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Barnhart warns athletes about Facebook photos

Athletic director ‘deﬁnitely
not kidding,’ athlete says

By Tim Wiseman and Adam Sichko
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UK athletic director Mitch
Barnhart gathered all of UK’s stu-
dent-athletes in Memorial Coliseum
in a late-night meeting Wednesday
and warned them about posting in-
appropriate photos on the Internet

Web site Facebookcom.

Barnhart had been planning the
meeting for a couple of weeks, said
UK Athletics spokesman Scott
Stricklin. UK has about 500 student-
athletes, counting scholarship ath-
letes and walk-ens, he said.

“This was not. spur-of-the-mo
ment," Stricklin said.

“He wanted to make sure they
knew what was expected of them
and that they understood what
their responsibilities were as far as

wearing the Blue and White." he ernel.com.
said. “As much as there

Facebook is a social

dents of alcohol-related violations.
“(Barnhart) had some things he

may have been problems, “He wanted network Web site that al- shared with them to make sure

he wanted to make sure

lows students, faculty and they knew how he felt about it,”

there weren't any DI‘Ob- to make sure staff of colleges across the Stricklin said. “He keeps pretty
lems, to make sure they he had their nation to post proﬁles and good tabs on what’s going on, both

know people are watching.

sure he had their atten-

pictures, link themselves good and bad.”
“He wanted to make attention u to “friends” and join social
' groups. In its Dec. 9 issue, said Barnhart’s message carried a

Softball junior Brooke Marnitz

tion. Scott Stricklin The Kernel reported how serious tone.

The Kernel first re-
ported this story Friday

UK’s administration has

. U“ “M“ "’°““""" been using incriminating other than he can take away your ﬁ-
afternoon on its Web site, www.kyk- Facebook photos to convict stu-

“He didn’t give any speciﬁcs

See Faceka on page 2

I never really thought we were going to lose. We just
talked to each other and said, ‘We are better than this and
we are not going to lose this game.’ ”

UK 78. ARKANSAS 76

Jekyll-and-Hyde
Cats storm back
to top Hogs

Win is fourth-largest comeback victory

By Josh Sullivan
m: kwucxv KERNEL

Even by UK's standards, the ﬁrst seven minutes of
yesterday’s contest against Arkansas weren‘t much of
a contest at all.

The Cats missed ﬁve of their first six shots from
the ﬂoor and committed ﬁve turnovers. a span punc-
tuated by an impromptu game of dodgeball between
UK’s Sheray Thomas (the thrower) and Randolph
Morris (the intended target) after a defensive re-
bound.

But the last 20 minutes of the game erased all of
that.

The Cats trimmed an 18-point Arkansas lead down
to 12 by halftime, and then delivered their most explo-
sive offensive performance of the year in the second
half to Win. 78—76. In that half, UK (14-6, 4-2 SEC)
scored a season-high 55 points and shot 60 percent
from the ﬂoor to complete the comeback over the Ra-
zorbacks (14-6. 3-4).

“It was a complete change of halves." UK head
coach Tubby Smith said. “We settled down and took
care of the basketball."

“I really don't know what Tubby told them at half-
time, but they were a completely different team.”
Arkansas head coach Stan Heath said.

The transformation was triggered on the defensive
end, as the Cats hounded the Razorbacks with full-
court pressure from the outset. UK forced Arkansas
into ﬁve turnovers in the ﬁrst ﬁve minutes of the pe-
riod and cut the lead to six when senior guard Patrick
Sparks pushed the ball upcourt after the ﬁfth miscue,
pulled up at the 3-point line as a defender raced past
him and nailed a 3—pointer.

The shots started falling. but only after the Cats
turned up the pressure on Arkansas. said senior

See Cats on page 2

— Ravi Moss,
UK senior guard

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Senior guard Ravi Moss tugs his jersey after stealing the ball away from Arkansas late in
the second half yesterday. UK outscored the Razorbacks 55-41 in the second half to win.

, Contrite Cats
capable of
content1on

For 20 minutes, UK was an NCAA Tournament

two seed.

