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CAMPUS CRIME REPORTSOct. 29 - Oct. 30

OCTOBER 29

Location: 2216 S. First St. Humanities BuildingIncident: Burglary thirdDisposition: Report--open caseComment: A university faculty member reported a burglary.

Location: 2800 block of Floyd StreetIncident: Theft by unlawful taking under $500 and terroristic threatening third.Disposition: Report--closed, subject arrestedComment: A subject was arrested on the above charges.

Location: 2525 S. Floyd StreetIncident: Theft by unlawful taking under $500Disposition: Report--open caseComment: A university staff member reported a theft.

OCTOBER 30

Location: 2126 S. Floyd Street

Incident: Criminal mischief thirdDisposition: Report--inactive, no suspects or witnesses.Comment: A university faculty member re-ported damage. Location: 2112 Unity Place Building 49CIncident: Harassing communicationsDisposition: Report--open caseComment: A university student reported ha-rassment. Location: 2400 Block of South Floyd St.Incident: Assault fourth, minor injuryDisposition: Report--closed, warrant advised.Comment: A university non-affiliate reported an assault. Location: Papa Johns Cardinal Stadium green lotIncident: Assault fourth Disposition: Report--inactive, no suspects or witnesses.Comment: A university non-affiliate reported an assault.

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NEWS | 3NOV. 4, 2014


A recent spike in crime has prompted

some students to seek to change U of L’s

deadly weapons policy. Currently, U of L

specifically prohibits possession of deadly

weapons, even for those licensed for con-

cealed carry. Only police officers and ROTC

students are exempt from this policy.

Ilya Chernyavskiy, a doctoral student in

the School of Medicine, founded Kentucky

Cards for Concealed Carry on Campus

(KC4) to change this policy.

“We are

starting an

RSO that is a

chapter of a

national stu-

dent organiza-

tion, Students

for Concealed

Carry on Cam-

pus, that was

started at Vir-

ginia Tech in

2007. UK and

EKU already

have chapters,”

Chernyavskiy,

the president

of the group,

said.

Accord ing

to their website, the national organization

was founded in response to the Virginia

Tech shooting, which took place in April

2007. It currently includes 350 established

chapters.

“Primarily also we are educating students

what their rights are, what they can and can-

not do according to university policy, what

is and is not legal. We also want to inform

those who choose not to or who cannot

carry how they can stay safe in areas around

campus where crime has been happening ...

A lot of students are surprised to learn that

there are no legal repercussions for possess-

ing a concealed carry weapon on campus,”

he said.

Kentucky law allows the University of

Louisville to enact policy to control dead-

ly weapons on campus. Students who are

found in violation of this policy may be ex-

pelled. Faculty and staff may be fired. Others

will be asked to remove either themselves or

their weapon from the premises.

“I think people who are not able to le-

gally carry firearms (such as those who are

under age 21), they can also benefit from

being in this group, because of our efforts

to get information out there about campus

safety, and also knowledge and familiarity

with firearms kind of take the mystery out

of it, and ensure that what they do with it is

within the bounds of the law,” KC4 member

and history major Pani Muzquiz said.

“Imagine someone in possession of a fire-

arm, probably not legally if they are a crimi-

nal. And this person decides, ‘I’m gonna com-

mit a crime today.’ They take this gun, and

they walk up to the SAC door, and they see

that sign on the door that says ‘No firearms

allowed.’ What are the realistic chances that

that person

is going to

say, ‘Oh,

it’s a gun-

free zone.

I guess I

can’t rob

this place

today.’? The

only thing

a gun-free

zone does

is take the

ability away

of a law-

abiding cit-

izen like me

to defend

m y s e l f , ”

M u z q u i z

said.

Chernyavskiy reports that the group al-

ready has more than 20 members, and re-

ceived 60 signatures, “mostly from fresh-

men,” on a petition asking for U of L’s deadly

weapons policy to be changed to allow stu-

dents to take advantage of concealed carry.

When asked about the implications of the

anti-deadly weapons policy, Chernyavskiy

said, sarcastically: “There is also a no-smok-

ing policy on campus. We see the widespread

success of this policy.”

In order to gain recognized status as a

student group at the university, KC4 needs

two more student board members and an

adviser.

“We are fortunate to live in a free society

that allows people to advocate for what they

believe would be best for our Common-

wealth and University. It is positive when

students associate around ideas and then try

to inform others,” said Dean of Students Mi-

chael Mardis.

U of L’s full deadly weapons policy can be

found at louisville.edu/police.

Student group lobbies for concealed firearms on campusSIMON [email protected]

We talked to

56 students

What do students know about concealed carry?

