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kentucky kernel est. 1892 | independent since 1971 | www.kykernel.com friday 04.15.11 57 42 showers/wind tomorrow’s weather index First issue free. Subsequent issues 25 cents. Newsroom: 257-1915 Advertising: 257-2872 Classifieds.............3 Features.................4 Opinions.............3 Sports..................4 Horoscope.............2 Sudoku................2 Gymnastics sets school record Regional score is highest in school history 4 Dancing through spring Ensemble performs this weekend 4 PHOTO BY BRANDON GOODWIN | STAFF Students hold baskets and cover their heads as 3,000 ping-pong balls fall from the top of Patterson Office Tower for the Little Kentucky Derby celebration. Graduating seniors interested in teaching in high-need Kentucky schools may soon get their chance. Teach For America announced last week that it will now serve at least three Eastern Kentucky counties, bringing 30 certified teachers in all subject areas to the region an- nually for the next several years. Teach For America is an organization which provides trained teachers to underfund- ed urban and rural school districts, showing significant achievement gaps in comparison to other districts in the state, according to the Teach For America website. They currently sponsor 41 programs in 35 states, plus the District of Columbia. The new expansion area in Kentucky in- cludes Floyd, Knox and Martin counties, with a large organizational office in Hazard, said Allison Flannery, a recruiter for Teach for America and an English senior. More counties may be added in the future, she said. The region was selected because of inter- est from state legislators and school districts who were concerned about low standardized test scores and low college enrollments. Be- cause Teach For America is a nonprofit organ- ization, they work with private donors and lo- cal businesses to secure funding for their member, she said. According to a press release, the decision to expand comes on the heels of state legisla- tion passed last year which allows Teach For America participants to receive temporary al- ternative teacher certification in Kentucky. Students like senior Michael Delfino said the route to alternative certification is what initially attracted them. “I always wanted to teach, but wasn't sure about pursuing a traditional route to certifica- tion,” Delfino said. “When I found out I could get alternative certification to teach math and computer science in high schools, I decided to go for it.” Participants must already possess a degree and complete a teacher-readiness exam to re- ceive certification. Part of the program's effectiveness is due to their acceptance of students from any ma- jor, Flannery said. She said Teach For America participants can specify subject area, preference and re- gion in their application. After their commit- ment period, if they want to continue to teach, participants are able pursue full certification through an accredited university program, Flannery said. Chase Stamper, a modern and classical languages senior, said the experience of help- ing an impoverished school is what drew him to the program. He said he liked the thought of making a difference. And Stamper is not alone in that thought. Teach For America reported nearly 48,000 applications in 2011, with 600 coming from Kentucky. Between 25 and 30 applicants were ac- cepted from the UK this year, Flannery said. The deadline for the 2011 application has already passed, but the 2012 application will be available soon. Students interested in information about the program can find out more at www.teach- foramerica.org. Teach For America goes east By Jessica Taylor [email protected] Proposals are being made to update the Medical College Admissions Test to reflect current science and information that is timely and important for medical students. Carol Elam, the associate dean for Ad- missions and Institutional Advancement and the director of Medical Education Research, said since 1928, the MCAT has been offered to prospective medical students to measure if students have adequate knowledge of scien- tific principles. The American Association of Medical Colleges is now proposing updates to reflect changes in the scientific community. Eddie Wells, a 2010 graduate of Vander- bilt University, has recently taken the MCAT. “I think the changes will likely prepare Changes proposed for MCAT By Patrick Thompson [email protected] See MCAT on page 2 The Student Activities Board’s Little Kentucky Derby annually coincides with the com- ing of spring and the weather couldn’t have agreed more. “It’s an awesome day, it’s beautiful out,” Ariel Blythe- Keske, a biology freshman, said. Blythe-Keske, along with hundreds of other students, wait- ed in the sunny, 70-degree weath- er under Patterson Office Tower for the ceremonial dropping of 3,000 ping-pong balls to official- ly kick off the Little Kentucky Derby. The Little Kentucky Derby, an event that has been held for decades, is UK’s local way of celebrating the Kentucky Derby in Louisville. “The Little Kentucky Derby Festival mirrors the Kentucky Derby Festival,” Sabrina Houn- shell, SAB’s director