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At the corner of Limestoneand Main streets, 2,977 flags layin the shape of “9-11,” in remem-brence of those who died 11 yearsago Tuesday.
There were flags not only forthose in New York, but also Wash-ington, D.C., and Pennsylvania.
Among those placing the flagswere Linda and Ray Grijalba, sib-lings who were living in Suffern,N.Y., on Sept. 11, 2001.
“There were so many peoplein the community who lost some-one because we lived not even 20
minutes away,” Linda, a politicalscience junior, said.
Andrew Fredericks, the firstfirefighter to enter the second tow-er, was a family friend of the Gri-jalbas’ and also the father of a boyin Linda’s class.
“His dad was there helpingpeople stay alive while he gavehis life,” she said. “He was an im-portant piece of our school. Heeven would dress up as SantaClaus for our Christmas parties.”
Fredericks’ flag was placedamong the other 2,976 honored inthe memorial.
Ray, a mechanical engineeringsophomore, designed the outlineof the flags and figured out how toplace the flags inside evenly.
After the design was complet-ed, Megan Jackson, a home-schooled high-school senior, spenttwo hours Sunday outlining “9-11” in the grass of CentrePointePark. Monday morning, Jacksonbegan the process of placing theflags inside the outline.
“A lot of college students dothis on their campus, but I thoughtit would be a great place to put itright in the middle of downtown,”she said. “It’s really at the heart ofthe city.”
During the day, eight firefight-
ers from Engine 4 of the JeffersonStreet Station joined Jackson inputting the flags down.
The Fifth-Third bank buildingprovides an overhead view of thememorial, which led several busi-nessmen to stop and ask what wasgoing on. Some even took theirlunch breaks to help set up theflags.
“It’s hard to believe it hap-pened more than 10 years ago,”Ray said.
Linda remembers “it was sucha pretty day” when the attackstook place.
“The sirens from the fire sta-tion were going off for over a
minute past our school,” Lindasaid. “And because we had no TVin our classroom, all they told uswas there was a business buildingin the city that was hit.”
At the time, the Grijalbas’ un-cle worked in a city businessbuilding.
“I was so afraid somethingwas going to happen,” Ray said.
The flags were placed all dayMonday at the park and will debutTuesday morning as a memorial tothose who lost their lives on 9/11.
“Kentucky is so far away fromwhere it happened,” Ray said.“We just want to make sure noone forgets.”
By Kayla Pickrell
UK students help place flagsat CentrePointe downtown
9/11 memorials•The flag memorial at CentrePointe Park will be on display all day Tuesday. •At 8:42 a.m. on the lawn infront of the Main Building, a vigilwill honor the victims of 9/11.• At 8 a.m., the Lexington Fireand Police Department’s HonorGuard will present colors at theMonument to the Fallen plaza inPhoenix Park.
PHOTO BY TESSA LIGHTY | STAFFTom Yancey sings patriotic songs near the Student Center on Monday to com-memorate Sept. 11.
When it comes to video-gameconsoles, there’s one guy to turn toto give praise that we have enter-
tainment everynight. Be it XBox,Playstation or Wii,the man to turn tois Ralph Baer.
“The Father ofVideo Games” in-vented the firstvideo game con-sole in 1966 calledthe brown box,which later wasnamed the Mag-navox Odysseywhen Magnavox
bought the licensing.“The response was overwhelm-
ingly positive when it came out,”Baer said.
Monday night I was invited tospend the evening talking to Baerin a classroom with 20-somethingother students who were just as ea-ger to hear him speak as I was.
He talked about visuals invideo games, smartphone gaming,3-D and even Siri.
Questions ranged from “Whatwould you have done different?” to“What do you see in the future?”
Here are a few questions he an-swered for students:
Do you think we have reachedthe pinnacle for visuals in videogames?
It’s like saying with all books,is there any content left to writeabout? Of course there is.
What do you think of smartphone gaming?