75 percent

70 percent

91 percent

43 percent

know what concealed carry is

know it has been legal in Kentucky since 1996

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would support a group wanting to change U of L’s policy

DATA BY ALLISON WILDT / GRAPHIC BY JACOB ABRAHAMSON

The only thing a gun-free zone does is take the ability away of a law-abiding citizen like me to defend myself. — Pani Muzquiz

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PHOTO BY SIMON ISHAM / THE LOUISVILLE CARDINAL

| NEWS4 NOV. 4, 2014


Brace yourself for changes if you live in campus housing.

As campus continues to grow, U of L Hous-ing continues to adapt. Students this semes-ter have seen the addition of new, off-campus affiliated properties and on-campus housing policies.

One potential change is removal of the Complex. Housing Director Shannon Staten explained that many of the changes are still not finalized.

“Eventually, the plan is, these buildings will be torn down, and this park will be put back to its original shape and then something else, residence hall-wise, will be built here.”

The U of L Foundation owns the land and is planning to restore the Olmstead-designed-Stansbury Park back to its original shape, which overlaps the land where the Complex currently stands.

It could be torn down as soon as next year, said Staten, with possibilities for an affiliated property, apartment-style residence hall or a combination. The Foundation has made no decisions.

“There is no final anything on that though. There is not a contract; they are still explor-ing.”

If the Complex is torn down, Staten is un-sure where Housing offices will go. She said she would prefer not to take over a dorm.

“We want as many people to be able to live on campus as we can put if they want to be here. We do not know yet; we are exploring for ourselves.”

Another change is the new on-campus policy, which will begin next school year. This policy states that only freshmen or up-perclassmen involved in an Living Learning Community, theme or other community will be able to live on campus.

“Space is tight because of the number of people who want to live on campus,” said Staten. “You have to be involved in some way with an affiliate, with (a living-learning com-munity) or with a theme if you want to ensure a space on campus.”

LLCs and themes for next year include Honors, Engineering, Public Health, ROTC, and Social Justice.

Of the students who currently live on cam-pus, about 600 are currently upperclassmen and 2,050 are first year. Staten said that only a small percentage of these would be unable to live on campus because of this policy.

“The difference is the freshmen class has grown,” she said. “Then we started very ac-tively trying to grow the living-learning com-

munities and the themes.”“It’s been very much an objective to im-

prove the vibrancy of campus life,” said Dean of Students Michael Mardis, who mentioned improving housing options and campus food. He said that the university wants students “feeling like they really belong here.”

In order to help with this transition, Hous-ing is hosting educational seminars and open houses to encourage students to wait and make the best decision.

“We want to give them more time,” said Mardis.

“We said, ‘you need to start preparing,’” said Staten. “It is not a time to sign leases, it is not a time to commit yourself anywhere. We would prefer that you wait.

“Our goal was to spend the fall really getting everybody informed,” said Staten. “Then in January, everyone can say, ‘I made it through my first semester and this is great, and I think I know where I want to live.’”

Staten is encouraging students to wait so they can know the future of the Complex.

After this information process, students will tell Housing their preferences in the spring and will be able to make final decisions at that time. One option is off-campus affili-ated properties.

Staten said that Housing is always aware of student concerns with affiliated properties.

“(We are) very much connected ... We make sure they understand students’ need.”

Current affiliated properties are Cardinal Towne, the Bellamy, the Grove and the Prov-ince. Staten said the Clubhouse and Retreat could be affiliated in the future, but there are no current plans.

“Right now the university is looking at the whole process of how we do our affiliation, so right now we are not in any negotiations.”

No timeline is available for reconsidering the process. Mardis anticipates that it could be finished by next semester.

“We are looking at the vision for university housing going forward,” said Mardis. “The university set out in the 2020 plan to get to 32 percent occupancy on campus. We are at that level, so we are just deciding, ‘What are the next steps?’”

“We are on track with what the goal of the university was, to create environments that help students succeed,” said Staten. “We are exploring now what the future looks like.”

The concerns include student needs, fund-ing and management of new properties.

“Things could change; that is always a pos-sibility,” she said. “We anticipate that at least a majority of what we have will be the same for next year.”

JACOB [email protected]

PROVOST REMINDS STUDENTS OF SCHOOL CLOSINGSLast friday, U of L Provost Shirley Willihnganz sent out an email informing students about the procedure the university will follow with school closings. Clos-ings involving morning classes will be announced by 5:30 a.m. and closings of evening classes by 3:00 p.m. When the university is running on a delayed sched-ule, classes up to a certain time will be canceled and the rest of the day will continue normally. To receive these alerts via email and text, sign up for Rave Alerts on U of L’s website.

POLLS OPEN TUESDAY NOV. 4Polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. in Kentucky on election day. All those in line by 6 p.m. will be able to vote. Voters in Kentucky will decide on a wide array of races, which can be found on the Coun-ty Clerk’s website. For students from Indiana, polls there will also be open from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.