of public re- lations, said. “It generates excite- ment on campus and is a tradi- tional event.” After several years’ hiatus, the Little Kentucky Derby was brought back to UK in 2006 to wild popularity, and has been of- ficially rung in by thousands of ping-pong balls floating off of the top of POT. The Ping Pong Ball Drop is one of the Little Kentucky Der- by’s most popular events. “It is an event that happens in the middle of campus, and it’s exciting to see thousands of ping- pong balls drop off of POT,” Hounshell said. “Students always enjoy it.” Connie Duncan, the budget officer for the Honors Program, never misses the festivities. “I’ve been here every year since ’06.” Duncan said. “I come for the action. When they (the ping pong balls) fall, people go nuts.” Many of the ping-pong balls were marked with colored dots, which could be turned in for free prizes. Students walked away with cups, foam fingers and t-shirts. A few students won complimenta- ry tickets to the My Morning Jacket concert. Amy Baker, a history fresh- man, was one of the owners of a colored ball. “I’m really excited,” Baker said. “It’s a beautiful day and what’s more exciting than win- ning free stuff?” Little Derby brings April showers Fraternities and sororities gathered outside of William T. Young Library Thursday for the unique 50-yard dash known as the High Heel Derby. Students from all Greek organizations spectated and cheered as tunes were blared and their brothers and sisters raced toward Rose Street. All runners approached the starting gate with heels taped to their ankles. Many of the runners ran without falling while others were not so fortunate. “It sounded fun when I heard about it,” Aaron Adams, a Beta Theta Pi freshman, said. “I taped some high heels on in my dorm, practiced outside, and now I’m ready. It’s all about the tippy toes.” Pan-Hellenic Council President Alexis Edge said the event is fun because everyone comes together to compete and enjoy themselves. Andy Sims, a member of Delta Sigma Phi fraternity, also partic- ipated in the race. “It was enlightening as to the struggles women have to deal with,” Sims said. “My feet are killing me.” Some fall head over heels in 50-yard dash By Lee Haggin [email protected] Before the MP3, before the CD and before the cassette tape was the day of the vinyl record. Lexington vinyl enthusiasts will be catered to this Saturday as local stores celebrate Record Store Day with sales on the vin- tage type of music listening. CD Central, located on South Limestone, will celebrate the day with local rock band performanc- es, sales on CD and vinyl and an appearance by native Louisville, Ky., band My Morning Jacket, who will be signing autographs before its show at Memorial Col- iseum Sunday. “This is one of the biggest things we’ve ever had happen here at the store, so we’re very psyched,” Steve Baron of CD Central said about MMJ’s ap- pearance. In addition to sales, CD Cen- tral will sell limited edition records released just for Record Store Day, including a new single by MMJ printed especially for CD Central and Louisville record store ear X-tacy, Baron said. In the past, he said many col- lectors have come to the event. “People started lining up last year about an hour and a half be- fore we opened, just to get a first shot at some of these limited edi- tion things,” Baron said. CD Central is celebrating its 60th anniversary, Baron said. The store has also celebrated Record Store Day since its inception four years ago. “We try to make it a fun thing,” Baron said. “It’s not just about buying stuff, but also about checking out bands. It’s not just us running a sale, it’s more of like having an event.” POPS Resale on Leestown Road will also celebrate Record Store Day with free live music from Kentucky bands, according to a press release. CD Central will be open its normal hours, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., with live music starting at noon. My Morning Jacket will be there at 3 p.m. and stay for at least an hour. Proceeds from hot dogs and drinks served will bene- fit the Lexington Humane Socie- ty. Performing at CD Central will be locals Arcane Rifles, High Water Marks, Matt Duncan, They Yearn For What They Fear, Fifth on the Floor and Palisades. POPS Resale is open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., with live music from 2 p.m. until around 5 p.m. from bands Katazi and Red- ShadeBlue. “There’s a lot of excitement,” Baron said. “I think people want to support — they like the idea of supporting — a local record store.” Local venues team up for Record Store Day By Becca Clemons [email protected] PHOTO BY COLLIN LINDSTROM | STAFF Allison England, a Kappa Alpha Theta sorority freshman, crosses the finish line at the High Heel Derby, as a part of the 2011 Greek Week. I come for the action. When (the ping-pong balls) fall, people go nuts.” Connie Duncan Honors Program budget officer Hundreds gather to catch ping-pong balls dropped from POT By Luke Glaser [email protected]
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Gymnastics sets school record Regional score is highest in school history 4 Dancing through spring Ensemble performs this weekend 4

