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A Student Government meeting Wednes-day night discussed a new hazing policy beingimplemented at the University of Kentucky.

The current hazing policy is too looselydefined, Senate President Micah Fielden said.The new policy will encompass all UK indi-viduals, groups, teams and organizations.

The UK Anti-Hazing Coalition, comprisedof people from all over the university, workedto draft this policy, Dave Lowe, executive vicepresident of the Intrafraternity Council andmember of the Anti-Hazing Coalition, said.The legislation will be admitted to and re-viewed by all of UK’s administrative bodies,including the Faculty Senate and Board ofTrustees.

The new hazing policy includes definitionsof hazing, examples of hazing behaviors andthe rights of those who report hazing activities,extending to all people in the UK community.

The Kentucky state legislature requires ahazing policy on campus, and UK’s adminis-tration considered the old hazing regulations tobe too narrowly defined, Fielden said. The newpolicy applies not only to UK students, but tofaculty, staff, students, volunteers, patients,customers, alumni and visitors, as well.

The meeting’s purpose was to make surethe student body is best represented by the pol-icy that is passed, Lowe said. He said thecoalition aimed to make the document as stu-

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UK is preparing for an entire week ofevents highlighting art forms that many stu-dents have never heard of.

The Asia Center is hosting the second an-nual ArtsAsia Festival. The festival will takeplace November 6-13. Kicking off the event isthe inaugural celebration of the UK ConfuciusInstitute at the Singletary Center for the Artson Saturday, Nov. 6.

The Asia Center’s website promises thatthe festival will make “rich artistic and culturaltraditions from across Asia come to life.” TheUK community will be able to see artists, mu-sicians, dancers and scholars.

Visitors will include Shin-Yi Yang, a pro-fessional guqin and guzheng player; IIIZ+, aquartet that features the zither instrument fam-ily; Pryhadarsini Govind, one of the best Bha-rantanatya dancers of her generation and manymore talented and specialized guests.

The Asia Center is particularly excitedabout hosting Pryhadarsini Govind, a native ofChennai, India, and Indian dance master. Somefrom the local community, also, are anticipat-ing her arrival and performance.

Lakshmi Sriraman, a Lexington bharan-tanatyam dance teacher, said Govind “is notonly a sought-after performer, she is a sought-after teacher.I’m excited to be learning fromher along with my students.”

The bharatanatyam performance is just oneof the many events that organizers hope will il-lustrate how classical art can transform with amodern interpretation, yet continue to holdtrue to its original culture.

“[Bharatanatyam] absorbs what’s todayand still keeps the essence of the art form it-self,” Sriraman said.

Some of the culturally enriching events thatwill take place during the festival include an ex-ploration of the Guqin, a Chinese ink brushpainting demonstration, Japanese traditional the-atre and an Anime Film Festival. Many of theevents are free for students with their student IDsSome of the events, however, will cost $5-$10. Acomplete schedule of the events, including infor-mation regarding location, description of the

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Festival bringsdistant cultureclose to home

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PORTRAIT BY BRANDON GOODWIN | STAFFOfficer Bouchard (left) and Sgt. Doyle sit inside Keeneland Hall. Sgt. Doyle was an Adopt-a-Cop for three years before being promoted to sergeant. Offi-cer Bouchard will become an Adopt-a-Cop next fall.

If you see a police officer inyour dorm building, don’t al-ways assume the worst. The offi-cer may just be hanging out.

The Adopt-a-Cop programbegan in the 1980s and aims tobring the UK police officerscloser to students in a positiveway. The program assigns a po-lice officer to each residence halland that officer provides campussafety programs for residents,

UKPD’s website said.UK Police Captain Kevin

Franklin said the program is be-lieved to be modeled after asimilar program at Florida StateUniversity. Over the years, of-ficers found that having a copon every corner or in everydorm brings the crime numbersdown.

“We want them to hang outin the dorm, and want studentsto be able to put a face with aname,” Franklin said.

Twelve officers are assigned

two buildings each. All dormbuildings are included.

Adopt-a-Cop is used tobreak down the misconceptionand to help students, not hurtthem, Crime Prevention OfficerBob Pearl said.

“We want students to see apersonality behind a badge, andnot just a badge,” Pearl said.

With this program, UKPDbuilds a bond with students, resi-dent advisers and hall directors,Pearl said.

The officers enjoy the pro-gram and meeting new people,Crime Prevention Officer AlanSaylor said.

“We love working with them

for the most part and they aregreat people,” he said.