POPE FRANCIS DECLARES EVOLUTION AND BIG BANG THEORY ARE REALPope Francis explained that both scientific theories were not incompatible with the existence of a cre-ator but require it. He said that evolution in nature is not inconsistent with the notion of creation, because evolution requires the creation of beings to evolve. The Catholic Church has had a history of being anti-science, but Pope Francis is continuing the progres-sive work of Pope Pius XII who initially opened up to the idea of evolution and the Big Bang theory.

EARN CREDIT FOR WASTING TIME University of Pennsylvania is now allowing students to pay thousands of dollars and earn college credit for a class called “Wasting Time on the Internet.” Students will spend three hours every Wednesday GChatting, tweeting selfies and commenting on Dai-ly Intelligencer, then take their experience and turn it into a work of literature. The University of Penn-sylvania is an Ivy League college.

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U of L Housing faces changes as university population grows

NEWS | 5NOV. 4, 2014


In the first men’s basketball ticket claim period, which began on Oct. 23, only 600 undergraduates claimed tickets, said SGA Executive Vice President Ross Hofele.

This only 40 percent of the total 1,503 undergraduate season ticket sales.

“Transitioning to basketball you have 2,300 season tickets for stu-dents. 841 are graduate school, and 1,503 are undergraduate, and this was before all the ap-peals,” said Hofele.

A c c o r d -ing to the U of L Ath-letics web-site, the N o v e m b e r claim period i n c l u d e d six games - Barry, Bellarmine, Jacksonville State, Marshall, Savannah State and Cleve-land State.

A student’s attendance at claimed games will determine if he or she will be eligible to claim the next round of tickets. For the 2014-2015 season, there will be a total of six claim pe-riods.

“If they email ticketing 72 hours in advance after they have claimed a ticket, they will not be penalized,” said Hofele.

When asked if students would be able to claim a ticket to popular games, like the UK or Ohio State game, Hofele referred to the football

season.“The only game that was fully

claimed was Florida State. They did oversell, however, the season tickets by 200.”

Those 200 students were without tickets, either because of a penalty for not attending a claimed game or because they were too slow to claim their tickets.

“I have not had any complaints,” said Hofele of the Florida State foot-ball game.

According to Hofele, U of L Ath-letics wants to see fans in seats. The

c l a i m i n g p r o c e s s makes it easier to p r e d i c t how full the seating s e c t i o n s will be.

“I see both sides - where

the students, they want the old tick-eting process,” said Hofele.

Hofele spoke about the basketball ticketing process to the SGA Ex-ecutive Board on Tuesday evening, where he reminded the council pres-idents of the 72 hour rule.

There was a concern among coun-cil presidents, particularly the Col-lege of Business, about students who were currently abroad this fall.

Although they will be back in the country for spring semester games, the study abroad students had diffi-culty purchasing season tickets in the fall.

600 basketball tickets claimed in first periodADELINE [email protected]

The only game that was fully claimed was Florida State.

— Ross Hofele, SGA Executive Vice President

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| SPORTS6 NOV. 4, 2014


DEREK BRIGHTWELL [email protected]

If Thursday’s showdown between second ranked Florida State University and number 25 Louisville was a Tale of Two Halves, then the first half was the best of times and the second was the worst of times for Card Nation.

Florida State came back from down 21-7 at the half to remain undefeated, winning 42-31 in front of the second largest crowd ever at Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium.

The Cards set the tempo early, with a 71-yard pass from sophomore quarterback Will Gardner to senior receiver DeVante Parker who was stopped at the four yard line. Florida State stopped the Cards three straight times, leading to the first big decision of that game. Coach Bobby Petrino chose to go for it on fourth down from the two-yard line.

“You always second-guess yourself: should you take the field goal, should you be aggressive and go for the

touchdown,” Petrino said. “We kind of made the decision going into the game that we were going to really be aggressive.”

“I just saw the end zone,” Parker said of the big reception. “We just wanted to score and get a big play on the first play.”

The first quarter ended in a scoreless tie, but Louisville had started driving going into the second. That drive culminated in a touchdown for senior running back Michael Dyer, giving Louisville the lead 7-0.

In the following drive, Florida State had started an impressive, sustained drive into Louisville territory, but on the twelfth play of the drive, linebacker Keith Kelsey got a clean run on quarterback Jameis Winston, forcing him to rush his throw. Junior linebacker James Burgess caught it for his third interception of the year, giving Louisville the ball on their 49-yard line. Louisville capitalized on the turnover with a drive that resulted in Dyer’s second touchdown of the day.

The first play of the ensuing drive for FSU was Winston’s second interception. This time to the national leader in interceptions, redshirt sophomore safety Gerod Holliman, for his ninth of the year. Again, Louisville didn’t let the chance slip by, scoring on a touchdown from Gardner to tight end Gerald Christian to push the lead to 21-0.

“Not to take any credit away from those guys, they got a good defense. But in that first half, we were dialed in. We knew what they were going to do,” Gardner said of the offensive output in the first half.