I think it’s great. Whenever Iplay smart-phone games, it’s al-ways retro games. That stuff willnever die. I’m sure there’s a Simon
Video-gamepioneerspeaks
By Kayla Pickrell
Ralph Baer has discourse
with UK students
PHOTO BY JAMES HOLT | STAFFAt CentrePointe Monday, 2,977 flags were placed by Kentucky Never Forget 9/11. Each flag represents a victim from the Sept. 11 attacks 11 years ago. Amongthose placing the flags were UK students Linda and Ray Grijalba, siblings who lived just outside New York City at the time of the attacks.
PHOTO BY JAMES HOLT | STAFFMegan Jackson, a high-school senior, and Ray Grijalba, a UK mechanical engineering sophomore, place American flags Monday at CentrePointe downtown.
The UK Board of Trustees willhave its first meeting of the academ-ic year at 1 p.m. Tuesday.
The agenda includes discussionof several topics, including the con-struction of the new FarmHouseFraternity house.
“We have been in our currenthouse located in the six-pack sincethe fall of 1973, so our house is get-ting some age on it,” FarmHousePresident Logan Goggin said.
FarmHouse alumni have putyears of work into planning andfundraising for the $4 million house,Goggin said.
The house, which is expected tobe complete for the start of thespring 2014 semester, will feature atechnology center, library andchapel.
“All of the guys are really look-ing forward to moving to RoseLane, and it will definitely be a hugemilestone for the Kentucky chapterof FarmHouse Fraternity,” Gogginsaid.
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Your persistence to stay in com-munication with old contactspays off. Mail packages.Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today isa 5 — Start a journal, or add tothe one you already have. Un-leash your creativity. Continuekeeping your expenses down.Get ready for a breakthrough.Answers are coming to you.Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Todayis a 7 — Speak up; your opinion'simportant and makes a differ-ence. Your friends really care.Handle one responsibility at atime, and you can get what youneed. Compare bids.Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) — Todayis a 7 — Let somebody else chal-lenge the status quo for you. Youfocus on feeding your sensitiveand creative side, and on healingold wounds. It's easier to clearup misunderstandings.Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Todayis a 7 — Interaction clears up oldbusiness and/or an old disagree-ment. Friends help you go far-ther in your career. Call in whatyou're owed. You have more
than you thought.Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) —Today is a 5 — Now is a time forreflection and keeping calm.Catch up on some philosophicalreading. Your words are espe-cially powerful now; use themwisely. Postpone expansion.Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — To-day is a 7 — Keep checking thingsoff your lists, with the help of afriend. Dexterity fixes the prob-lem. Review your financial situa-tion, and stick to your own strictrules. Keep communicating.Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — To-day is a 6 — Consider all possibil-ities and advance the assign-ment. Use your words. It allworks out, perhaps too easily.Don't fall asleep on your laurels.Write or phone home.Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — To-day is an 8 — Now is a great timeto start a new chapter. Writeyour story with great gusto.Don't force things. You'll get areal workout. Don't forget togive attention to your sweet-heart.
REASON TO WATCH: Ray Romanojoins the already awesome ensemble asSarah’s new “very weird, grumpy guy” boss.
WHAT IT’S ABOUT: The sprawlingBraverman family starts their fourth season oflife-in-progress. Luckily, it’s not hard to jumpinto the gist of the goings-on. Still living athome with the (grand)folks, oldest sister Sarah(Lauren Graham) needs a job and falls intoone assisting the moany, groany, no-eye-con-tact photographer (Ray Romano) hired to takeher family’s portrait. Which isn’t slated to in-clude her fiance, Mark (Jason Ritter).
Older brother and family rock Adam (PeterKrause) is sending overachieving daughterHaddie off to Cornell, while autism-spectrumson Max (Max Burkholder) is pitching fits. He’salso shunning just-adopted cousin Victor (XoloMariduena), who’s acting out himself, openinga tactical schism between lawyer younger sisterJulia (Erika Christensen) and stay-at-home hub-by Joel (Sam Jaeger). And younger brotherCrosby (Dax Shepard) faces the big spirituality
question, when Grandma starts son Jabbar(Tyree Brown) on a path of prayer.