PHOTO BY BRANDON GOODWIN | STAFFStudents hold baskets and cover their heads as 3,000 ping-pong balls fall from the top of Patterson Office Tower for the Little Kentucky Derby celebration.

Graduating seniors interested in teachingin high-need Kentucky schools may soon gettheir chance.

Teach For America announced last weekthat it will now serve at least three EasternKentucky counties, bringing 30 certifiedteachers in all subject areas to the region an-nually for the next several years.

Teach For America is an organizationwhich provides trained teachers to underfund-ed urban and rural school districts, showingsignificant achievement gaps in comparison toother districts in the state, according to theTeach For America website. They currentlysponsor 41 programs in 35 states, plus theDistrict of Columbia.

The new expansion area in Kentucky in-cludes Floyd, Knox and Martin counties, witha large organizational office in Hazard, saidAllison Flannery, a recruiter for Teach forAmerica and an English senior.

More counties may be added in the future,she said.

The region was selected because of inter-est from state legislators and school districtswho were concerned about low standardizedtest scores and low college enrollments. Be-cause Teach For America is a nonprofit organ-ization, they work with private donors and lo-cal businesses to secure funding for theirmember, she said.

According to a press release, the decisionto expand comes on the heels of state legisla-tion passed last year which allows Teach ForAmerica participants to receive temporary al-ternative teacher certification in Kentucky.

Students like senior Michael Delfino saidthe route to alternative certification is whatinitially attracted them.

“I always wanted to teach, but wasn't sureabout pursuing a traditional route to certifica-tion,” Delfino said. “When I found out I couldget alternative certification to teach math andcomputer science in high schools, I decided togo for it.”

Participants must already possess a degreeand complete a teacher-readiness exam to re-ceive certification.

Part of the program's effectiveness is dueto their acceptance of students from any ma-jor, Flannery said.

She said Teach For America participantscan specify subject area, preference and re-gion in their application. After their commit-ment period, if they want to continue to teach,participants are able pursue full certificationthrough an accredited university program,Flannery said.

Chase Stamper, a modern and classicallanguages senior, said the experience of help-ing an impoverished school is what drew himto the program.

He said he liked the thought of making adifference.

And Stamper is not alone in that thought. Teach For America reported nearly 48,000

applications in 2011, with 600 coming fromKentucky.

Between 25 and 30 applicants were ac-cepted from the UK this year, Flannery said.

The deadline for the 2011 application hasalready passed, but the 2012 application willbe available soon.

Students interested in information aboutthe program can find out more at www.teach-foramerica.org.

Teach ForAmericagoes east

By Jessica Taylor

[email protected]

Proposals are being made to update theMedical College Admissions Test to reflectcurrent science and information that is timelyand important for medical students.

Carol Elam, the associate dean for Ad-missions and Institutional Advancement andthe director of Medical Education Research,said since 1928, the MCAT has been offeredto prospective medical students to measure ifstudents have adequate knowledge of scien-tific principles.

The American Association of MedicalColleges is now proposing updates to reflectchanges in the scientific community.

Eddie Wells, a 2010 graduate of Vander-bilt University, has recently taken the MCAT.

“I think the changes will likely prepare

Changes proposed

for MCATBy Patrick Thompson

[email protected]

See MCAT on page 2

The Student ActivitiesBoard’s Little Kentucky Derbyannually coincides with the com-ing of spring and the weathercouldn’t have agreed more.

“It’s an awesome day, it’sbeautiful out,” Ariel Blythe-Keske, a biology freshman, said.

Blythe-Keske, along withhundreds of other students, wait-ed in the sunny, 70-degree weath-er under Patterson Office Towerfor the ceremonial dropping of3,000 ping-pong balls to official-ly kick off the Little KentuckyDerby.

The Little Kentucky Derby,an event that has been held fordecades, is UK’s local way ofcelebrating the Kentucky Derby

in Louisville. “The Little Kentucky Derby

Festival mirrors the KentuckyDerby Festival,” Sabrina Houn-shell, SAB’s director of public re-lations, said. “It generates excite-ment on campus and is a tradi-tional event.”