Florida State’s lone score in the first half came on a bizarre play. On the one-yard line, Winston and senior running back Karlos Williams botched the hand-off exchange and the ball bounced into the end zone where senior tight end Nick O’Leary fell on it for the touchdown to bring the score to 21-7 heading into the half.

“At halftime, I felt good,” Petrino said. “When you looked at what we

were doing running the ball, what we were doing throwing it, what we were doing holding them. But they’re real explosive and they made a lot of plays.”

FSU got the ball to start the second half, and on the first play, Winston threw his career high third interception, again to Holliman. Winston didn’t give up on the play and forced a fumble on the return and Florida State got the ball back. Louisville’s defense was still able to hold, stopping the Seminoles on the next four plays to get the ball back on downs.

After a John Wallace field goal made the score 24-7, Florida State started to mount their comeback.

The first score came by way of a 68-yard touchdown pass from Winston to true freshman Travis Rudolph. Rudolph beat corner Terell Floyd on the play and the safety was late getting over, leaving Rudolph wide open for the catch. The drive only lasted 1:31.

Football program gains momentum despite FSU loss

SPORTS | 7NOV. 4, 2014


All of Louisville showed up to support the Cards against the defending national champions. The crowd at Papa Johns Cardinal Stadium was the second largest in U of L history. PHOTOS BY AUSTIN LASSELL / THE LOUISVILLE CARDINAL

Winston was back on the field again after the ‘Noles defense got a quick stop. The former Heisman winner connected with true freshman running back Dalvin Cook three times on the same flat route. Eventually, Cook would get loose on a 40-yard touchdown run to put the Seminoles within three of the Cards.

The third different true freshman to score for Florida State was wide-out Ermon Lane, with a 47-yarder thrown into triple coverage. On the play, Kelsey was late reacting the catch, possibly thinking the ball had been intercepted. Petrino admitted to thinking the same thing.

“He has great vision and he sees things, threw a perfect strike on one touchdown,” he said of Winston. “Then the one that ricocheted off- I thought it was an interception. I didn’t know the guy had caught the ball until he was running for the end zone.”

A one-yard touchdown from Dyer put the Cards ahead in the fourth. The touchdown, Dyer’s third, marked the first time since Russell Wilson in 2010 that a player rushed for three touchdowns against a Florida State defense. But Cook broke another long run for a 38-yard touchdown to give the ‘Noles the lead for good.

The second half, in which Florida State gained 374 yards, 278 of those came off the arm of Winston, was a rare occurrence for a Louisville

defense that had been among the nation’s best all season long. Usually, when a team explodes in the second half, it’s because of the adjustments that they made in the locker room. Senior linebacker and team sack leader, Lorenzo Mauldin, however, attributes the output to the lack of adjustments FSU made.

“We thought they were going to come out and do something different and they didn’t,” he said. “They just came out and made plays that we weren’t ready for.”

“They had two real big runs. Some really good running backs but we had chances to make tackles, some missed tackles, a few errors in our gap responsibility,” coach Petrino said.

“When you’re playing a team that’s real explosive, there’s a reason they were the National Champion last year, you got to give them credit for coming back. At half time, we knew they were a team who’s been good in the second half. We weren’t able to stop them,” he added.

Even in a loss, this was undoubtedly the best offensive performance for Louisville. Parker’s 214 yards was his seventh career hundred-yard game and by far the most of his career. Dyer had 142 yards rushing to go along with his three touchdowns. Gardner set a personal season high in passing yards with 330.

“We always have faith in our offense when it comes to that. All we do, as a defense,

we want to get the ball back to them so they can score. We know they’re going to score,” Mauldin said.

“I think the offense looked a lot better tonight as far as what we needed to see all year. Of course, Michael Dyer helping with the run game, receivers catching balls and making plays and the offensive line doing a good job up front,” Gardner said, adding that they needed to finish better. “We had positives and there are also negatives to learn from.”

“DeVante, he’s a big playmaker. He made a bunch of big plays tonight,” he added of his star receiver. “First play of the game, hit him there for a big play. Proud to have

DeVante back and proud of the way he played tonight.”

All said, Louisville had a real shot at winning the game, but let the lead slip away. For Petrino, one of the main reasons for the loss was their third down conversion rate of 1-11.

“We didn’t execute well. We had some chances, they made some good tight coverage plays, but we had some chances too. Just missed a couple of throws, some guys were open,” he said. “But when you look at it, offensively, that’s the one area that really killed us.”

For the Cards, the focus is getting past this loss and looking forward to their next game at Boston College.

“It’s a tough loss, but you can’t dwell on it. We gotta put it behind us and move forward because we play next week. You can’t let this hurt you and keep you from preparing for the next game and hurting the next game,” Gardner said.