MY SAY: Ah, yes, the Braverman family,one very big, very convoluted clan almost im-possible to describe in one sentence, or para-graph, or review. Kinda like your family.
It’s less the Plot Events that ring true herethan the well-played little side moments andbackground squabbles, the simmering resent-ments and recriminations, the emotional tugs-of-war. Even the babies behave naturally.
While it’s true the characters of “Parent-hood” can be a bit overtly articulate, they’renever less than recognizable. Next week’sepisode even nails the ache of getting dumpedin high school, by hardly trying. While evok-ing many of the same insecurities Romano didin “Everybody Loves Raymond” and “Men ofa Certain Age,” he’s now playing differentnotes on the scale, some of them quite deft.This comic has turned into quite the ace actor.
BOTTOM LINE: Join the family.MCT
‘Parenthood’: Enter Ray Romano
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In addition to approvingthe initiation of the new FarmHouse Fraternity house, theboard’s Finance Committeealso will look into the renova-tion of both the UK soccerand softball facilities.
According to the Board ofTrustees meeting agenda, thesoftball complex renovationand upgrade “was approved… in the amount of$7,500,000 of private funds”in February.
Contingent upon approval
at Tuesday’s meeting, thescope will be increased by$2,200,000.
The new softball facilitieswill include a stadium andbatting pavilion.
The board will also bevoting to approve the initia-tion of the capital project torenovate and expand soccerfacilities, according to themeeting agenda.
“The estimated projectscope is not expected to ex-ceed $7 million and will befunded with UK Athletics’private funds,” the agendasays.
Authorization to negotiate
and prepare a final develop-ment plan for Shriners Hospi-tal for Children’s relocation toSouth Limestone is also onthe agenda.
Many of Shriners medicalstaff members are already in-volved in the UK Depart-ments of Anesthesia and Or-thopedics.
“The University of Ken-tucky and Shriners Hospitalsfor Children-Lexington havea long-standing relationship,”according to the agenda.
The full board meetingwill take place on floor 18 ofPatterson Office Tower at 1p.m.
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game on the smartphonestoo.
(Baer also invented Si-mon, the four-colored boardthat causes you to use yourmemory skill to rememberthe pattern of colors that litup.)
Do you think the ESRBevolved favorably over theyears?
I have no idea simplybecause I don’t follow it. Ihave 10 million other thingsto do.
My uninformed opinionis that games are an art form,so just leave them alone.There are horrible books andmovies out there. It’s the
same for video games. Butthere are also great ones.
To spend an hour in aroom with Baer was proba-bly as wonderful for me as itwould be for Cats fans re-ceiving the opportunity tospend an hour with CoachCal one-on-one, asking himany questions you wanted —and getting an answer backto all of them.
Baer said the future ofgaming lies in 3-D. To Baer,the greatest innovation in en-tertainment itself is 3-D.
“It’s going to be moreimportant when we figureout how to make 3-D with-out glasses in television,” hesaid. “3-D games are boundto happen, just look at the 3-DS.”
When it comes to Siri,Baer has big hopes for Ap-ple.
“In 10 years the damnthings will be smart enoughto talk to each other. Peoplewill end up having a conver-sation with them,” he said.
“It’s like robots takingover.”
GAMINGContinued from page 1
CorrectionA story in Thursday’s Kernel regarding advising in the
College of Arts & Sciences contained several errors. At notime have students been unable to get advising or make ap-pointments to receive advising and students can contact theArts & Sciences Advising Center if they need advising. Thestory indicated that there is one adviser per 500 students inthe English department. There are 276 undergraduates ma-joring in English at UK, and the national advising organiza-tion — NACADA — suggests one adviser per 285 students.Approximately 64 percent of the Arts & Sciences budget thatis funded by general funds is made up of faculty salaries.The college’s fiscal year budget reduction was 3.33 percentand was met by returning vacant positions to the provostand moving some current positions to non-state resources.No decisions have been made with respect to a planned fis-cal 2014 budget reduction.
