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By Andrew [email protected]

Student Government SenatePresident John Whitt will go out

with a bang at theend of this semes-ter—literally.

Whitt alsoserves as the Col-lege of Engineeringsenator and will fin-ish his academicwork at the end ofthis semester to take

a job with the U.S. Department ofDefense.

“I will be working at a militarybase called Aberdeen ProvingGround (in Maryland),” Whitt said.“I’ll actually be working for the De-partment of Defense, which meansbasically I’ll get to blow stuff up fora living.”

The new Senate president willbe elected on Wednesday night atthe SG meeting. The change willtake effect next semester.

Whitt would not name specificpeople when asked about his replace-ment, only saying the person shouldbe passionate about the position.

“As far as who I want to see re-place me, I want to see someone

who is willing to put in the workand represent the students accuratelyas well as the senators they repre-sent,” Whitt said.

In Whitt’s short term as Senatepresident, he assisted in making

changes by supporting the SenateAccountability Act and encouragingloyalty to senator’s specific collegeconstituents.

“Basically my biggest focus thisyear was ... to make sure the Senatewas doing what it was supposed toand representing the best interest ofthe students.” Whitt said. “The otherthing was making sure senatorswere giving back to the specific col-leges that elected them.”

Whitt also addressed the gap thatstill exists between the executive andlegislative branches within SG.

“My biggest thing was trying tobe more of a liaison between the ex-

ecutive and legislative branch,” Whittsaid. “This year we have been able tocross branches and share the work.”

Whit said he has no regrets, butwishes he could have improved up-coming legislation. Overall, he saidhe thoroughly enjoyed his tenure asSenate president and his time spentat UK.

“I enjoyed all the times I had onthe campus whether it be (at) a bas-ketball game or a student organiza-tion meeting,” Whitt said. “All thepeople I’ve gotten to meet, all thepeople I’ve gotten to work with sofar ... I say thank you, and go BigBlue, and forever I’ll bleed blue.”

By Metz [email protected]

A pair of 19-year-olds may do what no player has everdone in UK basketball history.

Of all the players to don the UK basketball uniform, noplayer has ever put it on and exchanged it for a professionaljersey immediately following his freshman season.

With one of the top-ranked recruiting classes of all time, UKhead coach John Calipari has at least two players, guard John Walland forward DeMarcus Cousins, who many believe will leave forthe NBA after their freshman seasons.

“It doesn’t hurt you (to recruit one year players), it helpsyou,” Calipari said in an interview with the Kernel on April15.

In his introductory press conference Calipari saidcoming to UK presents him with the ability to recruit “thebest of the best” and that’s one of the perks of coaching atUK.

Bobby Perry, who played basketball for UK from2003-2007, said coaches should take players regardlessof whether they’ll leave after one year or not if the play-er is that talented.

“If you look at players like Carmelo (Anthony),and LeBron (James) if he had gone (to college), youtake the chance if they’re good enough to do that,”Perry said. “I still think it’s too bad you can’t go tothe NBA after high school. But like I said, it’s up tothe coach. I don’t think any coach — I know Iwouldn’t — would pass up on a Derrick Rose orthat type of player.”

For all the program's storied history, Ran-dolph Morris is the only UK player to at-tempt to play professionally after his fresh-man season. He went undrafted in 2005and returned to UK for two more sea-sons before signing with the New YorkKnicks as a free agent following hisjunior season in 2007.

Some players, like Roger New-man in 1960-61 and Tom Paynein 1970-71, left UK basketballafter one season, but not theirfreshman season. Paul Noelplayed for the Cats in the1942-43 season, andlater played for theKnicks in 1948.

H1N1 virus

spreadingto inboxes

By Laura [email protected]

As the 2009 H1N1 influenzavirus spreads, so does its publicity.

Intranasal vaccination clinics arebeing offered more frequently fornon-target groups as vaccines be-come available. The UniversityHealth Service has offered threewalk-in clinics since early Novem-ber.

However, while H1N1 informa-tion and vaccinations are becomingreadily available, scams relating tothe virus and its vaccine are circulat-ing.

The Centers for Disease Controland Prevention posted a warning ontheir Web site Dec. 1, cautioning thepublic of fraudulent e-mails, specifi-cally one that requests users mustcreate a personal “H1N1 Vaccina-tion Profile” on the CDC Web site.

