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Cats head to Maui, but Coach Smith assures fans
this trip is all business

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NOVEMBER 20, 2006

KENTUCKY KERNEL

CELEBRATING 35 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE

Portion of Rose St. shuts down permanently

8y Shannon Mason

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The section of Rose Street that runs from
Hugueiet Drive to South Limestone Street will
close permanently to the public today. “or Tues-
day morning at the latest." said Bob Wiseman.
UK's vice president for facilities management.

The section will remain open only for hospi—
tal- bound trafﬁc.

Wiseman said he expected all the roadwork
to be completed last night, as planned.

The Rose Street closure is part of the first
phase of the UK HealthCare expansion. A new
building for the UK Chandler Medical Center is
scheduled to be completed during the first phase
as well,

The three-phase project, scheduled to finish
in 2020, also includes building a new critical-
care facility and an ambulance facility.

Traffic will be rerouted to South Limestone
Street on a new road between the Thomas Hunt
Morgan Biological Sciences Building and the
College of Pharmacy Building, connecting
Hugueiet Drive to Virginia Avenue

Dr. Michael Karpf executive vice president
for health affairs. said city ofﬁcials are scheduled
to inspect the new road between 9:30 and 10
am. today.

“Once we get the OK, the cutoff is essential-
ly in play." Karpf said. adding that he does not
foresee any problems with the inspection.

Signs warning drivers of the road closure
have been up on Rose Street for about a week,

Wiseman said. These signs will remain in place
along with a barricade to deter traffic from en~
tering the closed section of the street.

"We do expect some confusion for the first
few days,“ Wiseman said. “We put up signs, but
we know that not everyone pays attention to
(them).“

Wiseman said police will be on the site “dur-
ing the learning curve" after the road closes to
help in all of the confusion.

The closure of Rose Street serves both short-
term and long- term purposes Wiseman said

“With the construction of the new hospital
and the student health building (starting) that
will be a construction staging area Wiseman
said.

in the long term, the street needed to be

UK hospital
' project
recognized

in magazme

By Jill Lester
news@kykernel.com

The UK Chandler Medical Cen-
ter received recognition in the Nov.
20 issue of Time Magazine for its
project to reduce preterm births.

The Chandler Center was
among the six US. hospitals named
as lead participants in a joint pro-
ject to combat preterm births. The
project is sponsored by the March
of Dimes and Johnson & Johnson
Pediatrics.

“1 was very excited for our uni-
versity. our medical center and our
department," said Dr. James Fergu—
son. who is a UK professor and the
chair of the department of obstet-
rics and gynecology.

The Chandler Center's study fo-
cuses on how the mother's health
can affect complications caused by
premature birth. such as organ fail—
ure. jaundice and respiratory prob—
lems.

closed because it would not work well with the
new parking garage, which will be on South
Limestone Street between Transcript Avenue and
Conn Terrace or with the new traffic lights that
have been and will continue to be installed
Wiseman said.

“And we needed to adopt a new entryway for
the hospital," Wiseman said.

Andrew McKinney, a first—year pharmacy
student, said he usually walks across that section
of Rose Street at least twice a day and is glad he
doesn't have to be concerned with traffic any-
more.

"Since most Lexington drivers aren’t familiar
with the crosswalk concept. it should increase
my chances of living through phamtacy school."
McKinney said.

“if you have healthy mothers.
you'll have healthy babies," said
Dr. Henrietta Bada. chief of neona—
tology at UK.

A mother must take special care
of herself and her baby. Bada said.
Many of the problems with preterm
birth happen with babies borrt just
weeks early. and the importance of
a lull— term pregnancy means prob
lems must be addressed quickly by
both the mother and the doctor.

“Those few days can make a
big difference." Bada said.

Among the causes of premature
birth problems are high stress and
poor health. The medical center
hopes to address these issues With

After crossing the narrow bridge over the Ken—
tucky Riyer you may only see a cotttt house. a church
and small rcstauranton Main Street in a seemingly o1-
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Stories like Karl Bray s. who said goodbye to his
family before heading to go to lraq the w cckcnd of the

its programs. but the responsibility
for a healthy pregnancy must fall
first on the mother. Ferguson said.

Pregnant women should main-
tain good oral health to prevent in—
fection. and are also encouraged to
begin taking vitamin supplements _
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Cats clinch winning season...barely

By Jonathan Smith

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Licob Tammc recoyet'cd thc cnsumg onsidc kick. but the
Cats 17-4 overall. 4 .1 Southeastern (‘ontercncci tumbled the
exchange on fourth down of their dine and the \\.1t'i1;1w l\\
recovered with fottr seconds remaining In the g. one (in the
final play of the game the \\ .1rl1. 1w ks wtic stopped short ot
the end lone as they tried to late ml the ball to keep the pl .1\
nine.

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which the quarterback lines up 111 the shotgun and rttttkcs .1
decision during the play on what to run w as lrec \ immily
all game long as they ran tor iii yards and tour touchdowns
and came back from .1 28 ill iirsl hall dclicit.