“That’s the challenge, to be able to come back from it. We have to go on the road, play a tough one on the road,” Petrino said, adding that they will have a few extra days to prepare. “They did put a lot into this. Practices were really good, focus was really good. Now we have to rely on our leadership to help us get ready and go win our next game.”Louisville’s safety Gerod Holliman intercepted Flordia

State’s QB Jameis Winston twice in the losing effort to second-ranked FSU.

| SPORTS 8 NOV. 4, 2014


The senior class from left to right: Chinyelu Asher, Shannon Dennehey, Kim Sharo, Casey Whitfield and Erin Yenney. PHOTOS BY KELLI GERDING / THE LOUISVILLE CARDINAL

Senior year: always unique, always special NOAH [email protected]

For a student athlete, heading into senior year

means everything. But rare is the opportunity to

have Peyton Siva’s storybook ending of hoisting

a national championship trophy at the end of the

year.

More often than not, it is the senior’s role to

fulfill two missions: to make best of the season

at hand and to ensure the future of the program

through the leadership and lessons that only a

veteran can teach.

For women’s soccer this year, the senior class

took on the particular duty of building a team of

nine first-year players and preparing them for the

new era of Louisville soccer.

The senior day ceremony before the Cards’

final home game of the season showed a senior

class that persevered. Five girls that in different

ways led a young team that needed guidance.

“It was difficult (for the senior class) because

two of the five did not play at all (Casey Whitfield

and Kim Sharo, due to injury). One of them played

with three ACL’s and a big knee brace (Shannon

Dennehey). Chiney (Asher) was a transfer, so

really didn’t get the three years prior to her senior

year,” head coach Karen Ferguson-Dayes said.

“So really it leaves you with Erin Yenney, who

was really the lone captain, the kid that had had

the four years, a great career and it was a lot for

her to do.

“What I regret and feel bad for is that she didn’t

get to go to an NCAA Tournament, because she

truly is a great leader. I just think having to lead

so many new faces and young kids is a daunting

task. She is a great kid. She did everything she

could possibly do, and she’s left us in a better

position.

“She’s left this program in a great position to

move forward and to see multiple deep NCAA

Tournament runs, and we’ll do that.”

Yenney entered the season as just one of two

returning starters and the only returning starting

senior.

Under her wing Yenney took a team of seven

freshmen, two transfers and plenty of sophomores

and juniors. With a team of girls that were still

getting to know each other and Louisville, she

opened Lynn Stadium and entered the toughest

conference for women’s soccer.

Despite the adversity of facing the top teams in

the country night in and night out, the youthful

Cards managed a 7-9-2 record in their inaugural

ACC season and set the precedent for the program

moving forward.

“We had a lot (of new players), but you know

they really did step up from the very beginning.

Some of the older girls are here, but unfortunately

they have injuries and couldn’t be out on the field,

but they were always there supporting,” Yenney

said.

“On the field, it was a little bit more. I think

I put more on myself to be able to lead during

the games, but I think everyone did their part in

trying to lead them as a new group. I think we

really did build something this year that they can

really move off of next year heading into the ACC

again, and teams are going to be scared of us.”

As the clock ticked down on the season it

reminded fans of the importance of true seniors.

For Yenney and this year’s senior class, it wasn’t

about making a deep tournament run or winning

a national championship. It was about making

sure their program would be strong after they

move on.

After going 3-5-2 in the toughest conference

in the country, the Cards have a lot to hold on

to moving forward. With plenty of hard fought

losses, the ACC will be returning still a young, but

very talented and experienced team next year in

the Louisville Cardinals.

“I’m happy about that, very, very happy about

that. We’ve got a good young class coming in

also. The experience that they’ve gained this first

year is monumental for their development and

for their growth both individually and for this

program, so I’m super excited about our younger

players. I think they’ve been clutch for us all year;

I’ve said that all year long. So we’ll get to work

pretty soon and make sure we’re prepared for next

fall,” Ferguson-Dayes said.

For Erin Yenney, the rest of her senior class and

any of Louisville’s senior student-athletes, the last

lesson to teach is a simple one: Appreciate it all.

“Louisville soccer means everything,” Yenney

said, “because those girls become your family, and

I’ve been through so many different teams and so

many different classes. I’ve learned from so many

different girls, older and younger.

“I learned so much from these younger girls

this year, and that’s what I told them. Never take

for granted the family that you have on this team

and the experiences you get. The coaching staff,

everything they teach you, not just in soccer but

also in life. This means the world, and I wouldn’t

trade it for anything.”

“I learned so much from these younger girls this year, and that’s what I told them. Never take for granted the family that you have on this team and the experiences you get. This means the world, and I wouldn’t trade it for anything.” - Senior Erin Yenney

SPORTS | 9NOV. 4, 2014


Taking a stand: Returning ethics to the forefront HALEY O’[email protected]

Sometime during the Louisville versus Florida State halftime, between the bustle of fans running to the concessions and stand-ing in bathroom lines, a voice and image on the giant video screens blasted out a vital message.

“I will not leave my friend alone at a party.”

“I will not leave my drunk friend with his or her ex.”