According to the warning, thefalse e-mail references the launchingof a state vaccination program. Thee-mail says a profile has to be creat-ed for those who have reached 18years of age and for those who haveand have not received the vaccina-tion.

See H1N1 on page 2

‘Make a difference’ during study breakBy Katie Perkowski

[email protected]

While most students willbe filling the W.T. Young Li-brary this week to study forupcoming finals, others willbe there to support a cause.

Tuesday the Center forCommunity Outreach willhost “Make a DifferenceNight,” encouraging studentsto take a break from studyingand do a small service proj-ect.

Projects at the event in-clude making holiday cardsfor children and for residentsof nursing homes and a letterwriting campaign for Invisi-ble Children, said Laura Hat-field, adviser to the CCO.

Hatfield said members ofthe organization will be in

the library to tell studentsabout future volunteer oppor-tunities during the holidaybreak and spring semester.

“ … The main thing isthey want to encourage stu-dents to continue to think ofservice as an option not onlyduring their holiday breakbut throughout their collegecareer,” Hatfield said.

Cultural expansion

By Emilie [email protected]

UK and a Chinese university aretaking steps to build a closer relation-ship.

The president of international af-fairs from Shanghai University in Chi-na met with UK Provost Kumble Sub-baswamy Thursday on campus to signcooperative agreement papers, takingthe first step toward establishing apartnership between the two schools.

Establishing a Confucius Institute— a program sponsored by the Chi-nese government to bring togetherChinese and foreign universities — isthe main goal of the partnership withUK.

Bob Haven, co-director of UK’sAsia Center, said teaching the Chinese

language and culture outside of Chinais the primary purpose of a ConfuciusInstitute. The program would also al-low for student and faculty involve-ment, Haven said.

“This platform opens the doors ofboth UK and Shanghai University toallow for both student and faculty ex-changes,” he said.

The acceptance process will in-volve a visit by officials from the Chi-nese Embassy in Washington, D.C., inJanuary. The program should be run-ning by next fall, Haven said. The fo-cus of the Confucius Institute wouldspecifically work with the schools’Colleges of Fine Arts.

Beth Goldstein, associate profes-sor in the Department of EducationalPolicy Studies and Evaluation, saidThursday’s signing went well.

The potential Shanghai Universitypartnership is part of UK’s desire tohave a more global presence, and onearea of interest has been expanding

Ties with China pushUK’s ‘global presence’

MCT

What: ‘Make a DifferenceNight’When: Tuesday from 9 to 11p.m.Where: W.T. Young LibraryAdmission: Free and open tothe public. Food and drinkswill be offered

IF YOU GO

Amani exchangeSenior guard takes on new role as

forwardSee basketball on page 3

See China on page 2

“I want to see some-one willing to put inthe work and repre-

sent the students ... ”JOHN WHITT

Former SG Senate President

Whitt

Senate president resigns for U.S. Defense job

Wall, Cousins could become first ever UK one-and-done players

Some of the best giftsin life are adopted

See Pop on Thursday

See Basketball onpage 4

One-year wonder

Freshman guard John Wall is

leading the teamin both points and

assists. Manyanalysts believe

Wall will enterthe 2010 NBA

Draft.

PHOTO BYBRITNEY MCINTOSH

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Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, allow us to pres-ent compelling evidence which will prove, beyond ashadow of a doubt, that crime does indeed pay _ atleast on television.

The No. 1 show this fall is "NCIS," Mark Harmon'smilitary whodunit, which has defied TV's laws of gravityby generating its largest audience yet (21.5 million) inits seventh season.

Meanwhile, the top-rated new show is "NCIS: LosAngeles," a spinoff that airs right after its patriarch onCBS. Speaking of CBS, the network continues to crushits rivals in total viewers, thanks mostly to a glut of suc-cessful crime procedurals, including the three-headed"CSI" franchise, "The Mentalist," "Criminal Minds" andothers.

Clearly, no end is in sight for the TV procedural,loosely defined as shows that present a differentheinous crime each week and solve it before the creditsroll. They may not thrill the critics or bag a lot of Em-mys, but they tantalize the masses.

To find out why, we sniffed out a long trail of cluesand hereby offer a case study of the crime procedural:

Everyone loves a mysteryJerry Bruckheimer, the uber producer behind "CSI"

and several other crime dramas, points out that the best-seller lists always are crammed with various forms ofmysteries and that TV is simply tapping into that craving.

