 2009UK graduate, had this experi-ence as a freshman. Benco-

mo said he is sure that as thenumber of available on-cam-pus parking spaces decrease,the number of students park-ing on side streets will in-crease and therefore, will be-come a greater risk to stu-dents’ safety.

“As a freshman living inPatterson Hall, it didn't makesense for me to spend moneyon a parking pass for a lotthat was so far away from mydorm,” Bencomo said. “Theside street I had to park onwas not well lit and I was al-ways worried that my carwould be broken into.”

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lots and permit fees. PTS only manages andimplements the information UK gives PTS, hesaid.

The second phase of the Digital VillageProject, a future engineering research facility,began Oct. 6 with the construction for the$18.6 million Davis Marksbury Building, lo-cated at Maxwell and Rose streets, and on anemployee and commuter lot. The building willbe used to house the UK Center for Visualiza-tion and Virtual Environments, the Departmentof Computer Science and the Department ofElectrical and Computer Engineering.

Employee lots are available for UK em-ployees during the weekday and for anyonewith a parking permit between 3:30 p.m. and6 a.m. The adjoining Resident 1 lot, a parkingarea for on-campus students, has also been af-fected by the construction.

The Davis Marksbury Building is current-ly occupying 139 parking spaces, and onceconstruction is complete, 121 spaces will bepermanently eliminated.

The projected $7 million Wildcat CoalLodge, decided upon on Oct. 27, will also beeliminating numerous parking spaces. The lodgewill be the new home for the UK men’s basket-ball team, funded by Joseph W. Craft III and hisgroup of donors called the Difference Makers.

While plans for the location of the new fa-cility have not been finalized, UK is consider-ing building the lodge in a second employeelot off of Rose Street behind Memorial Colise-um, adjacent to the future Digital Village site.The team's future residence would take over159 parking spaces.

After the construction of the Digital Villageand the new lodge, 280 spaces will be lost.

Thornton said it is unlikely those parkingspaces will be recreated because of the expen-sive costs of building and maintaining parking

garages to replace them. He said buildinggarages instead of surface lots would be morelikely in the future since UK buildings are tak-ing over campus surface lots.

The estimated cost for parking in a parkinggarage was about $20,000 per space, includingan additional $300 per space annually for main-tenance, personnel and utilities, Thornton said.

Thornton said the only way to fund moreparking would be to raise permit prices, andhe said UK officials could increase permitprices as soon as next semester, althoughprices have not been determined yet.

UK parking permits are currently $232 ayear. Anthany Beatty, assistant vice presidentfor campus services, said plans of increasingthe permit fee by $3 a year over a four-yeartime frame has been in discussion for twoyears now. Beatty said since it has been heldfor a while, if UK decided to push the planthrough, the fee would be higher.

Beatty said many other colleges and uni-versities are experiencing parking situationssimilar to UK’s, as well.

“As campus expands to accommodate formore students, we lose parking spaces, likemany other universities,” Beatty said. “Weneed to get in the mindset that there's going tobe more of a commute.”

Thornton said until more parking is sup-plied, students could use alternative methodsto driving on campus, such as riding a bicycleor moped, riding the bus or using the CampusArea Transit System (CATS), which is an on-campus shuttle service.

However, some students who currently useCATS say finding a seat on the shuttle can be aschallenging as finding a space in a parking lot.

“I'm sick of the CATS shuttle bus turningpeople away because it's too full,” said KyleWilliams, community leadership developmentsenior and off-campus commuter.

“There have been mornings there are toomany people on board and we haven't been al-lowed on,” he said. “Almost every day other-wise it is standing- room only.”

BUILDINGSContinued from page 1

SPACESContinued from page 1

Construction forthe second phase

of the DigitalVillage began Oct.6. The new facility

will take up 121surface parking

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