The Cats scored 55 points. forced nine turnovers
and held Arkansas to no baskets
and four points for a seven~and-a-
half-minute stretch while scoring
19 points themselves.

In the process. they turned a
57-51 deﬁcit into a 7061 advan.
tage.
This aﬁer dropping a stinker
of a ﬁrst half. which included 23
. points scored, being out-rebound-

cm-is ed by ﬁve. going two for 11 on 3-
point ﬁeld goals and falling be-

J_0|II'ISOII hind by as much as 18.

SPORTS EWOR Herein lies the mystery.

Why. pray tell. was there a
deﬁcit in the ﬁrst place? How can one so dramatical-
ly outplay a team for a substantial amount of game

mar-an sun

time after getting outplayed before that?
No one seems to be able to put a ﬁnger on it

UK primary
healthcare
provider sold

Agreement made with Humana; sale
needs state and federal approval

By Shannon Mason
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The health care provider for more than 75 per-
cent of UK‘s employees began changing hands
Thursday. but CHA Health’s new parent company
said the only difference will be in the name.

Humana Inc. announced Thursday that it had
signed a letter of agreement with CHA HMO Inc. to
acquire the Lexington—based company. Not only do
the majority of UK employees receive health insur-
ance through CHA Health. but UK is CHA Health’s
major shareholder. holding 84 percent of its shares,
said UK spokesman Jay Blanton.

About 9,700 of the more than 12.000 UK employ-
ees currently have CHA as their health insurer: The
remaining employees go through Humana already,
Blanton said.

The sale should not affect any of UK’s employees.
he said.

“UK has a long—term contract with CHA.“ Blan-
ton said. “And that long‘term contract will be hon-
ored by Humana."

Blanton said it would take several months for the
sale to become ofﬁcial because it has to be approved
at state and federal levels.

“It's a standard process." he said.

When the sale does become ofﬁcial. Blanton said
UK would receive revenues as a result of the sale.
but those terms have not yet been disclosed.

“Those funds will plug back into the operation of
the hospital." Blanton said.

Dr. Michael Karpf. UK‘s executive vice president
for health affairs. heralded the sale as beneﬁcial for
UK's medical system.

"This transaction will help ensure that all our re-
sources at UK HealthCare are completely focused on
our mission of caring for patients through the best
clinical care and most advanced medical research.”
he said in a press release.

if employees have any questions regarding the
sale and how it affects them. they are encouraged to
look at UK‘s Human Resources Web site at
wwwukyedu/HR. said Gail Carbol. UK‘s beneﬁts
manager.

Carbol said employees have no reason to worry.

“Nothing at all is going to change." Carbol said.

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UKpartnership
helps state save on
inmate health care

By Shannon Mason
wraparound

Quality health care for inmates in Kentucky's
state prisons is moving in an "e-direction" thanks
to the Kentucky Corrections Health Services Net-
work.

The network. a partnership between the Ken-
tucky Department of Corrections. UK and Correct-
Care. a private health management ﬁrm based in
Lexington. implemented a wireless electronic med-
ical records system last summer and is planning on
launching a related e-consult program within a
month. said Dr. Phil Roeder. professor of family
and community medicine in the UK College of
Medicine.

This partnership allowed for the state to save
more than $9 million in the ﬁrst ﬁscal year. said Dr.
Scott Hass. medical director for Kentucky Depart-
ment of Corrections.

KCHSN was developed as a way to control sec-
ondary. or specialist. care for the state's inmates.

Before the partnership. the state‘s 13 prisons
and 75 jails each decided how to provide health
care. including secondary care.

Working under these conditions. Haas said the
Department of Corrections sometimes paid more
for inmates than what the same procedures would
cost for the average person.

“We were spending more than we wanted with-
out a choice." Haas said.

Sophomore guard Rajon Rondo passes around Arkansas junior guard Ronnie Brewer during even the players. . .
the second half of Uk's win yesterday. Rondo finished the day with l4 points, four rebounds “We_had to wake up. really.‘_' senlpr guard Raw
and live assists to help UK to a 78-76 win. Most of Rondo's production came in the second Moss said. “We were too lackadalswal m the ﬁrst half
ball. when UK erased a i2-point halftime deficit and outscored Arkansas 55-41. See Johnson on page 2

In October 2003, the Department of Corrections
went to UK for help in setting up a hospital net-

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Cats

Continued from page I

guard Ravi Moss. UK’s comeback from
the 12-point halftime deﬁcit was the
fourth best in school history.