"People are enamored with crime and solvingcrime," he says. "I'm sure a lot of (people) have beentouched by it in their lives and want somebody to come

in and be the white knight to clean it up."You say you want a resolutionMany viewers prefer procedurals because they typ-

ically offer stand-alone, close-ended episodes _ as op-posed to serialized shows such as "Lost" that rely ondangling plot lines and cliffhangers.

"I hate to have to feel obligated to get back (to ashow) and watch to see how it all turned out," saysConcord, Calif.'s, Earl Daggett, an avid follower of "Law& Order: SVU" and other crime shows. "That's why Inever watched soaps. I like to have everything resolvedbefore it's over."The good guys rule

Underscoring Bruckheimer's "white knight" theoryis the fact that, in TV's crime shows, good almost al-ways trumps evil. And in fearful times, viewers cherishthat sense of certainty.

"You read about so much real-life crime in the me-dia and a lot of times you never even find out who didit," says Colette Farabaugh of San Jose. "In theseshows, everything tends to end happily. I think the feel-ing that comes from watching the bad guys get caughtis reassuring."A trip to the dark side

We might love the good guys, but the dastardly be-havior of serial killers and kidnappers also intrigues us.So says Neil Linden, a Brentwood, Calif., schoolteacherwho closely follows "Criminal Minds" and other proce-durals.

The mystery behind crime on TV

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academic partnerships with Chinese universi-ties in a variety of fields including journalism,said Zixue Tai, assistant professor in theSchool of Journalism and Telecommunica-tions.

“There is certainly the hope to expand re-lations and exchange programs in journalismeducation,” Tai said.

Beth Barnes, director of the School of

Journalism and Telecommunications, said Taihas engaged in preliminary talks with threeuniversities in China that have journalism andmass communication programs and might beinterested in doing student and faculty ex-changes with UK. Shanghai University is oneof the three.

”We have not worked out any details yet,just mutually agreed that we would like to findways to work together,” Barnes said. “Wehave not discussed any specifics at all. Dr.Zixue Tai and I anticipate making a visit toShanghai University during the spring semes-ter to discuss specifics of this program.”

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Kevin Hall, Lexington-Fayette County Health De-partment spokesman, said theCDC alerted the state tomake sure correct informa-tion was getting to the public.

“Unfortunately, whenmore attention is placed onan issue, people out there …take advantage of the peoplewho are affected by theproblem,” Hall said.

Chris Nelson, UKHealthcare Enterprise med-ical director for infectionprevention and control, said

he did not know of thephishing incidents.

“(Students) should checkwith the UK H1N1 site forthe latest and be wary ofanything that comes to themvia e-mail that is not fromon-campus or from UKHealthcare,” Nelson said.

Students should alwaysbe cautious when receivingan e-mail asking them togive personal information,said Therese Smith, UK Of-fice of Emergency Manage-ment specialist. Smith saidto the OEM’s knowledge, noone at UK has been affectedby the scam.

“We did send informationabout the scam to our Pan-

demic Influenza WorkingGroup so they could be awareand assist in spreading cor-rect information,” Smith said.

The vaccination profilescam references theCDC.gov Web site, statingthe personal profiles are tobe posted there.

“The problem with ascam like this (is) it looks of-ficial, it’s got a CDC logo onit,” Hall said. “Unsuspectingpeople think it looks legit …so don’t be afraid to askquestions.”

Smith urged students todelete any suspicious e-mailsand to report the phishingimmediately to the OEM orthe LFCHD.

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Senior Amani Franklin is listedas a 5-foot-11 guard on the UKwomen’s basketball roster, but thiscould very well be considered amistake.

The Stone Mountain, Ga., nativehas the ability to play any of theguard positions, but has found a newprimary position this season: for-ward — specifically, power forward.

After struggling at the beginningof the season offensively, Franklinhas found a comfort level in hernon-natural position the past threegames. During this three-game span,she has averaged 8.7 rebounds andhas shot the ball at 46.4 percent fol-lowing a new formula for success.

“If Amani plays well, that’ssomething that can help our basket-ball team because she’s so versatileand she shoots the ball well, whichis something she’s done over her ca-reer,” said UK head coach MatthewMitchell. “But passing and rebound-ing are really the keys for her. If shecomes out early in games and givesenergy on the boards and the defen-sive end it really sets a great tone forus and helps her get off to a goodstart.”