After several years’ hiatus,the Little Kentucky Derby wasbrought back to UK in 2006 towild popularity, and has been of-ficially rung in by thousands ofping-pong balls floating off ofthe top of POT.

The Ping Pong Ball Drop isone of the Little Kentucky Der-by’s most popular events.

“It is an event that happens inthe middle of campus, and it’s

exciting to see thousands of ping-pong balls drop off of POT,”Hounshell said. “Students alwaysenjoy it.”

Connie Duncan, the budget

officer for the Honors Program,never misses the festivities.

“I’ve been here every yearsince ’06.” Duncan said. “I comefor the action. When they (theping pong balls) fall, people gonuts.”

Many of the ping-pong ballswere marked with colored dots,

which could be turned in for freeprizes.

Students walked away withcups, foam fingers and t-shirts. Afew students won complimenta-

ry tickets to the My MorningJacket concert.

Amy Baker, a history fresh-man, was one of the owners of acolored ball.

“I’m really excited,” Bakersaid. “It’s a beautiful day andwhat’s more exciting than win-ning free stuff?”

Little Derby brings April showers

Fraternities and sororities gathered outside of William T. YoungLibrary Thursday for the unique 50-yard dash known as the HighHeel Derby.

Students from all Greek organizations spectated and cheered astunes were blared and their brothers and sisters raced toward RoseStreet.

All runners approached the starting gate with heels taped to theirankles. Many of the runners ran without falling while others werenot so fortunate.

“It sounded fun when I heard about it,” Aaron Adams, a BetaTheta Pi freshman, said. “I taped some high heels on in my dorm,practiced outside, and now I’m ready. It’s all about the tippy toes.”

Pan-Hellenic Council President Alexis Edge said the event is funbecause everyone comes together to compete and enjoy themselves.

Andy Sims, a member of Delta Sigma Phi fraternity, also partic-ipated in the race.

“It was enlightening as to the struggles women have to dealwith,” Sims said. “My feet are killing me.”

Some fall head over heels in 50-yard dashBy Lee Haggin

[email protected]

Before the MP3, before theCD and before the cassette tapewas the day of the vinyl record.

Lexington vinyl enthusiastswill be catered to this Saturday aslocal stores celebrate RecordStore Day with sales on the vin-tage type of music listening.

CD Central, located on SouthLimestone, will celebrate the daywith local rock band performanc-es, sales on CD and vinyl and anappearance by native Louisville,Ky., band My Morning Jacket,who will be signing autographsbefore its show at Memorial Col-iseum Sunday.

“This is one of the biggestthings we’ve ever had happenhere at the store, so we’re verypsyched,” Steve Baron of CDCentral said about MMJ’s ap-pearance.

In addition to sales, CD Cen-tral will sell limited editionrecords released just for RecordStore Day, including a new singleby MMJ printed especially forCD Central and Louisville recordstore ear X-tacy, Baron said.

In the past, he said many col-lectors have come to the event.

“People started lining up lastyear about an hour and a half be-fore we opened, just to get a firstshot at some of these limited edi-tion things,” Baron said.

CD Central is celebrating its60th anniversary, Baron said. Thestore has also celebrated RecordStore Day since its inception fouryears ago.

“We try to make it a funthing,” Baron said. “It’s not justabout buying stuff, but also aboutchecking out bands. It’s not justus running a sale, it’s more oflike having an event.”

POPS Resale on LeestownRoad will also celebrate RecordStore Day with free live musicfrom Kentucky bands, accordingto a press release.

CD Central will be open itsnormal hours, from 10 a.m. to 8p.m., with live music starting atnoon. My Morning Jacket will be

there at 3 p.m. and stay for atleast an hour. Proceeds from hotdogs and drinks served will bene-fit the Lexington Humane Socie-ty.

Performing at CD Centralwill be locals Arcane Rifles,High Water Marks, Matt Duncan,They Yearn For What They Fear,Fifth on the Floor and Palisades.

POPS Resale is open from 11a.m. to 7 p.m., with live musicfrom 2 p.m. until around 5 p.m.from bands Katazi and Red-ShadeBlue.

“There’s a lot of excitement,”Baron said. “I think people wantto support — they like the idea ofsupporting — a local recordstore.”

Local venues team up for Record Store DayBy Becca Clemons

[email protected]

PHOTO BY COLLIN LINDSTROM | STAFFAllison England, a Kappa Alpha Theta sorority freshman, crosses thefinish line at the High Heel Derby, as a part of the 2011 Greek Week.