To report an error, call the Kentucky Kernel at 257-1915 or email Editor-in-Chief Becca Clemons
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While listening to a fellow’scomments about the Democratic
convention onNPR last week,I developed atheory.
That fellowsaid that, in lis-tening to the in-spirationalspeeches, "Ifyou closed youreyes, you couldjust imagine theDemocratic par-ty is really do-ing something
progressive." But, according to him,they haven’t truly been acting theway that they speak. They haven’t,as much as in history, even beenspeaking as progressively as theypossibly need to be.
The argument in favor of thismiddle-ground approach: if bothsides act out against one another inthis tug-of-war crazy way (as theRepublicans are doing), there canbe no middle ground and nothingwill ever work.
Another argument is that theright wing has gone crazy preciselybecause the left wing has given itslack.
However, all cynicism and para-noia aside — if I were writing ascreenplay — these would be thecomplex clues of the great big se-
cret-curtain conspiracy, which Iwould reveal in the end.
Something has been placed inmy mind to assume that politiciansbenefit from the status quo. Theyreally enjoy a good life, once theymake it into D.C. I have heard plen-ty of anecdotal descriptions of howthings change behind closed doors,when the cameras are off. How Re-publicans and Democrats are muchmore on the same team than anyonewould have you realize. It’s a lotlike professional wrestling.
I’m not subscribing to any tin-foil-hat dream about the mastersplotting to dominate us — they al-ready have us. They don’t need toplot. They did a really damn goodjob of plotting just to get to wherethey are in their careers. At thispoint, all they need to do is keepthe show running.
That’s where progressive ideasmight seem to be a huge problem.I’m not in Congress. I don’t knowwhat their culture is like. I have thisimagination-version of their socialstructure that’s a lot like the "popu-lar girls" table at lunch in highschool. Everyone there had to sacri-fice and maybe even step on somepoor kid to get to where they are.They all feel that they’ve done whatwas necessary to make it to the "topof the chain." Some, or most even,might rationalize it all to them-selves and pretend that they’re still
pretty nice people.But there’s still an order to
keep, and a structure, and the in-tegrity of the pack. And they haveto make sure that the status quostays ... well status quoey. Or every-thing is in jeopardy. If anybody dis-agrees or tries to shake things up —have you ever seen what happens atthe popular girls’ table when some-body doesn’t agree with the group?It isn’t encouraged.
I can sort of see why they don’teven bother to read what they’resigning anymore.
It’s not about everyman/woman, making a decisionabout what is right for individualsout there on the street. It’s justabout human nature in a group, andpower struggles in those groups.People at the top, fighting to stay atthe top and fighting for a peacefulyet precarious coexistence with oth-ers who live there also.
Then, the cameras come on andit’s pro-wrestling time again. Whatdo we tell them this time? How dowe convince them this year not totake anything away from us? It’sthe brief period of time that theirpower and their potential waste of itcomes into question, in any way.Think of the popular girls in an‘80s teen movie, getting away withnot doing their homework. What dothey do? Pay another kid to do thehomework for them. Make up ex-
cuses. Bat their lashes and win theteacher over with charm. Get by onthe mere fact that they are popular.They don’t have to work or be heldaccountable in the same way aseveryone else.
This comes to mind when Ithink of Romney vs. Obama be-cause the Republican party has be-come such a clown show. There isno way they are for serious. It isso whacked out, and — important-ly — out of touch with our mod-ern reality. I don’t think it’s by ac-cident. No well-functioning humanis that out of touch. No politician,who actually wants to be elected,is that off-base. No entire partypanders to the lunatic fringe thatway, when we have a wave of sci-ence and rational thinkers givingus hard facts that should be mov-ing us forward in other areas. Thisisn’t simple denial or religiousfundamentalism. I hate to evenmention religion, because it’s justanother pro wrestler technique tomake the pulse race.