The officers love to be in-volved with the dorm and the stu-dents on a personal level to en-sure the safety of the students,Saylor said. UKPD wants stu-dents to feel comfortable aroundthe officers so they can come andtalk to them about any problems.

Residents and resident advis-ers at Holmes Hall love theirbuilding’s officer.

“(Our officer) is a cool guy,”Holmes Hall Resident AdviserJustin Palmer said. “He gave usthe down low on the Tolly Hofight.”

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Dorms adopt copsProgram connects students with law

enforcement to build resident hall safety

UK will open a new door todiversity on Saturday at a gather-ing of cross-cultural events.

The Confucius Institute willbe inaugurated Saturday at theSingletary Center for the Arts.The inaugural ceremony will in-clude remarks from ShanghaiUniversity President ZheweiZhou, UK President Lee Toddand keynote speaker former U.S.Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao.A ribbon cutting ceremony, cal-ligraphy demo, martial arts per-formance, concert and gift ex-change between the two univer-sities will follow.

The Confucius Institute isdefined as a gateway for Chineselanguage, culture and art, the in-stitute's website said.

Shanghai University in Chi-na is partnering with UK to cre-ate a cultural and educational ex-change between the two cam-puses.

UK joins 73 U.S. and about280 worldwide institutions thathave Confucius Institutes andwill be one of only two in Ken-

tucky, Asia Center Staff Assis-tant Mike Hardy said.

The inaugural ceremony willalso feature Chinese music usinginstruments foreign to UK andplayed by music students fromShanghai University, ConfuciusInstitute Director Huajing Maskesaid. UK’s Symphony Orchestrawill play American and Chinesefolk music, and the concert willend with world-renowned Chi-nese violinist Cha performingwith the orchestra.

In addition, four martial artskung fu masters from theShaolin Monastery in China willperform.

A public reception with Chi-nese food and free gifts providedby the institute will follow theceremony and concert.

Others in attendance will in-clude U.S. Senate MinorityLeader Mitch McConnell, U.S.Rep. Ben Chandler, the ministercounselor for educational affairsfrom the Chinese Embassy inWashington and the deputy di-rector for the Hanban, China’sOffice of Chinese LanguageCouncil International headquar-

tered in Beijing, Maske said.“The Confucius Institute will

be influential on campus, but weare also trying to be more com-munity focused,” Hardy said.

The institute will help pro-vide primary and secondary

schools in Lexington and thesurrounding community withChinese language and cultureprograms, Maske said. The insti-tute will fund educational oppor-tunities on and off UK’s campus,including a Chinese culture lec-ture series that will cover topicssuch as art, calligraphy, Tai Chi,cooking, dance and music,Maske said.

The institute will offer Chi-

nese language courses in Spring2011, which UK students cantake for free and without credit.Maske said the courses can serveas a testing ground for studentsinterested in studying Chinese.

Opportunities for studyingabroad in China will also be of-fered through the institute, inconjunction with EducationAbroad and the Asia Center. TheUKCI will offer need and merit-based scholarships for interestedstudents.

Hardy said learning Chineseis important for significant eco-nomic and cultural reasons, es-pecially since it is the most spo-ken language in the world. Manyother cultures around the worldhave been influenced by the Chi-nese because China is theworld’s oldest continuous civi-lization, he said.

Maske said the art connec-tion between the two universitiesis important, as art can be usedas a medium for cultural andcampus exchange. The UK Col-lege of Fine Arts will also partic-ipate in the artistic exchange.

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If you goWhat: Confucius Institute in-agural ceremonyWhen: Saturday at 6:45 p.m.Where: Singletary CenterAdmission: Tickets can be pur-chased at the Singletary CenterBox office

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dent-friendly and as easy tounderstand as possible.

The hazing policy willprovide students with asource that they can use, hesaid.

The old policy didn’t in-clude rights of students andprotections for students, ToddCox, assistant director for SGand member of the Anti-Haz-ing Coalition, said. He said by

looking at the new definition,one would know if he or sheis being hazed or not, whereaswith the old definition thatmay have been unclear.

Researchers at the Univer-sity of Maine conducted a na-tionwide survey on collegestudents and hazing, and someof the statistics influencedUK’s new hazing policy.

The survey reported that55 percent of college studentsadmitted they had been sub-ject to hazing activities, yetonly 10 percent said they feltthey had been hazed.

The coalition’s next goalsare to create a web presence,programming and good re-sources for students, Lowesaid, with an ultimate objec-tive of making hazing a morevisible issue on campus.

“This policy could be-come a national model forother schools,” Cox said.