“I come for the action.

When (the ping-pong balls) fall,people go nuts.”

Connie Duncan

Honors Program budget officer

Hundreds gather to catch ping-pong balls dropped from POT

By Luke Glaser

[email protected]

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Since it premiered in 1970, “All My Children”has received more than 30 Emmy Awards andmade history by airing daytime TV’s first same-sex kiss between two women as well as its firstlesbian wedding and the first coming-out story fora transgender character.

The Emmy Award-winning “One Live toLive” has been on the air since 1968 and wasamong the first in daytime television to coverinterracial romance, gang violence and teen preg-nancy. The show made national headlines when itintroduced a gay teen character (played by RyanPhillippe) and was later honored by the Gay and

Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD).In place of the two soaps will be two new series,“The Chew,” a food show co-hosted by MarioBatali set to premiere in September 2011, and“The Revolution” (working title), a makeovershow hosted by Tim Gunn that focuses on “healthand lifestyle transformations” that will make itsdebut in January 2012.

“While we are excited about our new showsand the shift in our business, I can't help but rec-ognize how bittersweet the change is,” said BrianFrons, president of daytime for DisneyABC/Television Group, in a statement.

Noting that the two new series were inspiredby the success of “The View,” Frons said, “Weare taking this bold step to expand our businessbecause viewers are looking for different types ofprogramming these days. They are telling us thereis room for informative, authentic and fun showsthat are relatable, offer a wide variety of opinionsand focus on ‘real life’ takeaways.”

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According to Elam, theupdated MCAT will empha-size molecular and cellularproperties of living systemsas well as biochemical prop-erties. A new section will beadded that will cover behav-ioral and social sciences.

“This new section will

test students’ abilities involv-ing research methods and sta-tistics,” Elam said.

Elam said the proposedMCAT will consist of fourtest sections: molecular, cellu-lar and organismal propertiesof living systems; physical,chemical and biochemicalproperties of living systems;behavioral and social scienceprinciples; and critical analy-sis and reasoning skills.

Wells said he believed thatthe information being pro-posed for the updated MCATwould have given him an ad-vantage in medical school.

“The MCAT tested solelyon biology, chemistry andphysics. I took many moresocial and behavioral scienceclasses than I did for thosethree subjects,” he said.

Elam said the MCAT isbeing updated so thatprospective medical studentsare better prepared for med-ical school.

“It is a standardizedmeasure of students’ knowl-edge regardless of major orinstitution,” she said.

The proposed changes arein the process of discussion,and will be introduced in 2015.

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Despite accusations positing the contrary,it seems to me that the recently displayed so-called Genocide Awareness Project, spon-

sored by the Center forBioethical Reform, didachieve its goals, and effi-ciently.

The images displayed,which I’ll deal with shortly,were indeed grotesque anddisturbing, but the observ-able effect was exactly whatCBR had intended: to en-gender discussion amongstthose who might not other-wise have given the issueany consideration.

Two women who hadabortions, as well as representatives of theCenter for Bioethical Reform, stood by to an-swer questions, respond to protests and en-gage in debate.

They were calm and professional, and,though the air was tense, the discussion thattook place near the display was civil.

However, Shannon Frazer protested inWednesday’s Kernel that it was the content ofthe discussions that was the problem.

Frazer said, “They turn(ed) the ensuingconversation to how offensive particular im-ages are, and not to who they (CBR) are,what their organization represents and theirideologies.”

To this I respond: “exactly as they intend-ed.” Who they are and what they represent isapparent.

The images serve another purpose. CBRdisplays shocking images to shock.

Regarding the issue of the images them-selves, there is no issue. The same govern-ment that currently upholds a woman’s rightto have an abortion also defends free speech.

Though perhaps irrelevant, it is notablethat the latter right is found in our nation’s

very constitution; it is more fundamental.“But the images are offensive!” Obvious-

ly. “But the protest wasn’t civil!” Irrelevant. The KKK and The Westboro Baptist

Church receive the same First Amendmentprotection as CBR. The only relevant re-sponse then is simply to ask, “is CBR right orwrong?”

The answer to this, it seems, is complicat-ed. The comparison of Holocaust victims toaborted fetuses, the controversial stretch ofthe term “genocide,” the contested link be-tween abortion and breast cancer, all of theseleave the position of CBR in doubt.