The right wing hysteria is, inmy movie script, meant to "progres-sive-ize," by contrast, the strangelynot-progressive (or at least slowlyprogressive) movements of the sup-posedly more progressive half ofour bipartisan system. It looks likea diversionary tactic. It looks likeDemocrats are sliding to the right,while Republicans are flailing and
shrieking and setting their hair onfire somewhere slightly even fartherto the right and a little bit off in adirection that’s not even on themap, all the while ignoring anypolicies which might actually pinch,or altogether jeopardize everyone’scozy futures in D.C.
The problem? Well, as aided bythe news media — which knowsthat people will eat up the prowrestling style drama — our reallife gets ignored and starved todeath in the cold.
This is just a screenplay ofmine, and, although the popularkids in power stand to gain some-thing from keeping certain thingsperpetually the same, motivedoesn’t prove guilt. It could simplybe that the Democrats in power arekeeping moderate to avoid lookinglike the freaks that some of theircousins legitimately have become.Even if my screenplay is wrong, theconsequences to the individual onthe street — that guy we forgotabout back there, when Congressdidn’t even bother to read anythingthat it was signing — are so dis-gusting, that we the people don’teven want to think about realityanymore. Easily done in the mind-numbing 21st Century. But howlong can that work?
English Roberts is a philosophyjunior. Email [email protected]
Campaign 2012: A conceptual screenplay
Setting goals for the schoolyear, the Student Government
Associa-tion haspromisedmore trans-parencywith thestudentbody. Inhomage tothat trans-parency, Iwant to in-form youof a veryimportantvote com-
ing this Wednesday.I am a senator for the Col-
lege of Arts & Sciences. Ichose to run for the College ofArts & Sciences and was elect-ed directly by students who arealso in the College of Arts &Sciences.
As such, it is both myprivilege and my responsibilityto represent the students whoelected me.
Each of you reading this,providing you have a major,is represented on the StudentGovernment Association bya senator, through your col-lege.
Their responsibilities areno different from mine.
The most powerful tool weas senators have is known asthe Senate Special Project.Through our sponsorship, astudent organization can re-ceive up to $3,500 for the bet-terment of the organization andthe university at large.
In last year’s Senate Ac-countability Act, senators di-rectly elected by their collegeswere required to use their Spe-cial Project for the college thathad elected them.
This year’s Senate Ac-countability Act, which will bevoted on Wednesday night, isvoid of such a requirement.
As a college senator, I canexpress no dedication more se-vere than that which we oweto the colleges that elected us.Each college is bleeding pro-fusely, wracked with budgetcuts that have hurt all remotelyinvolved. Each employee, eachadviser, each program that getscut trickles down, and few stu-dents who suffer will havetheir stories told.
I and several others willbe advocating for collegesenators to be required to usethe money at our disposal forthe direct benefit of the col-leges we are in, the organiza-tions affiliated with our col-leges and the students who
elected us into the positionswe now hold.
I encourage you to join mein this venture. Email your col-lege senators and request thatthey use their project and theirpower to help you and yourcollege.
You can find out who yoursenator is and how to contacthim or her at uksga.org.
If you are concerned forother, underrepresented organi-zations, I can assure you my15 colleagues who are at-largesenators will be ready and ea-ger to help.
The vote in question ison the Senate AccountabilityAct, but there can be no ac-countability unless there arestudents who hold us liablefor the positions we have at-tained.
We in SGA manage andvote upon a $633,700 budget.You, the student body, musthold us responsible for the actswe vote upon, the principleswe stand for and the extent towhich we help the studentswho have put us here in thefirst place.
Luke Glaser is an Englishand hispanic studies senior.Email [email protected].
Senator urges students to voice concern over Accountability Act
LUKEGLASER
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ENGLISHROBERTS
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An administrator came into our class-room and whispered to my fifth-grade
teacher. Her eyes went tothe floor and then to us.Not soon after, the loudspeaker boomed withnames; children beingcalled to the office to bepicked up by their parents.Then I heard mine.