The importance of reboundingin Franklin’s play this season cannotbe understated because of the corre-lation between her ability to crashthe boards and shoot the ball well.

In games in which Franklin hasfinished with less than seven re-bounds she has averaged 4.3 pointson 3 of 19 shot attempts, translatingto a 15.7 shooting percentage.

Conversely, in games in whichshe has posted more than seven re-bounds she has averaged 10.4 pointson 22 of 51 shot attempts, a consid-erably higher 43.1 shooting percent-age.

“I was struggling offensively,but coach (Mitchell) has just beentelling me focus on getting on somerebounds and then feed off of thatand (the offensive play will come),”Franklin said.

Not surprisingly, Franklin, asavvy veteran who will hit the cen-tury mark in games played as a Caton Sunday, didn’t take too long toacclimate to her new position.

“It’s just playing a different po-sition. I mean I should be kind ofused to it because I played the foursome last year,” said Franklin, whorefused to use her change in positionas a crutch in explaining her slowstart in the Cats’ current undefeated

season.Despite Franklin platooning at

forward last season, the influx ofthree transfer guards this season, inRebecca Gray, Keyla Snowden andthe soon-to-be-eligible Crystal Ri-ley, caused the backcourt to becomecrammed.

But because of Franklin’s versa-tility, she seemed to be the most log-ical choice to lend a helping hand,or preferably two, to the Cats’ front-court presence. A presence whichwas unpredictable beyond juniorVictoria Dunlap with guard/forwardLydia Watkins and two freshmen inBrittany Henderson and the little-used Anna Cole as the only rein-forcements up front.

Mitchell was not pleased withFranklin’s performances in the earlypart of the season because of howvital the four-position is in the of-fense the Cats like to employ.

The offense runs through theplayer at the four, who has a respon-sibility to cycle the ball from onespot on the floor to another, saidMitchell.

“We can do a lot of differentthings with (Franklin) offensively,”Mitchell said. “She’s a big key toour success, there’s no doubt aboutit.”

‘Versatile’ Franklin finding form with new position

Senior guardAmaniFranklin isfinding suc-cess at thepower for-ward positionthis year.Franklin’saveragingover eightpoints and7.5 reboundsper game.

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PHOTO BY ZACH BRAKE | STAFFFreshman forward DeMarcus Cousins originally committed to play for Memphis, but decided to follow JohnCalipari when he accepted the head coaching position at UK.

Hockey has successfulfirst half of season

By Aaron [email protected]

UK hockey players stood and bangedtheir sticks on the ice in salute to a sup-portive fan base after the clock hadwound down to zero on the first half oftheir season.

The fans returned the love, passingon the chance to run for an early exit tostay in their seats past 2 a.m. and cheerin appreciation for the team.

UK stands at 17-6 atthe halfway mark of theseason and reached a highof No. 2 in the Southeastdivision rankings at onepoint in the year.

“At 17-6 we’rethrilled,” UK head coachRob Docherty said. “Youcan’t ask for any more.”

Docherty credited thepreparation of the team as the key totheir early success, citing how game-ready the players were at tryouts.

The success of the team has beendampened with four straight losses toclose out the semester after being sweptby both Illinois and Ohio State.

Those defeats dropped UK to No. 4in the rankings and likely sent hopes oflanding an automatic bid to nationalsdown in flames. Despite their drop, theteam holds high hopes of maneuveringinto a good postseason position.

“It hurts (losing the last four games),we really wanted that autobid,” seniorforward Tony Valerino said. “But nowwe get to focus on just playing well, im-proving across the board.”

The pressure of trying to hold ontothe No. 2 ranking, and the automatic bidthat comes with it, may have contributedto the late skid. Junior forward TaylorVit said the team felt more pressure toprove they were deserving of the No. 2ranking when they held it.

“We put getting that autobid overgames in general,” Docherty said. “We

kind of focused too much on the rank-ings, where we were. Just winningwould have let everything fall into place.But there’s less pressure now; we won’tbe panicked about every game feelinglike a must-win.”

The long Christmas break couldhardly have been better timed. UK getsa chance to recuperate and refocus, jun-ior goalie Jim Borgaard said. UK willalso get a chance to recover from in-juries that popped up over the last few

weeks. Borgaard saidmost players werebanged up with injuriesthat come from a longsemester of physicalhockey.