“I will know when a girl is too drunk to consent.”

Athletes, from football players to wom-en’s basketball stars, stated ethical and spe-cific pledges throughout the video to do the right thing.

Louisville chose to make a proactive statement during a game and against an opponent who had infamously failed to do so. The message suggests an aggressive approach to making sure what happened at Florida St. does not repeat itself at Lou-isville.

The failings of Florida State’s adminis-tration in regards to athletics have arguably focused more attention off the field than what the defending national champions, who are still undefeated, have done on it.

Crab costumes littered Louisville’s stu-dent section, mocking Winston’s citation in May for stealing crab legs. Thankfully, only one or two distasteful references could be heard about his sexual assault allegations.

Florida State coach Jimbo Fisher has defended his players with unflinching sup-port.

But behind the scenes at Florida State, a different picture is beginning to emerge. The school continues a Title IX investiga-tion into Winston. And recently, FSU run-ning back Karlos Williams’ girlfriend post-ed unsettling pictures of herself with bruises on Facebook.

Jeff Levine, lawyer and Legal Aspects of Sport lecturer at Louisville, said that the bigger problem is in administration, not just athletics.

“Certainly there has been a trend, and this is not new, of willful negligence,” Levine said. “We look at what laws, not policies in terms of rulebooks, but laws, govern some-one’s duty of care. Regardless of the seman-tics, if you don’t have administrators or an individual doing what’s right — and what’s right is reporting [a crime], not protecting someone just because he plays football — that’s symptomatic of a societal issue.”

Administrations cannot control stu-dent’s wrong decisions. They can only con-

trol how they prepare for them, how they handle them and how they report them. Louisville’s Dean of Students, Mike Mar-dis, explained how violations of the student code of conduct are handled:

“In the cases of serious violations, we have hearings. Those hearing boards are made up of students, faculty and staff. It’s a good representation. They make recom-mendations of whether someone violated the student code of conduct and make rec-ommendations of what that sanctioning should be.”

Although Mardis said there was no disparity in policy between students and student-athletes, he did acknowledge that student-athletes often face more exposure when going through the process.

Christine Simatacolos, the Associate Athletic Director for student life at Louis-ville, said that student-athletes are actually held more accountable for their actions at Louisville because of the preventative regu-lations.

“Student-athletes are held much more accountable on many levels because they have to abide by NCAA rules and regula-tions,” she said. “Conferences sometimes have additional rules and regulations. We [Louisville] also have added rules sitting on top of the overall student conduct code.”

All of these rules and regulations can be filed under prevention. Levine sees this as the only way to avoid scandals like the ones still facing Thursday night’s opponent.

“Certainly if any entity is proactive, that is preferred to being reactive, because then you have policies in place,” he said. “You have training in place, and you are prepared to deal with an issue, hopefully before it becomes an issue. And certainly if an issue does come to light, and it most certainly will, you’re in position to really abide by your duty of care or maintain a legally de-fensible position.”

Staying current and aware with issues that face campuses is an encouraging step for Louisville’s athletic department and the institution as a whole.

Making a video with athletes taking a stand against sexual assault is a small, ethical step. Featuring that video during the big-gest game of the season is another.

Featuring that video against a quarter-back accused of the very crime, well, that is just bold, and perhaps, says all that needs to be said about how seriously Louisville takes being proactive on the issue.

The Seminoles took the comeback Thursday night on the field, but Louisville is still aiming to be a frontrunner off of it.

| SPORTS 10 NOV. 4, 2014


Know Your Cardinals: Tess Clark & Maggie DeJongNOAH [email protected]

Having missed a few weeks of the season to an injury, freshman middle blocker Maggie DeJong is fourth on the team in blocks with 36 and fifth on the team in kills with 80.

Heading into this year, Anne Kordes’ volleyball team was full of new faces. Last year was a team with five seniors, including two fifth year senior middle blockers in Brooke Mattingly and Randi Ewing.

A gap in the middle of any team, regardless of the sport, is a bad thing. Not too often can a transition from two five-year players to two first-year players be seamless, but you’ve got to hand it to Coach Kordes and these freshmen, because that’s what it’s been.

From the first game in Louisville’s inaugural ACC season, the freshman combination of Tess Clark, a six-foot-three MB from Phoenix, Arizona and Maggie DeJong, a six-foot MB from Sioux Falls, South Dakota has given the Cards a spark and a chance with any opponent.

On the year, Clark is third on the team in kills with 178, and DeJong is fifth with 80. Keep in mind that DeJong had to sit out for a few weeks due to injury, yet she still ranks in the top five of all her position’s impactful stats.

From preseason on, the rest of the Cards on the team raved about the work ethic and professionalism.

“They’ve been amazing. I can’t even tell you how impressed I’ve been, not just the work ethic, the attitude, the intangibles; that’s all great. But how fast they have picked everything up, how cerebral they are and how nothing has flustered them thus far. I think that’s the biggest key.