SG discussed the policy’sparticulars at the meeting andhopes to submit a revised ver-sion to the full senate nextweek.

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events, and price can befound on the Asia Centerwebsite.

“Students will want tocome to ArtsAsia events ifthey are curious about Asiaand want to experience trueAsian arts firsthand right hereon campus,” Herron said.

“Usually seeing events likethis would require travellingquite a ways.”

Herron said it is impor-tant for UK to host this festi-val because it will alloweveryone – students, staff,faculty, community mem-bers – to learn about Asiafrom great artists and “willinspire our studies in ourgrowing UK Asian StudiesPrograms throughout theyear.”.

ASIAContinued from page 1

Bringing in speakers andperformers will enrich UKcampus life and communityawareness for China, she said.

While numerous perform-ers are in town for the inau-gural ceremony, the institutehas worked to bring the actsto public schools around Lex-

ington for cross-culturaldemonstrations. Maske saiddoing this connects UK to thepublic schools in the area thatalready have a thriving Chi-nese program.

The institute will alsohelp public school teacherswith professional develop-ment and will help pay for theexpansion of schools’ Chi-nese language programs.Maske said the institute willstart in the Bluegrass area and

expand outward.Hardy said the main goal

of the institute is to start edu-cational programs and enrichthe community.

“If you know anothercountry’s language, you startto understand its culture,”Hardy said.

The inaugural ceremonybegins at 6:45 p.m. Saturday.Tickets can be purchased atthe Singletary Center Box Of-fice.

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Are you afraid?He said he would be fearful if he were sitting in an airplane with anyone dressed in

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Some of the most prominent incidents that have happened in the past few months in-clude rejection of a proposal to build a mosque, the threat to burn Qurans (the holy bookof Muslims) and this latest discriminatory statement by Juan Willliams of NPR.

According to the Washington Post, Williams was on the Fox network show TheO’Reilly Factor when he said, “I mean, look, I'm not a bigot. You know the kind of booksI've written about the civil rights movement in this country. But when I get on a plane, Igot to tell you, if I see people who are in Muslim garb and I think, you know, they'reidentifying themselves first and foremost as Muslims, I get worried. I get nervous."Williams lost his job over that statement.

That is a really stereotypical thing to say. He pretty much said that if you are a Mus-lim and dress like one then you are a terrorist. One can’t just define someone and makejudgment about them by the way they dress, our country’s fundamental principles rejectsthis type of behavior. We, as American citizens, are all guaranteed the right to freedom ofexpression and that includes the way we dress.

A recent TIME magazine poll backs up this type of reaction in it 46 percent of Ameri-cans said that Islam is more likely than other faiths to promote violence. This is yet anoth-er stereotype. Just to clear things up, even though many Islamic groups have repeated itover and over again, Islam is a peaceful religion and Muslims are peaceful people, theword Islam comes from salaam, which means peace.

Most American Muslims are just everyday ordinary citizens trying to live normal lives.They have degrees, careers and families just like everyone else. In fact a recent study andpoll conducted by John Zogby found that 59 percent had at least a college degree.

How many of you have met a Muslim? Another TIME magazine poll found that only37 percent of Americans know a Muslim American. There is a way to end this type ofprejudice. You can try to get to know Muslim students on campus; there are many ofthem. There is also the student group the Muslim Students Association; you could alsovisit the local Mosques. Go in with an open mind. You might just find that all of yourfears are gone.

Najah AllouchJournalism student

Islamophobia feeds stereotypesopinions

The toast: the act of raising a glass in honor or recognition of a person or event. Wetoast at dinners, weddings, business commencements and parties. In the broadway musical“Fiddler on the Roof,” they declare a toast, “L’Chaim!” meaning, “To life!” Tonight,

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and its patrons [who are over 21] will raise their glasses in the name of lifeitself — no more, no less. After all, no cause is as honest or universal to usall than that of long life. But, you may ask, why host an entire event “tolife?”

Because some are taking our lives away.“It Gets Better Lexington,” a grassroots fundraiser inspired by the anti-

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Soundbar is matching $500 of revenue from the night’s toast to be do-nated to The Trevor Project, a non-profit charged with averting GLBT sui-cide. Lexington Fairness has pledged to match the money put up by

Soundbar. At the event tonight, those who attend may also film their own, “It Gets Better”videos, recounting their own stories of struggle and speaking out against prejudice and theblood it spills.