“It all starts on defense," said senior
guard Ravi Moss, who scored nine of
his 11 points in the second half. “You
can shoot the lights out, but if you don't
gard anybody you’re still going to get

at.”

The Cats traded baskets with the Ra-
zorbacks for the next several minutes
and were still down by six alter presea-
son SEC Player of the Year Ronnie
Brewer hit a 3-pointer with 8:20 to go.
But the UK defense was unshakable for
the rest of the game, holding Arkansas
without another ﬁeld goal until 1:38 re-
mained. The Hogs tallied four free
throws during a 194 run that put UK up
70-61.

Moss said he never lost faith. even
after the Cats dug the 18-point hole.

“I never really thought we were go-
ing to lose," he said. “We just talked to
each other (at halftime) and said, ‘We’re
better than this and we’re not going to
lose this game.’ ”

After getting out-rebounded by five
in the ﬁrst half, the Cats went on to ﬁn-
ish the game with a 37-31 edge on the
boards, despite fielding a four-guard
lineup for much of the second period.

“Usually we can play well uptempo,
but when they subbed in four guards it
hurt us." Brewer said. “Even with small
guys, they were getting rebounds.”

Several UK players took turns fuel-
ing the offensive blitz. Junior forward
Sheray Thomas came off the bench and
hit four of ﬁve shots for nine points and
snagged four rebounds, scoring seven
points early in the second half to keep
the Cats close.

“Sheray played huge,” Sparks said.
“He went to the offensive glass, he hit
his shots. He played well all around.”

After playing limited minutes in the
last two games because of foul trouble,
sophomore center Randolph Morris
managed to stay on the floor and domi-
nate on the inside, leading the Cats with
19 points and eight boards.

“We’re glad to see Randolph get back
to leading us in rebounding," Smith
said.

UK’s starting backcourt of Sparks

and sophomore guard Rajon Rondo
combined for 23 points (21 in the second
half), five steals, 13 assists and one
turnover. Sparks tied his best passing
performance as a Wildcat with eight as-
sists.

“A lot of guys were open today and I
just made a lot of extra passes when I
could have shot, but I found a teammate
who had a better shot," Sparks said.

Smith said he was encouraged by
the second-half offense, but the Cats

limit survl surr
Sophomore center Randolph Morris blocks a shot attempt by Arkansas senior guard
Jonathon Modica during the second half. Morris finished with 19 points in UK's win.

still need to work on getting out of the
gate as smoothly as they ﬁnished yester-
day afternoon.

“We‘ve got to ﬁgure out a way to get
a better start, obviously." he said.

“We dug ourselves a big hole but we
just came together and played for each
other," Sparks said. “Once we put two
halves like that together, we'll be
tough.“

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.. I don‘t understand why we really can’t
come out, without giving them 16 or 18-
point leads."

“It’s become our m.o..” UK head
coach Tubby Smith said. “We seem not to
play with much intensity in the ﬁrst
half."

“Nobody knows," junior forward
Sheray Thomas said. “That‘s the mys-
tery it drives Tubby nuts, the fans
nuts, the (players‘) parents nuts, us
nuts."

“At the beginning of the game I did-
n t think we had much of a chance to get
back in it," Smith said. “But the kids
showed a lot of grit, a lot of moxie.“

One guess would be that the team
knows it can slack through a good per-
centage of its conference games without
giving its best effort. and still come out
with a W

Like it did against South Carolina.
and like it did against Auburn. Like it
did yesterday against the Razorbacks.

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nancial aid or suspend you indeﬁnitely,"
Marnitz said. “No matter what the
coaches say, he said it’s under his dis-
cretion.

“He made it seem like he was defi-
nitely not kidding around," she said.