“Every game they are there to play no matter what. They don’t care who’s ranked or that they’re freshmen. They’re certainly not playing like it, so it’s been fun,” head coach Anne Kordes said.

Both youngsters knew that they were going to have a role on the team given the graduation of last year’s middles. They didn’t spend their summer on the couch; that’s for sure.

“Honestly, in my head, there was two spots and two of us, so it kind of made sense,” Clark said. “It definitely pushed me to work really, really hard because starting as a freshman is a big thing for any college team, so I knew that I was going to have to make a big impact just like the two middles that were here last year. They were amazing, so I had to follow in their footsteps and be strong in the middle with everything I do.

“I think my past coaches have definitely taught me that nothing comes easy, so I work really hard for everything that I want to get. So coming in, my mentality was work as hard as I can to make an impact on this team because I mean I play for my team, so I have to work as hard as I can to help them.”

DeJong shared Clark’s mindset heading into the season.

“I know the two previous middles were extremely hard workers and so I really wanted to make a big impact on this team. Coming in as a freshman, I just knew that everyday I had to give it my all. Make a positive impact when I am out on the court and when I’m not playing I’ve still got to communicate with my teammates and do what I can to make everyone better,” DeJong said. “I’m improving as I go, and I’ve still got a lot to work on, so I’m just excited for the next few years.”

Without a doubt, their early success is a product of their camaraderie, okay, maybe I made that sound too formal. The youngsters in the middle are plain goofballs, and the light-hearted friendship they share allows them to thrive through the brutal preparation it takes to succeed

on such a stage. “It’s great because we are like the same person;

its really creepy and we just bond over every hard drill that we have to do together. Just having her here is motivation because I work hard to make her better and she works just as hard to make me better. It just helps us both in the long run,” Clark said.

DeJong echoed the love they share for each other.

“Tess is so amazing; we’re pretty much like sisters. We can be weird together and we pretty much just get each other. I push her and she pushes me and she makes me improve as an individual player, and I hope I make her improve.”

In a season where the Cards are improving, the blocking game is an area in which the freshmen have been able to make an immediate impact.

As a team, the Cards have 162 blocks this season to their opponent’s 111. Of those, DeJong is fourth on the team with 36 while Clark leads the team with 85.

“I like blocking the other person’s hit because taking away a kill from someone is just the best feeling ever. I just love denying them,” Clark said with a cheerful smile.

“Blocking is a game changer, it can change a whole match. We spend every single practice for an hour and a half just blocking. We know that when we get in the game, if we can get that one block and change the momentum of a match, it’s a big thing. Blocking is huge, and it’s something that everyone has to work on, including me and Maggie.”

For this young but talented Louisville volleyball squad, the impact of these young freshmen bode for a bright future.

Freshman middle blocker Tess Clark is third on the team in kills with 178 and leads the team in blocks with 85. PHOTOS BY AUSTIN LASSELL / THE LOUISVILLE CARDINAL

OPINION | NOV. 4, 2014


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In 1976, 284 people were diagnosed with a new virus stemming from the Western African countries of Sudan and Zaire. The more relevant out-break of Ebola, however, began in a village near Gueckedou, Guinea. With over 3,800 deaths and over 8,000 infections since March, Ebola has taken the world by surprise, leav-ing many of us clueless and on edge.

On Sept. 16, President Obama an-nounced that 4,000 US military and medical personnel would join the fight against Ebola in Western Africa, but progress has yet to come since the initial announcement. On top of

things, five American airports have begun medically screening passengers traveling back into the states from this African region in an effort to stop the spread in its tracks.

The question remains, is this pro-cess efficient enough?

With construction of the US-backed medical stations in Western Africa gradually becoming more and more prolonged due to the increased difficulty of moving heavier equip-ment into these remote regions, it would be naive to consider this situa-tion come to a halt any time soon.

According to the CDC, symptoms generally do not show any significant presence until 8-10 days after initial

exposure, but they can appear as late as 21 days.

Interestingly enough, an individual who has actually been infected with Ebola a day prior to leaving Western Africa back to the U.S. could possibly get through the medical screenings at their arriving airport, without show-ing the slightest of symptoms due to this 21 day symptom lag.

With flu season steadily approach-ing, it also wouldn’t be unusual for an individual infected with Ebola to mis-take these symptoms as the ordinary flu, since the beginning stages of con-tracting Ebola include such similar characteristics like headache, fever, aches and pains.

Eric Duncan was the first person to die in the US in a hospital in Texas on Oct. 8 after suffering from the ef-fects of Ebola, awakening much of the panic surrounding this virus.

26-year old Nina Pham, who was a nurse treating Duncan, was given permission by the CDC to board a plane leaving from Ohio to Texas the next weekend, where soon after land-ing, she was admitted for Ebola.