Parents barged throughthe doors of my elemen-tary school. My mom tookme by the hand and stuckme in the car. Not soonafter I heard her on thephone with my dad who
works in D.C. for the gov-ernment — he was OK.
I grew up in a suburb of WashingtonD.C.; my elementary school was only 5miles away from the Pentagon. And al-though I didn’t tell you my whole accountof Sep. 11, 2001, I can assure you it wasterrifying, especially for a fifth grader.
I was so close I could smell smoke. Icould see worried spouses. I went to schoolwith kids whose lives changed in a matterof seconds.
I was too young to realize what was ac-tually happening to our world, to our coun-try. Looking back I can’t believe the gravi-ty of the situation, the beginning of thiswar that our generation is now living. Andto see how far this war on terrorism hascome since that day is astounding.
However, what really amazes me ishow people have come to think of 9/11 to-day. That is, as a day to wrap oneself up inan American flag and chug a Budweiser in
the name of U.S.A.Don’t get me wrong, I believe in patri-
otism. I believe that 9/11 should be remem-bered and those who died should be hon-ored. But when did “honoring” becomepartying? This day is not so far into ourpast that those who lost their lives aren’tstill loved by their children or missed bytheir friends.
It was a horrific day in American histo-ry. Innocent people were the victims of warcrimes and our national security was forev-er changed. When 9/11 happened, war hap-pened. It was the beginning to this era, thisstate in which we are currently living. Andalthough it may be in our history booksnow, in my opinion, after no amount oftime, especially in our generation’s youth,will it be in good taste to think of this dayas a drinking occasion.
For the past few years I’ve been bitingmy tongue and making excuses to not goout on Sep. 11. Something at my coredoesn’t feel right about celebrating whenpeople could be mourning a somber an-niversary. There’s something I find eerieabout keg stands and American-themedparties on a day that so many remember astragic and irreversibly damaging.
I don’t mean to put a damper on yourday. Or even make you feel bad if you’veattended one of these get-togethers in thepast. I just think it should be rememberedas the turning point in our history that it is.Because sometimes students forget thatoutside of this UK bubble, there are peoplememorializing in beautiful and meaningfulways: an American flag toga not required.
Genevieve Adams is a journalism sen-ior. Email her at [email protected].
Remember 9/11 appropriately
GENEVIEVEADAMS
Kernelcolumnist
The fallout of UK’s lossto Louisville left a proverbial“Berlin Wall” lying betweenCommonwealth Stadium’sentrance and its blue, red,green, purple and orange tail-gating lots.
Unlike President RonaldReagan’s style, don’t expectfans to comply with any de-mand by UK to tear itdown.
For the fans, tailgating isbecoming the only part offootball season to enjoy, asthey are seemingly pickingup on last season’s distastewith the 5-7 performance thatleft head coach Joker Phillipson the hot seat.
Although basketball is ahot commodity, taking part ina tailgate brings a differenttype of excitement that sit-ting in Rupp can’t fulfill.
The great Homer oncespoke on the topic, and no,not the ancient Greek epicpoet. It is the wise HomerJay Simpson who once said:“We’re not here for thegame. The game is nothing.The game is crap. The gamemakes me sick. The real rea-son we Americans put upwith sports is for this: Be-hold, the tailgate party, thepinnacle of human achieve-ment. Since the dawn ofparking lots, man has soughtto fill his gut with food andalcohol in anticipation ofwatching others exercise.”
However, there are a fewexceptions to that quote. Al-though it can occasionallymake fans sick from anxiety,the game is definitely some-thing. Why else would fansendure the punishment that isshowing up in the wee hoursof the morning?
Unlike schools from oth-
er conferences around thenation, UK and its SECbrethren have the advantageof conducting business in agreat climate that accommo-dates the Cats and Big BlueNation for much of the sea-son.