Barnhart expressed concerns about
the bad publicity that could result from
misconduct displayed on the Internet.
Marnitz said.

“I think some people. their conduct
is not what it should be, and that upset

Inmates

Continued from page 1

work and CorrectCare was selected
through UK‘s bid process to become the
third member of the partnership.

CorrectCare functions as a network
manager. ensuring availability of doc-
tors, providers and services.

UK functions as the network moni-
tor, overseeing the network manager.
monitoring and evaluating project effec-
tiveness and developing clinical and ap
plied research projects.

“We‘ve done all that we can to con-
trol the cost of specialty care,“ Haas
said. “Now we need to control the cost
and quality of care inside the institu-
tions.”

This is where the "e-phase“ of the
partnership comes in. allowing physi-

Aside from the required swagger an
attitude like that requires, its also a pret-
ty cavalier way of dealing with a prob-
lem that will expose itself against the
better teams in the conference.

Not to mention the teams actually
gunning for a national championship
this March.

New UK is a very talented team with
top-of-the-Iine players. And the fact that
they have gotten away with beating
teams whenever they feel like it. even in
the mediocre Southeastern Conference.
attests to how skillful the team is.

But for a team that can play the way
this one does when it feels like it w i.e.,
against Louisville, at Georgia. for pieces
and parts of the game against West Vir~
ginia. the second half yesterday tank-
ing against a good team at a bad time can
end UK's season.

It‘s a stupid reason to lose a game,
and a stupid reason not to become one of
the nation’s elite.

But maybe it's a good thing. Maybe
being able to turn your intensity off and
on can be a solid attribute to have: you
can save energy. and peak at just the
right time.

It worked for Kelenna Azubuike. who
is doing really well in a developmental

league and assorted bicep-measuring
competitions.

For a team that claimed a crisis of
conﬁdence a few weeks ago. this new—
found fountain of attitude is a head-
scratcher.

How do you go from getting a sports
psychologist to only working as hard as
you think you should to get a win?

And if the psychologist didn't have
anything to do with it. then why does a
team who can pick and choose who it
beats become the sufferers of the worst
two losses in the Smith era (Kansas and
Indiana)?

But all these questions aside. why
would a team that is so obviously capable
of doing potentially magical things on
the court not want to. and not know why
they don‘t?

This is a team of great potential,
which showed in the second half yester-
day.

But it’s also a squad that eked past
Central Florida.

It‘s up to them whether they‘re going
to play like a two seed. or simply second-
rate.

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him the most.” Marnitz said. “He does-
n‘t want the athletic department to be
come a headline. You see a lot of people
jump on. ‘Oh. an athlete did this.’

“He‘s just trying to protect the ath—
letes. the school and the department,"
she said.

Student-athletes should respond to
this warning. Marnitz said.

“I hope people take him seriously“
she said. “I hope they open their eyes."

Gymnastics senior Staci ()‘Keefe
said Barnhart told the studentathletes
he doesn't want to ban their use of such
Internet sites as Facebookcom.

“He just doesn‘t want anything por-
trayed that shouldn’t be." ()‘Keefe said.
“He told us to look at what's on the In-
ternet. and if it’s not representing UK

cians outside to treat inmates still in
their correctional institutions. saving
money on inmate transportation and
guards.

Through the electronic medical
records system, e-consults will now al-
low primary care physicians to send
specialists information they need to di-
agnose patients' conditions. including
notes, photographs and other data.

This provides inmates with sec-
ondary care without ever leaving the in-
stitution, Roeder said.

“What used to take four to six weeks
can now take place in four to six days."
Haas said. “We can improve the quality
and efficiency of care, and it is more
cost efﬁcient."

The electronic medical records sys‘
tem also allows ﬁles for each inmate to
be centrally located and efﬁciently han-
died.

“If you don‘t have an electronic sys-
tem, then how do you keep up with

well. then it shouldn‘t be out there."

()‘Keefe said she doesn‘t think many
people are having to make major
changes.

“It's not like people are erasing
everything," she said. “I'm not chang-
ing anything."

Stricklin said the meeting served as
a reminder of the responsibilities that
come with being a student-athlete at
UK.