It was also confirmed that when asking for permission by the CDC to board the flight, Pham claimed she was running a high fever, yet the CDC dismissed her initial warn-ings and let her continue flying. This risked exposing the rest of the passen-gers on the flight.

The other nurse who was treating Duncan, Amber Joy Vinson, was also diagnosed with the virus, contribut-ing to the trend of many medical per-sonnel across the world contracting this virus during a patient’s treatment.

With Ebola already breaching the US, it becomes difficult to argue against following suit with countries such as Liberia or Russia, and their recent plans of restricting or closing

down their borders due to this virus. Now, entirely shutting down our

border like some of these other na-tions seems somewhat drastic, but the logic behind their reasoning remains difficult to argue against.

“The best way to protect the US is to stop the outbreak in West Africa,” said Beth Bell, the Director of the Na-tional Center for Emerging and Zoo-notic Infectious Diseases at the CDC.

Gregory Hartl, a World Health Organization spokesman, stated, “If you try to shut down air travel and sea travel, you risk affecting to a huge extent of the economy, people’s liveli-hoods and their ability to get around without stopping the virus from trav-eling.”

At this point, it would be a tad bit apprehensive to suggest shutting down our nation’s entire border to the world, but even the average 9-5 working citizen has enough common sense to understand the real answer would be to restrict any flights de-parting Western Africa to the United States.

These ideas obviously seem too complex for our nation’s administra-tion, and unfortunately, it seems as if our sense of security towards the matter will continue to fade as the vi-rus spreads.

For the time being, we’ll just have to sit back and watch the CDC fumble around press statements regarding the issue, then change the channel to see yet another breaking story of someone else in the states who’s been infected and riding the brink of death, all the while hoping the next to be in-fected is anyone but yourself.

NICK [email protected]

Ebola incites widespread panic throughout the country

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| OPINION16 NOV. 4, 2014


Everyone knows the game of play-ing hard-to-get, and there are count-less times that someone has told me that people want what they can’t have. But it can be very tricky playing this game. I think there is a question each competitor in this game should ask themselves.

For the person chasing: How do you know if the person you are chas-ing is really playing hard-toget or if they’re actually not interested?

One of the reasons why I do not particularly like people playing hard-to-get is is the inability to read some-one’s mind. There is no way of know-ing if someone is really interested, so you need to keep perusing them or if they just see you as a friend and you need to back off. It’s sort of a guess-ing game but if you feel that you have been chasing the same person for a while, they may not be worth it. Why would you want to be with some-one who feels they have the right to toy with your emotions and pull you along? You deserve better, and there is no need to waste your time on someone who does not think higher

of you. For the person playing hard-to-

get, why play when you know what you want? If there is someone show-ing interest in you and you feel the same way, there is no reason to play games. If you keep playing, the oth-er person may not want to continue chasing because they may feel that you might not want them as much as they want you, or that you might not be interested. I don’t think that you should make it completely easy because sometimes there can be fun in flirtatious game-playing but some-times if you run too much you may run too far. There is nothing wrong with keeping your options open, but if you find someone that you want to date, go for it!

I feel that dating would be a lot easier if people said what they felt and did not play too hard-to-get. If you find someone that you like and they like you, there is no need to waste time with games because, sometimes, if you wait too long, it may be too late. You don’t want to miss out on an op-portunity to be in a potentially great relationship because you wanted to play games.

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If we were to see strong, indepen-det women like Margaret Thatcher or, pop-culturally influential, Be-yonce Knowles being denied rights or treated unequally, we would demand that it be stopped. Women like these would demand a change.

I was recently told, by a female ac-quaintance, that men should not say that they are feminists. That women are the only real feminists. Baffled, I took to the internet to see what was being said in the conversation online.

British film actress Emma Watson gave a speech to the United Nations where she spoke about gender equal-ity and women’s rights. While the idea of feminism is hardly something that should need defining today, it is defined as the equality of all sexes so-cially, economically, politically, etc. That same equality we have been ra-tioning based on race and skin color for centuries.

Watson urged that men of all ages take up the fight to end gender in-equality and become and represent feminism in all of its importance.

Access to knowledge, an appropriate wage, social or political rights should not be awarded simply based on your country of origin, your social status or your gender.

I have watched my sister raising her two children, working a physi-cally demanding job and remaining independent and steadfast through it all. I am not ignorant enough to be-lieve that women everywhere are not capable of these same things. Women everywhere deserve the opportunity to be capable of these things.

Denying equal wages or social lib-erties from women is more than de-nying them human rights, although that’s a pretty big thing. It is denying them the opportunity to succeed and flourish. Opportunities are at stake. Where we deny opportunities for progress we are always denied.

Men have long since been told to cater to their partners. Hold the door open, buy her meal, be the protector. Even still, we have never stopped to think that maybe that means allowing women to experience the same suc-cesses, empowerment and awards of life that men are able to experience.

Feminism: Lost opportunitiesTYLER [email protected]

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