But there is another relevant question thatI would posit is easier to answer: is abortionwrong?

Yes. Yes it is. Why should not humanlife begin when it intuitively seems to, that is,at the beginning?

Markers such as the acquisition of con-sciousness, the ability to feel pain and others

are not only arbitrary, they miss the point. It is not a question of attribute, but of be-

ing. Membership in the human species is asimple “yes or no” for all time; there’s nochanging back and forth.

So is it not the same thing that begins asa bundle of cells and that is, nine months lat-er, delivered into the loving arms of its par-ents?

Then what is it, a person or not? And donot tell me first one, then the other, for this isimpossible. I say that it is a person, a personfrom the beginning and a person absolutelyincapable of self-defense, a person absolutelydependent on us for its life.

This is a person whose right to make anychoice at all has been legally removed in fa-vor of its mother’s right to decide whether itshould even exist. And this is wrong.

Philip Timmerman is an English andphilosophy junior. [email protected].

shannon frazer | opinions editor | [email protected]

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Guestcolumnist

Many people have taken issue with theGenocide Awareness Project, saying thatabortion does not match the definition ofgenocide.

According to the definition of the UnitedNations, genocide is the destruction of “ … inwhole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial orreligious group … ” By this definition, abor-tion would not be considered genocide.

However, the definition from the Cam-bridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary statesthat genocide is “the murder of a wholegroup of people, especially a whole nation,race or religious group.” The group of people

would be unwanted, preborn humans, so bythis definition, abortion could be consideredgenocide. We could continue to argue overdefinitions, but I feel it is more important tolook at the conceptual similarities.

One such similarity is that the victims areconsidered to be subhuman. In Nazi Ger-many, Jews and other victims were oftenshown as pigs or rats in cartoons, and re-ferred to as subhuman, or “untermensch.”Today, unwanted, preborn humans are oftenreferred to as parasites, “blobs of tissue,” or“products of conception.”

Another similarity is how personhood is

defined to exclude the victims. In Scott v.Sandford, the Supreme Court stated: “A freenegro of the African race … is not a “citizen”within the meaning of the Constitution of theUnited States.”

In the 1973 case Roe v. Wade, theSupreme Court stated: “the word ‘person,’ asused in the Fourteenth Amendment, does notinclude the unborn.” The fact that Scott v.Sandford was legal at the time, but has sincebeen overturned, shows that legal decisionsare not always right. I think these similaritiesshould cause us to pause and think.

Many people have also taken offense at

the goriness of the display, calling it disgust-ing and distasteful.

I have to agree that the photos are dis-gusting, but I think we need to ask why thesephotos of dismembered, preborn humans ex-ist. The Holocaust Museum shows horrors toremind us that such atrocities must be pre-vented.

The purpose of GAP is to show the hu-manity of the preborn and the violence ofabortion, so that we can prevent the killing ofinnocents.

Daniel SparksMechanical engineering, junior

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

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UK gymnastics had a successfulseason despite not qualifying for nation-als.

The team posted a 195.175 score atregionals, which is a school record inregional competition.

“We had a lot of struggles this sea-son,” assistant coach Heather Hite said.“I believe they came back from thosegreat. They are happy and excited aboutwhat they did and had (our) highestteam score in regional his-tory. So they ended on agreat note.”

Several injuries setthe team back duringthe season.

“I think we did real-ly good, especially giv-en all the ups anddowns we had thisyear,” sophomore Cait-lyn Ciokajlo said. “Wehad a lot of heart anddesire to finish the sea-son strong.”

Much like UK basketball, despite itsstruggles during the regular season, UK

gymnastics peaked in the postseason.“We came through really well and

did the best performance, I think, of ouryear,” Ciokajlo said.

Senior leadership helped the youngteam through its struggles this season.

“We had amazing seniors,” Ciokajlosaid. “They worked so hard in the gymand were great examples out of thegym, which is really important as well.They will definitely be missed.”

Freshman Kayla Sienkowskipraised the seniors for helping the fresh-man get through their first year at UK.

“They did a really, re-ally good job teachingus as freshman whenyou don’t know any-thing that’s going tohappen,” Sienkowskisaid. “They did a reallywell preparing us forthe season and teachingus how to handle schooland gymnastics.”