The “It Gets Better” movement has been criticized with varying vehemence. Clint Mc-Cance, a school board executive in Midland, Ark., posted on his Facebook account, “Theywant me to wear purple because five queers committed suicide. The only way I’m wearingit is if they all commit suicide…It pisses me off that we make a special purple fag day forthem. I like that fags can’t procreate. I also like that they often give each other AIDS anddie.” McCance has since resigned from his position with the school board after his mes-sage of abhorrence went viral worldwide.

With less pure odium and more puzzlement, some have asked what makes gay suicidesa particular tragedy worthy of attention apart from that of heterosexuals, and these ques-tioners are absolutely right. There is nothing more or less valuable about the life of a gayperson than a straight one, and for this the cause carries credence: Suicide universally res-cues those from the things they cannot change.

The tongue is sharper than the sword and the rancor spewed by bigots cut our brothersand sisters down to the bone. We all live innocently as no more or less than who we are.Those of us who then turn to self-mutilation do nothing unfamiliar to them; rather theyfinish the job their revilers all but already have. We must cease to speak. Our antipathiesare taking lives away.

So let us toast. May we be brave beyond the temptation to escape the things about our-selves we cannot change. May we be compassionate enough to gaze upon those we do notunderstand and before leaking our repugnance, may we simply shut up. May we simplysay, “My brother, my sister, we are not alike. Here’s to us. L’chaim.”

For more information on tonight’s event, visit “Soundbar Lexington” on Facebook.For more information on the Trevor Project, visit www.TheTrevorProject.org.Patrick Sims is a kinesiology senior. E-mail opinions@kykernel.com.

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PORTRAIT BY LATARA APPLEBY| STAFFAndy Burress is photographed in the Alumni Gym on Nov. 4, 2010. Andy attended the men’s basketball open tryouts on Oct. 4, 2010.

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Here at the University of Kentucky,basketball is everything. Check that. InKentucky, basketball is everything.

Kids wear jerseys and shouttheir favorite players’ names, dadsfill basements with endless amountsof memorabilia and moms, well,moms put up with it all.

This year, when it was announcedthere were to be open tryouts for awalk-on position with University ofKentucky men’s basketball team, Ifelt it was my duty to give it a shot. Achance like this is rare.

60 guys, two nights, one position.From the start, I knew I was in

over my head. And if I didn’t think sobeforehand, the jersey they assignedme was a hell of a hint.

Looking down over the rail ontothe court below, I could see the rest ofthe guys warming up, and I was ab-solutely terrified. Not only were theynailing shots, but they were also goingone-on-one with ghost defenders.Who does that? (Certainly not theguys from my church league.)

After 15 minutes of rebounding foreveryone else (still not sure how thathappened) it was time to get the ballrolling. Tony Delk, my all-time favorite,was there to lead the way. No pressure.

I feel like now is probably a goodtime to point out that running hasnever been my thing. I don’t know ifmy body just chooses to say “no” intimes of duress, or if maybe I simplydon’t have a “turbo” option.

Regardless, by the end of warm-ups I had already done all the running

I cared to do for one day. It wastough. We jogged, ran, jumped andslid. We even did some overlappingdance move called a “karaoke.”

By the time we’d finished withthe basics I really felt like I’d accom-plished something. The competitionwas neck and neck, and my namewas still up for consideration. Thatis, until the first real drill started.

By the grace of God, I was sentto the shooting station first – the onething that would warrant my actual-ly being there. Not tonight.

This was no ordinary shootingdrill. Throw aside the fact that wewere on the hustle the entire time,we were still cutting and weavinglike someone was chasing us.Should someone miss a shot, hewould have to chase the ball down

and get it back in circulation beforeit interrupted the flow.

Now imagine that instead ofmissing one shot, said person actual-ly misses around 15 shots. Whatyou’re eventually left with is some-one blindly running in circles whileeveryone else practice.

There was absolutely no chancemy consecutive misses would go un-noticed. I knew the only way to stayon the positive was to start rippingdown some boards.

This meant unnecessary jumping,one-handed snags – maybe a snarl or two.

All enthusiasm was lost withinthree minutes. My breathing hadturned to panting, and by this pointthe shots weren’t even close. I’mnot even going to think about whatmy rebounding had turned into.

Nearly dead, with hands on knees,I contemplated giving up. I was spent.

Our next drill was all about fastbreaks and continued weaving. Or atleast that’s how I understood it. By thispoint I was sick, confused and by moststandards, completely disoriented.

I had every intention of doingmy best but knew better than to riskthe others’ chances.

Physically defeated, I turned tothe coach and explained my situa-tion. (The one where I lay down andnap, or else.) My dreams were donefor, but at least I’d given it a shot.

I tried out for the University ofKentucky basketball team.