“They found out they could nut the read play on us and
they gushed us." Brooks said.

As the (‘ats‘ defense stntggled. the offense did their best
to keep the team in the shootout.

UK quarterback Andre Woodson was 25»forr.l5 for 359
yards and three touchdowns

Burton‘s three-touchdown effort marks the fourth straight
game that he's caught multiple touchdowns

See Football on page A3

in the second half of UK'\ game against l.ouisiana~i\1on~
toe on Saturday. the Warhawks ran for 193 yards and scented
to have wide avenues of running space for cycry offensiye
play.

Their ability to nin over the (‘ats' defense allowed them
to rally from an 18-point deficit and pull within two points
with less than a minute to play.

And when ULM ran an option play on the twopomt
conversion attempt to try to tie the game. it seemed overtime
was inevitable,

But getting beaten for most of the plays in the second
half. the Cats defense stopped ULM at the l—yard line.

“We had just enough answers today." head coach thh
Brooks said. “Just barely."

Behind UK‘s successful two~point defensive hold and
Keenan Burton's 257 all—purpose yards and three recciymg
touchdowns. the Cats squeezed out a 42-40 victory over
Louisiana-Monroe on Senior Day in front of 53.463 fans.

Still. after the two-point conversion failed. the game

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Junior wide receiver Keenan Burton runs for a touchdown in UK's 42-40 win over the
University of LouisianaMonroe on Saturday. Burton had three touchdowns in the win, his
fourth straight multiple-touchdown game.

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After cruising past Mississippi Valley St,
UK heads to paradise -—-— on business

By Jonathan Smith
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Tubby Smith knows that
Maui is a beautiful and exciting
place.

But that doesn‘t mean the
UK head coach will be taking in
much of the Hawaiian island‘s
majestic scenery this week.

“It’s business," Smith said.
“I don’t know if it will be much
fun.”

Fortunately for Smith, most
of his team feels the same way.

As the Cats start play in the
Maui Invitational tonight against
DePaul, the players said they are
focused on offense and defense
and not swimming and sand.

“I’m enjoying the thought of
going to Maui," said junior
guard Joe Crawford, “but the
ﬁrst thing is it‘s a business trip,
and we’re focused on what we
need to do and that’s win
games."

The Cats enter the touma-
ment having won two games to
start the season, but the competi-
tion will increase significantly
this week.

If the Cats win tonight, they
will either play No. 6 UCLA or
host Chaminade in the next
round. No. 13 Memphis. No. 23
Georgia Tech, Oklahoma and
Purdue await the winner of
UK‘s half of the tournament
bracket.

And players know that mak-
ing it through a ﬁeld that tough
is not exactly a day at the beach.

“We realize we‘re going to
be facing more athletic teams,“
Crawford said. “We‘re going to
have to carry out the game plan.
and stay focused for 40 min-
utes."

Playing a full game has been
difficult for the Cats so far this
season.

On Wednesday against Mia-
mi (Ohio). the Cats fell behind
16-6, and didn‘t turn it on until
late in the first half. They went
on to win 57-46.

In Friday’s 79—56 win over
Mississippi Valley State. the
Cats jumped out to a 15-0 lead
to start the game. and led 41-18
at halftime. After that. they put it
into cruise control and scored

the same number of points that
MVSU did in the second half.

“I think it's all in us to look
ahead when you’re thinking you
have a game put away and you
have an exciting trip coming up
ahead of you. it‘s only natural
for people to think about it."
said senior forward Bobby Per-
ry. “We‘ve been thinking about
this since last season was over."

But the players said trip
won‘t be as exciting as it sounds
if the team doesn't get the re-
sults it wants.

“I don‘t think anybody is

ANDREW HUGGINS] STAFF
Junior center Randolph Morris blocks Mississippi Valley State senior
center Ronald Alexander in the Cats' 7956 win over the Delta Devils.
Morris had 18 points and nine rebounds

going to hit the beach until we
can take care of business." ju~
nior center Randolph Morris
said. “Hawaii is going to be a
great experience. but its busi-
ness before pleasure."

Harris eligible

UK recruit Ramon Harris
has been given the OK to play
this season by the NCAA Initial-
Eligibility Clearinghouse. Smith
said Friday.

Harris. a 6-foot-6 forward
from Anchorage. Alaska, will be
able to begin practicing Dec. 15.

FOOTBALL

Continued from page 1

“He’s at a level far beyond
my potential." said wide re-
ceiver Dicky Lyons Jr. “I just
like to learn from him. Watch
him and whatever he does.
he‘s going to do it great. He's
a big time player.“

The win gave the Cats
their sixth win at home this
year. a number that matches a
school record that was set in
1976. They also set another
mark by winning sci/en games
for the first time since 2002.

The team is bowl—eligible for
the first time since 1999.