Hite believes theseniors rose to the chal-lenges they faced.

“It was a lot of pressure on themto make their senior season what theywanted it to be,” Hite said. “I think they

did a fantastic job.”Senior Andrea Mitchell, a South-

eastern Conference Gymnast of theWeek who had UK's highest all-aroundscore since 1996, said she was happywith her team's season.

“We stuck together, and I couldn’tbe more happy with how we finishedthe season,” Mitchell said. “We did allwe could do.”

With a young roster this season UKlooks to come back even stronger nextseason.

“We had seven freshmen this year,”Hite said. “So there’s a lot of hope forthem to come in and step into the rolesthat I think we are losing with our sen-iors.”

UK gymnastics has a trip to nation-als in its sight for next year.

“I think if they put their minds to itthis summer, work really hard, and gointo fall with a great attitude,” Hite said,“we will reach that goal easily.”

The success of this year’s team hasset a foundation for future success atUK.

“Everyone stepped up pretty well,”Sienkowski said. “I’m sure there’s al-ways things that we can improve on butthat’s what next year is for.”

By Gary [email protected]

UK gymnastics reflects on positive season

PHOTO BY LATARA APPLEBY| STAFFKayla Sienkowski was one of seven freshmen gymnastswho helped UK post a record score in regionals.

The UK women’s golf team is headingsouth to once again to compete for a South-eastern Conference Championship.

Two weeks after recording the secondlowest round of spring season at the LizMurphey Collegiate Classic in Athens, Ga.,the Cats will begin play Friday at the Uni-versity Club (Par 72, 6,365 yards) in Auburn,

Ala.“I am very excited for this tournament,”

UK head coach Golda Borst said. “I think thisteam has a ton of potential. And if the girlscan play to the level that they play to at homeor at practice, then we can do a lot of damageand have a really great finish.”

The Cats will be competing in the three-day tournament against the 11 other teams inthe SEC. Of the 11 teams UK will be compet-ing against, eight are ranked among the Top

25 in the latest National Golf Coaches Associ-ation ranking.

“Obviously the SEC is a very tough con-ference, and we know that,” Borst said.“We’ve played all these teams and we’vefaced them a few times this spring, so we kindof know what to expect. It’s just one of thosethings where we’re really going to focus onthe golf course more so than the other teamsthat we are facing. If we can do that, then wewill be fine.”

UK will be sending sophomores AshleighAlbrecht, Heather Lott and Betsie Johnson,junior Ashlee Rose and freshman Liz Breed tocompete for the Cats.

Albrecht has lead UK this spring, earning

two top-20 finishes, including a first-place fin-ish in the UCF Challenge in mid-February andco-SEC Golfer of the Week honors. Albrecht’sscoring average this spring through four tour-naments is at an impressive 75.00.

“I really try to stay away from expecta-tions and just go out there and have fun andjust see what happens,” Albrecht said. “I wantto go out there and focus on the team aspect ofhelping them out.”

Located in what Golf Digest ranked No. 1"Best Golf City in America" (Auburn-Opeli-ka, 2005), the Auburn University Club is fair-ly hilly and fairly tight off the tee and willprovide a tough challenge for UK and all oth-er schools.

UK women’s golf ready for SEC Championships

By Betsey Smith

[email protected]

Team of seven freshmen looks to a future it believes to be bright

“We stucktogether, and I

couldn’t be morehappy with how we

finished the season.”

ANDREA MITCHELLUK gymnastics senior

Cats travel to Auburn for conference tournament,beginning Friday, after posting low score

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UK students express their inner creativitythrough dance. The UK Dance Ensemble willhost its Spring Concert this weekend at theSingletary Center.

According to the UKDE Facebook page,performances will be held Saturday, April 16at 8 p.m. and Sunday, April 17 at 2 p.m. Thisseason’s performance includes a number ofpieces that will satisfy and entertain audiencesof all tastes.

“Our concert offers something for every-one because there are numerous styles ofdance this semester: tap, jazz, modern, step,ballet and hip-hop,” Gretchen Wagner,UKDE director, instructor and choreogra-pher.

Members of UKDE are also excited aboutthe musical theater pieces added to the reper-toire this semester. Audiences will enjoy thefamiliar music of “A Chorus Line” and“Chicago.”