I lasted 28 minutes.Andy is a intergrated strategic

communications senior. E-mailsports@kykernel.com.

By Andy Burresssports@kykernel.com

Kernel editor tries out for UK basketball team

krystalball Picks for Saturday, Nov. 6UK defense vs. wide re-

ceiver Gerald StevensonStevenson is a FCS-ver-

sion of Randall Cobb. Thesenior from Naples, Fla., is aversatile weapon in theCharleston Southern offenseand has registered 643 re-ceiving yards, 154 rushingyards, a passing touchdownand averages 192.3 all-pur-pose yards per game. Steven-son is particularly dynamicin the return game, where heaverages 38.3 yards per kick-off return and has addedthree touchdowns, includinga 100-yard return.

On the other hand,Stevenson’s lofty statistics,unlike Cobb’s, have notcome against several South-eastern Conference oppo-nents, but mostly other FCSopponents.

So, the Cats’ defenseshould prove to be too quickand too athletic for Steven-son to have a big day, but ifany one of the Buccaneers

will be capable of making aplay, Stevenson is a primecandidate.

Edge: UK defense

Linebacker Danny Tre-vathan vs. running backDeMarcus Moon

Trevathan leads theSEC in tackles and justlike the above matchup,his blazing speed shouldeasily lead him to a sixthconsecutive game withdouble-digit tacklesagainst less athletic oppo-sition.

Moon leads the Buc-caneers with six touchdownsand has carried the ball 95times for a team-leading 323yards.

Moon is a smaller back,standing at 5-foot-10 andweighing 197 pounds, andhis 3.4 yards per rush totalshould not intimidate Tre-vathan or the rest of the UKdefense for that matter.

For the Cats, this gameshould provide a nice break

after facing some of the bestrunning backs and dual-threat quarterbacks in thecountry week-in and week-out in conference play.

Edge: Trevathan

UK vs. EmbarrassmentUK senior fullback Mon-

cell Allen said it best earlierthis week: “If (CharlestonSouthern) beat us then we’vereally got trouble.”

It would be hard to dis-agree with Allen’s statement,considering the Cats need atleast two wins from their fi-nal three games to becomebowl eligible and extendtheir bowl streak to a school-

record five straight seasons.To assure themselves of abowl bid, the Cats almostcertainly have to take care ofbusiness on Saturday.

Though the Cats’ seasonhasn’t gone according to pre-season plans, they still want

to end the season on a pos-itive.

“You definitely want toget these last three gamesso you can go into the off-season with a little steamand a little momentum,”junior defensive tackleMark Crawford said.

Losing to an FCS min-now at home would not

only kill what little momen-tum the Cats have, severelydent their bowl chance, butmost of all, prove to berather embarrassing.

Edge: UK

Final Edge: Maximumedge for UK

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The Edge: UK vs. Charleston Southern

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UK’s practices left theirmark on the players.

“We got a little scratcheshere and there, a few bruis-es,” freshman Jarrod Polsonsaid. “But that’s definitely agood thing for us.”

UK head coach JohnCalipari had promised tomake practices tougher fol-lowing what he perceived asa lackluster performance inthe Cats’ first exhibition

match against Pikeville. Thepractices were comprised ofcompetitive drills, with awinner and a loser in each.

“If you weren’t tough andyou weren’t competitive, youwere going to be on the linerunning,” Polson said.

The scratches and bruisesstood in contrast to whatCalipari said the players re-ceived during the game – glit-ter from the cheerleaders onthe sidelines.

“Instead of blocking out,

you just stood there, hethrows you into the cheer-leaders, you slide along thefloor and – boom – into her,and there’s sprinkles on yourface,” Calipari said. “Thathappened about three times.We had towels over therewiping sprinkles off faces.”

Calipari used film toshow the players what hedeemed “soft” plays.

“Stuff like not getting arebound he thought weshould have gotten or plays

on defense where westopped playing,” freshmanStacey Poole said.

Calipari’s displeasurewith the exhibition game ledmore intense coaching onthe sidelines during practice.He said the players were“shellshocked” after seeinghow hard he coached.

“Within 15 seconds intothe game, it’s on,” Caliparisaid. “They were like, ‘hecoaches this hard?’ Thatshocked them.”

Calipari said he is goingto have to “manufacture” aculture of toughness, whichhe didn’t have to do last year.

“If they are who I thinkthey are, they have fight inthem,” Calipari said. “You just

have to bring it out of them.”But if UK can’t find the

toughness, a question lingers.“If NAIA schools can

push us around, then how arewe going to survive in theSEC?” Polson said.

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