In addition to thetypical bumps andbruises, senior centerDan Ampleford, the an-chor of the second line,

broke a collarbone and is out for at leastanother month.

UK will also get a chance to im-prove its lines, which was shuffled af-ter Ampleford’s injury. Docherty madea simple switch because of the limitedtime between weekends, but now hasthe opportunity to fully assess thelines.

“We’re going to be looking at thelines, absolutely,” Docherty said. “Andwe need more consistency of going outhungry. We can’t have some lines giving110 percent and some giving 90 per-cent.”

Getting the lines to gel could be thekey to the second half of the season.Borgaard said developing chemistryamongst the new lines would helpachieve the balanced offense UK cov-ets.

“We need to get our lines clickingagain,” Borgaard said. “They aren’t quitethe same, simply because it takes time todevelop chemistry. We have that timenow, and we can get our lines flying upand down the ice again.”

“At 17-6 we’re thrilled.You can’t ask for any

more. ”ROB DOCHERTY

UK head coach

In Calipari’s Dribble Drive Motion offense, it doesn’t matter what the player’s posi-tion is. The ability to effectively play the offenseimmediately makes the player a prospect in theNBA Draft.

Calipari’s long list of success stories includesRose, Tyreke Evans, Chris Douglas-Roberts, Rod-ney Carney, Antonio Anderson, Shawne Williams,Robert Dozier, Joey Dorsey and Earl Barron.They weren’t all one-and-done players, theyplayed every position from guard to center andranged from 6-foot-3 to 7 feet tall — and they allflourished under Calipari’s coaching and made itto the NBA.

Rose went to Memphis as the No. 3 recruit in2007, according to Rivals.com. After thriving atMemphis under Calipari in the Dribble Drive Mo-tion offense and being selected No. 1 overall inthe 2008 NBA Draft after only one year, a prece-dent was set.

Evans then went to Memphis the next year,and after only one season was selected No. 4overall in the 2009 NBA Draft.

“You’ve seen it in the last two point guards(Calipari) had,” Wall said. “They came in, theyknew what they wanted to do, they did what theywere supposed to, they listened to what he saidand got better each and every day and they gotthemselves to the next level.”

Wall is currently averaging 18.1 points pergame and 7.7 assists, both team-highs. Mean-while, Cousins is averaging 14.8 points in only19.4 minutes per game. Cousins originally com-mitted to play for Calipari at Memphis, but laterfollowed him to UK. The prospect of going to acoach who can make players NBA-ready wasnice, Cousins said, but winning is everything.

“It helped a lot with the recruiting,” Cousinssaid. “But we’re not really focused on that rightnow; we’re worried about winning a nationalchampionship.”

Despite all the assumptions they will leave af-ter only one year, Wall and Cousins aren’t so sure.For now, Wall said he’s just enjoying the collegelife.

“Right now I have no plans (on leaving afterone year),” Wall said. “I plan on being in collegefor four years. I’m just trying to prepare myselffor this season, to be a student-athlete and playbasketball. Hopefully everything will go how it’ssupposed to and I can leave. If not, I’ll just keepcoming back.”

BASKETBALLContinued from page 1

It is very rare that I will encounter anindividual that genuinely believes in ourlegal system to provide what we subjec-

tively call “justice.”I don’t necessarily

blame our executiveand judicial branchesfor enforcing and inter-preting the law; rather,the legislative process-es that will often pro-duce, for lack of a bet-ter word, “bad” laws.

A basic economicsclass will teach pricecontrol, wage controland the effects thattariffs, quotas and oth-

er governmental actions have on theeconomy.

The other side of that story is lessstatistical and more empathetic andshows how the individuals react to theselaws. During Prohibition, for example,organized crime provided a service forthe market of alcoholic beverages.

As Milton Friedman once said,“There is no more fundamental defenseagainst tyranny than the ingenuity ofpeople in finding ways around the lawsin which they disagree with.” He alsopoints out, with a smirk, that duringProhibition, the people demonstratedtheir capacity of this.

In modern times, we have similarmarkets that are being provided bywhat most of society refers to as “crim-

inals”, because they are ‘breaking thelaw’ by providing a service that is de-manded by the market.

Bad laws can cause a decline in thepopulation’s respect for laws and the le-gal system as a whole. It is very diffi-cult for an individual to take a citationfor not wearing their seat belt seriously.