“Five hundred individuals between
18 and 22. there's always the need to re-
mind all of them." Stricklin said.

“We have people who are monitoring
these sites. So don't put anything up
there you don‘t want us to know."

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records?" asked Roeder. “On paper. You
keep paper ﬁles filled with informa-
tion."

The wireless electronic medical
records system is currently up and run-
ning in four of the state‘s 13 prisons:
Blackburn Correction Complex in Lex-
ington, Little Sandy Correctional Com-
plex in Elliott County. the Kentucky
State Reformatory in LaGrange and
Luther Luckett Correctional Complex
in LaGrange.

Kentucky‘s only all-female facility.
the Kentucky Correctional Institution
for Women in Pewee Valley, is scheduled
to implement the system starting Feb.
15. making it the fifth state prison on
the system. said Hass.

All of Kentucky‘s 13 state prisons
should be on the system by April 1,
Haas said.

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Dance rock trio at the apex of genre

By Nathan Thacher
mun IiiSic CRITIC

It seems like now is as
good a time as any for conta-
gious, exuberant pop rock to
achieve vast accessibility and
charm. The New York group
We Are Scientists ﬁts this de—
scription quite well, though
their charm has more of a
geeky. quirky quality

The trio sits among very
lofty company on the apex of
the dance rock wave, offering
many sharp, stylish

strings in between the famil-
iar choruses that sound like
its aforementioned contempo-
raries. The band is free from
the pretension that marks
other groups, and achieves an
equal stylishness that doesn’t
seem forced.

The ceaseless assault of
taps, booms and hangs com-
bined with those delicious
guitar hooks makes for very
tight, throbbing songs that
are bound to get you on the
dance ﬂoor. And if you’ve

ness and uncertainly; in other
words, a perfect backdrop for
a senior prom. There’s some
great vocal harmony on
“Worth the Wait,” “Lousy
Reputation” and “Cash Cow”
amid a furious punk-friendly
drum clinic and the guitar
running ﬁerce circles around
the bass. The strings and
drums chug forward with a
conﬁdent swagger, leaving a
ﬂotsam of shaken booties in
its wake. “Can’t Lose" and
“Textbook" are a welcome

break from the fre-

songs of rhythmic ,
perfection with its
newest release,
“With Love and
Squalor.” Keith
Murray (guitar, vo
cals), Chris Cain
(bass, vocals) and
Michael Tapper
(drums, vocals, and
owner of the most
well-suited name
ever) have put to
gether a ﬁne album
that will only appeal
to those weird peo
ple who like to be
cheered up by their
music. If this music
is playing at a party.
everyone’s chances
of hooking up with
someone they don’t know are
increased 70 percent (hey, you
can’t argue with science).
And let me get this out of
the way: The band has a
sound that treads fairly close
to the groovy tendencies of
Franz Ferdinand or Kaiser
Chiefs. But I hesitate to pi-
geonhole We Are Scientists
within those restrictions, be-
cause the group explores dif-
ferent areas with vocals and

heard the ﬁrst track “Nobody
Move, Nobody Get Hurt,"
then you‘ve already taken
their best punch. The ﬁrst
track is a perfect tone-setter,
and once you get into the
carefree spirit of the album,
it’s hard to get out of it.

The lyrics are booze-
soaked, fun-loving and lusty
throughout “With Love and
Squalor.” even though they
pensively discuss indecisive-

netic pace that
marks the rest of
the album, much
more relaxed and
slightly wistful in
tone. Without these
tracks interrupting
the pace, the album
would seem tired
and repetitive by the
end. In these tracks,
the band is in less of
a hurry, and a more
focused, and ulti-
mately more impres-
sive, sound emerges.

The tracks mesh
fairly well aside
from the two “bum-
mer tracks” 1 men-
tioned, and as such,
it is a quintessential
party disk. Even
with this in mind, it’s easy to
appreciate the precision of
the instruments and coyness
of the lyrics even if you‘re
not sharing it with 50 other
people who can‘t hear each
other speak. And if that does-
n’t sell it to you, the kittens on
the album cover certame
will.

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