What makes Common-wealth special, you mayask?
A young, unknowingfreshman to UK may enter,simply belittling the thoughtof attending a game becauseof the Cats’ recent run ofunfortunate events, but thereare things Commonwealthtailgating brings that dwarfthe traditions of the Gators,Crimson Tide and Volun-teers.
Those early-morninghours are accompanied byhundreds of fans lining rowsof what were previouslyparking lots, making them aseemingly endless line ofblue and white-adorned vehi-cles attached with grills,coolers and seats.
Even those who aren’tnutty over their programcan’t resist the temptation ofpartaking in a cocktail of bar-becue and bourbon.
When they’re not enjoy-ing fine Kentucky cuisine,tailgaters can be seen andheard making a thud with thevast array of cornhole boardsbeing played in advance ofkickoff.
Hundreds of diehardsline the corner of Jerry Clai-borne Way and College Wayoutside Gate 1 of thestadium, screamingand yelling as ifthey’re in the sta-dium, to prepthe playersas they en-ter priorto thegame.
Into themeat of theseason now, Octo-ber’s turnover into fallraises the anxiety with
thoughts of bowl eligibilityand the looming game withthe Tennessee Volunteers atseason’s end. A way to easethose thoughts for fans notkeen on the idea of showingup many hours before thegame is venturing toKeeneland for the now re-curring fall doubleheader.
By day, UK students intheir polos or blue dressesmake their way to Keenelandin droves to see the horse
racing of the FallMeet.
By night, thedread of howmuch moneyhe or shesquanderedaway on arandom pickcan be erased
by the cama-raderie amongst
fans as they livenup Commonwealth
beneath the lights.
Keep calm and tailgate on No matter UK football’s record,
Commonwealth fosters camaraderie
PHOTOS BY KALYN BRADFORD | STAFFUK fans tailgate before the UK-Kent State game outside Commonwealth Stadium on Saturday.
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tuesday 09.11.12 page 4kernelsportsdavid schuh | sports editor | [email protected]
Student aims to find disease cure, a teddy bear at a time
Disney seeks students for magical internshipsThe Disney College Program allows UK students to take
their learning from Lexington to a Disney Resort.For more than 30 years, the Disney College Program has
provided students worldwide with full-time, semester-long in-ternships at Disney Resorts in Orlando, Fla., and Anaheim,Calif.
“They call it a paid magical experience, and that’s reallywhat it is,” said Kayla Goins, a campus representative for Dis-ney Internships and Programs.
Goins, a mechanical engineering senior, explored Epcotbackstage as part of her experience with the program in the fallof 2009.
During the interview process, applicants select their jobpreferences from a list including food and beverage and char-acter performance. This allows the Disney College Program toaccommodate students’ goals and interests.
Goins received co-op credit as an engineering student inthe Disney College Program, but students of any major can
benefit from networking with Disney, she said.Gaining real-world experience and new relationships were
the best aspects of the program for campus representativeWhitney Head, an agricultural biotechnology senior who plansto attend dental school.
“When people asked why I was doing the program, I’d say,‘Have you seen Goofy’s teeth? He needs braces,’ ” Head said.
According to the Stuckert Career Center, UK studentsshould collaborate withtheir advisers to deter-mine which course cred-its apply to the DisneyCollege Program.
The general electivesEXP 396: ExperientialCredit and EXP 397: Ex-periential Fieldwork areoptions for internshipcredit.
The Disney CollegeProgram offers courses
such as Disney Heritage, which explores the traditions and op-erations of the Disney Company, to supplement the work thatinterns do.
Though these courses may not transfer as UK credit, theyhelp students make invaluable connections within the DisneyCompany.
“Take every opportunity they give you,” elementary educa-tion senior Courtney Haggerty said.
Haggerty, another campus representative, worked in opera-tions and merchandising at Hollywood Studios and aspires toreceive a professional internship with Disney.