Think about it: when is the lasttime you have heard of your friend get-ting a ticket for jaywalking? Also, haveyou ever met a person who hasn’t bro-ken the speed limit before? All of thesetypes of laws have caused a watered-down, devalued legal system thatmakes us reevaluate our government.

As our society continues to decen-tralize because of technological ad-vances and as our personal lives be-come increasingly choice-oriented, aone-size-fits-all piece of legislation inthese times is becoming progressivelymore challenging to pass.

Our access to information allows usto consider how these laws will affect uspersonally and how they will affect oth-ers. For example, when the governmentdecides to ban a product such as ‘clovecigarettes,’ individuals, specificallyusers, become disgruntled that theirchoices are being unilaterally limited.

When the government begins get-ting in the business of determiningwhat our selections will be, there is acertain resentment that sets in fromtheir voice being repressed from the ar-gument. The population will some-

times choose to openly disobey the law(such as the Tobacco Ban on campus).

Think of it this way: when the gov-ernment creates an oppressive law,they are making a law that forces us todo something or forces us not to dosomething. Even if it is for safety orthe “public good” with the best inten-tions, they are imposing their authorityand forcing compliance.

That is the great irony of elected of-ficials. Many politicians want us to electthem so that they can make laws that tellus how to live our lives. They forgetwhen they make these laws, they affectfamilies and individuals; not robots thatwill do as commanded.

When elected officials choose toraise taxes on individuals, for instance,that money is coming directly from afamily budget or a kid’s college fund —not off trees.

Regardless of political affiliation, wecannot be so narrow-minded as to disre-gard the ways in which a governmentaction will affect others.

When legislatures pass bills and lawswithout this consideration and humility,we indirectly devalue our own legal sys-tem by undermining its legitimacy in theeyes of our population. As the historicallydriven Law of Unintended Consequencesreiterates, we are not as smart as we think.

Jacob Sims is a history and politi-cal science junior. [email protected]

OPINIONSTuesday, December 8, 2009 Page 4

BRETT HATFIELD, Kernel cartoonist

KERNEL EDITORIAL

Adults should never play musical chairs, but if left upto UK, the parking situation would essentially operate likethe child’s game.

According to Dec. 4 Kernel Articles, UK, like manyother schools, issues more parking passes than they havespaces, but that is only the beginning of the problem.

Other parking related issues, ranging from broken me-ters to spaces disappearing as a result of campus expan-sion also plague a campus with over 2,200 more individu-als looking for parking where there are no spaces.

And the problem is only getting worse. As it standsnow, all new buildings take up surface parking spaces, UKParking and Transportation Services merely implementspolicy and have no say in what happens with lots and fees.

“All of our future buildings will go in parking areas,”Bob Wiseman, vice president for facilities managementsaid. “All surface parking lots should be considered as fu-ture buildings for the most part.”

Most notably, Wildcat Coal Lodge will eliminate over159 spaces, combined with the 121 parking spaces that willbe lost to the Digital Village — that’s 280 spaces gone.

That policy would make sense if building garages andparking structures to adequately prepare for the outwardgrowth was on UK’s list of things to do. However, it does-n’t seem to be on UK’s radar.

UK PTS Director Don Thornton said it is unlikely thosespaces will be recreated because of the expensive costs ofbuilding and maintaining parking garages to replace them.

But in budgetary times like this it’s hard to plan for park-ing that costs $20,000 per space, including an additional$300 per space annually for maintenance, personnel and util-ities, a price that would come from increasing the $232 year-ly rate for the permit. The rate would increase incrementally$3 a year for four years to help build new facilities.

What is to happen in the meantime?“We need to get in the mindset that there’s going to be

more of a commute,” said Anthany Beatty, assistant vicepresident for campus services.

That is an inexcusable answer. Saddling students, fac-ulty and staff with the burden for UK’s lack of foresight islaughable — especially considering it is these individualsthat make the university run.

Some people live too far away to walk, bike or take publictransportation to campus, and those who choose commute dealwith a system that seems to be overflowing during peak hours.

The solution is parking structures, something thatshould have been planned, budgeted and built before newbuildings take up parking.

It won’t be an easy fix, but faculty and staff should nothave to struggle to park in the morning and studentsshouldn’t have to trek from K-lot to North campus. Thecurrent parking chaos has got to stop.

UK must solveparking woes

JACOBSIMS

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