“I was happy to be cast in a few of themusical theater pieces this semester becausethey are always light and fun to perform,”Tara Gardner, mathematical economics sopho-more, said.

For the show, the UKDE hosted profes-sional choreographers Theresa Bautista andMeredith Sims. Bautista is a UK dance artistfor the year and choreographed a modernpiece titled “Innocence” about the loss of in-nocence throughout childhood.

Sims is the UKDE assistant director andshe choreographed a number called “Is it? ItIs.” about perception versus reality. Sims alsochoreographed one of the musical theaterpieces titled “X-Cite-Nite.” Student memberschoreographed additional pieces.

As if a grueling schedule of dress re-hearsals wasn’t enough, UKDE members are

required to take three hours of dance tech-nique class weekly along with additional cho-reography rehearsals weekly. Throughout theyear, UKDE also does performances in thecommunity and offers workshops.

“This semester we performed at Women’sgymnastics “Excite Night” as well as theBeaux Arts Ball, with workshops at LexingtonCatholic High School and Lansdowne Ele-mentary,” Wagner said.

UKDE includes more than thirty dancers.Most of them have had prior dance training,although there are many members who dis-covered a passion for dance after entering col-lege. Students enjoy their time with UKDEbecause it allows them the opportunity to cre-atively express themselves in a unique, unspo-ken way.

“UKDE also fosters leadership throughelected student officers that help run the or-ganization with guidance of UK faculty,”Gardner said.

“We are truly one of the most unique or-ganizations on campus. Our members are in-novative and intelligent, with the bodies ofathletes and the mind of artists,” Wagner said.

Tickets range between $10 and $15 andcan be purchased at the Singletary Box Officeby calling (859) 257-4929, online at http://sin-gletarytickets.com or at the door.

Dance Ensemble performsSpring Concert pieces

By Lindsey Austin

[email protected]

There are those gamerswho grew up playing gameson consoles, and those whogrew up playing games onthe PC. I was the former.

There were times that Iwould dabble in PC gaming,but I never had the machineto stay current with all thenew releases.

Over the years, thereseems to have been a grow-ing divide between consoleand PC gamers. There arethose who play both and en-joy both.

Unfortunately, there arealso those who play gameson only one platform andmock players who don’tgame on their platform ofchoice.

Recently, I built a gam-ing PC to get back into thatside of gaming. It was defi-nitely different at first, but astime went on, I came to real-ize a few things about gamesin general.

Not all games play wellon all platforms. There aresome games that are builtspecifically for PCs or con-

soles.While hardcore PC elit-

ists claim that the first-per-son shooter can only beplayed on the PC, consoleplayers have been enjoyingthe same level of FPS-style

games since Halo on theXbox.

Even then, some shoot-ers require a controller toplay well because they werebuilt around it. Some devel-opers like Ubisoft are notori-ous for their PC support andseem to port the console ver-sion straight to the PC. Thisis most evident with “Splin-ter Cell: Conviction,” whichplays fine with the keyboardand mouse setup, but defi-nitely plays better with acontroller.

Some genres like theplatformer were born onconsoles and have since mi-grated to PCs. Recent hitslike “Super Meat Boy” canbe played with a keyboard,but it’s much better on acontroller.

The migration of genresto platforms they are notnormally on has been a slip-pery slope for many devel-opers. The Xbox 360 hasseen some success in port-ing real-time strategygames to the console with acontrol scheme adaptedspecifically for the con-

troller.The wonderful thing is

that many developers areadding in support for con-trollers to PC games thatplay better with them.Alongside that, a few acces-sory manufacturers are creat-ing gaming mice that willwork on consoles for first-person shooter or real-timestrategy games.

It’s only a matter of timebefore consoles are just spe-cially manufactured PCs.

There will be no moreconsole gamer or PC gamer.There will once again just bethe term “gamer” whichwent out of style in the 90sin favor of the feeling of elit-ism for a specific platform.

A future where allgamers can stand under onebanner will probably nevercome. Outside of the differ-ences between console andPC gamers, there are evenconflicts between “fanboys”of various console manufac-turers.

I’ll take whatever victoryI can get, though. If PCgamers and console gamerscan get along and just enjoygames together, it will beworth it. I know I still enjoygaming on my consoles aswell as my PC. They bothoffer great experiences thatshould not be missed.

Console vs. PC gamesZACH

WALTON

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