“This is what we came
here to do." said defensive
lineman Durrell White. "The
seniors were bound and deter-
mined to turn the program
around. and we‘ve actually
fulfilled that expectation."

One of the themes of the
season has been the defenses
ability to bend but not break.

On ULM‘s two—point con—
version. that's exactly what
the Cats~ did. Still. the big
plays were few and far be—
tween. and Brooks said the
defense has to improve by
next week's game against Ten—
nessee.

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Street closure
inconvenient,
but worthwhile

Today marks the long—anticipated — or long-dreaded
— closing of a portion of Rose Street in preparation for
improving the UK Chandler Medical Center.

In case you didn't find out the hard way on the drive
this morning. here’s what‘s happening: The section of
Rose Street from Huguelet Drive to South Limestone
Street is now permanently closed to through traffic and
will be for hospital traffic only.

The construction of a new building for UK Hospital.
which is part of UK Health-
Care‘s general expansion
plan. necessitates the closure
of this section of Rose Street,
said Bob Wiseman, UK’s as-
sociate vice president for fa-
cilities management, in an
Oct. 18 Kernel article.

“Land is tight at UK. and
we were limited to where the
new hospital could be built."

It’s not unreasonable
for students to be
upset about the
Rose Street closure,
but the benefits from
expanding UK

HOS jta| WI“ Wiseman said in the article.

. p . “The old Rose connector

ultimately outweigh wouldn’t work with the posi-
the COSTS tion of the new hospital."

Since Rose Street is one
of UK's main thoroughfares,
the closure has raised some

important questions. What will this do to traffic? And
why is this so important?

UK is the flagship university of this state. and the
medical center is one of its finest arms. leading the way
for research and development of medicine in Kentucky.
But in order to stay at the top. the center needs to ex-
pand — and in this case, that would mean either having
the new hospital building far from the old one (which
would be rather impractical) or closing part of Rose
Street.

Despite the inconvenience that the closure will cause
in the short term, UK made the right call. A bigger. bet-
ter medical center brings in more money for UK. both
through serving patients and through research dollars. It
also adds to UK‘s prestige. Both will be instrumental in
the medical center‘s role in helping UK reach its top-20
goal.

And. most importantly. those who wish to reach
South Limestone Street from Rose Street (or vice versa)
will not be out of luck. Huguelet Drive and Virginia Av-
enue have been altered so that they meet. and they have
been widened to help handle traffic ﬂow.

This isn‘t going to be a completely painless process.
but it will be worth the mess as UK gets one step closer
to becoming a top-20 public university.

McConnell's clout
could be good for
Ky. universities

Last Wednesday. Republicans in the US. Senate
unanimously chose Sen. Mitch McConnell. R-Ky.. to be
the new minority leader. When McConnell assumes his
post in January. he will further cement his place in the
pantheon of highly influential congressmen from Ken—
tucky — men such as Henry Clay. John C. Breckinridge.
Alben Barkley and Wendell Ford come to mind.

McConncIl‘s selection was never really in question.
As majority whip. a post he‘s held since 2002. Mc—
Connell established a reputation as a brilliant tactician
and strategist.

“I think he is the quintessential poker player." said
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchinson (R—Tcxas) to The
(Louisville) Courier-Journal last week. "If ever there was
someone who can hold his cards to his vest. and he nev-
er lets you see him sweat. it's Mitch McConnell."

McConnell is also a prolific fundraiser. In an inves—
tigative series last month. the Herald—Leader reported
that McConnell has raised $220 million in his Senate ca-
rccr. As the story notcd. rather than spend all the money
on his own campaigns. McConnell has given support to
fellow Republicans in exchange for power.

McConneIl's supporters claim his fundraising abili~
ties attest to his political prowess: his detractors opine
that McConnell is too overtly partisan and obsessed with
money.

These competing claims can be directly tested now
that McConnell is the face of his party in the Senate.
Such will require putting the interests of the citizenry
ahead of partisan gain.

If McConnell is able to work effectively with coun-
terpart Sen. Harry Reid. Dchvu who will become ma-
jority leader in January. he can stymic much criticism.
Both have publicly stated that they have a good relation
ship with one another and plan to work together.

Kentuckians. regardless of political stripe. should be
cautiously optimistic about McConnell‘s ascendancy. In
his stint in the Senate. McConnell has effectively se-
cured millions in federal appropriations for the state.
Both UK and the University of Louisville have benefited
from funding that McConnell directed to them via his
seat on the Senate appropriations committee.

Some will object that the proliferation of pork-barrel
earmarks — like the money McConnell has secured for
Kentucky universities I is a large pan of what's wrong
with the Senate. But a pragmatic rejoinder is that such
practices will likely continue in Congress whether Ken-
tucky benefits or not.

Whatever one's opinion of McConnell. Kentuckians
can rest assured that their state‘s interests will continue
to be well served in Congress.

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is journalists’ ﬁrst ethical obligation

The responsibility of a newspaper is to
report the truth. especially when it is truth
that affects the community. Some people
believe that ignoring or