In addition to professional, academic and volunteer experi-ence, Disney College Program participants earn “cast member”status that lasts through graduation, meaning they receive freeadmission and discounts at the Disney Resorts.
The cost of participation varies with each resort but in-cludes a weekly housing fee ranging from $80 to $140, accord-ing to the Disney Career’s website.
UK students interested in learning more about the DisneyCollege Program should attend an information session at theStuckert Career Center Wednesday at 6 p.m.
By Emma McGregor
for more information
Visit disneycareers.com orattend an information session
6 p.m. Wednesday at the JamesW. Stuckert Career Center
at 408 Rose St.
news
The fourth annual OMS Teddy Bear Driveis about to begin, expanding into Lexingtonfor the first year — and UK student SamiMichaelis and her family are behind it all.
Michaelis, a biology junior and member ofPhi Mu Sorority, is continuing the legacy heruncle, Mike Michaelis, started.
“My uncle is the national coordinator,”Michaelis, the Lexington drive coordinator,said.
Michaelis’ second cousin Alexa was diag-nosed with Opsoclonus Myoclonus Syndromethree years ago.
“(OMS is) an attack on the immune sys-tem, which then attacks the brain. Whenever(Alexa) got sick, her immune system wouldbasically attack her brain,” causing anyprogress in motor or speech skills to either behalted, pushed back or reversed entirely,Michaelis said.
“(Alexa) was basically living in a bubble
for a few years.” The drive has a personal connection to the
Michaelis family. “When (Alexa) was in the hospital for the
first time there was a boy in the next room whodidn’t have any family with him — my unclewent out and bought him a teddy bear” to helpthe boy feel more loved while cooped up in thehospital, Michaelis said.
Mike Michaelis “decided to do that withall the children in the hospital,” she said.
And the Teddy Bear Drive was born. The drive doesn’t just accept bears, though
— children’s books, teddy bears and othertoys are accepted, and for those who can’tprovide a toy or book, monetary donations arealso accepted, which go directly to researchabout OMS.
Mike posits how important research onOMS truly is.
“It’s a rare disease ... it’s unknown. Thereare kids throughout the world suffering” fromthe rare auto-immune disorder, which is mostcommon in toddlers, he said.
The chance of contracting OMS is 1 in 5.5million, Mike said, and in places such as Asiaand Africa, the disease is completely un-known.
Children are contracting it and their doc-tors can’t help them; a lot of guesswork is oc-curring, and “the kids are the ones that have topay the price for that,” Mike said.
According to the official website of thecause, www.omslife.org, the 2012 goal for theTeddy Bear Drive is to “raise $25,000 forOMS Research and distribute 5,000 toys andteddy bears to 40 hospitals,” doubling theamount of hospitals based on last year’s statis-tics and also nearly doubling the money raisedin 2011.
The foundation distributed around 500toys to one hospital in 2009 and has beengrowing exponentially in number of toys, hos-pitals and monetary donations ever since.
The money for the research is imperative,Mike said.
“Education and awareness is key. We can’tdiagnose and treat these kids if we don’t know
what we’re dealing with. ... Awareness hasprogressed tremendously over three years,” hesaid.
But there is always a way to create moreawareness in the quest for the cure. SamMichaelis is doing her part by getting the UKcampus and all of Lexington involved.
She will be writing personal letters to fam-ily and friends, posting flyers around the cam-pus and in public places such as storefronts,giving talks, distributing pamphlets, hostingthe teddy bear and money collection and en-listing the help of her Phi Mu sisters along theway.
Students and residents can stop by thePhi Mu house to donate a bear, book, toy,doll, handheld game or money, or they cangive give donations to the Phi Mu sisterworking as an RA in Keeneland Hall, Victo-ria LeBlanc.
“It’s something that we can eradicate, I’mconfident of that,” Mike Michaelis said.
But it will take time, effort and perhaps ateddy bear.
By Colleen Kochensparger
Tailgating can attract UKdiehards as well as those
who might not care as muchabout the team’s record asthe experiences tailgating
bring.
