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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2008

Sorority picks up recycling plan

By Rosalind Essig
ressrg kykernet com

Kappa Delta Sorority has part—
nered with UK Recycling to create
Team Green. a project which pro—
vides green bags to tailgaters for re
cycling aluminum cans on game
day.

"We‘re hoping. with these bags.

to not only get [the cans] off the
ground but into recycling." said
Sarah Schultz. a Kappa Delta memv
bet and Team Green ctmrdinator.
The Kappa Delta women hand
out the bags in the Green and Purple

lots. north and east of the stadium —
about 35 percent of the Common-
wealth Stadium parking. said Rod-
ney Stiles. a UK assistant athletics
director. They start collecting the
bags just before the game starts.

The lots that have tailgaters see
about 10,000 cars on game days.
Stiles said. Team Green encounters
about 2.500 cars when they hand
out bags.

Kappa Delta and UK Recycling
collected about 700 pounds of cans
at the first two home football
games. said Mitzi Bender. Kappa
Delta alumna and Team Green coor—

dinator.

The year before last, local Boy
Scout organizations did something
similar. said Tom Gregory, UK‘s re-
cycling coordinator. Last year no or—
ganization worked with UK Recy-
cling to clean up cans in the parking
lots. which resulted in so few cans
collected that he did not have a
record of how many.

“The ball games last year were
so pitiful we didn‘t have any num-
bers on it." said Gregory.

This summer Bender and Gre-
gory discussed the possibility of the
sorority helping collect cans at foot—

ball games.

Kappa Delta arvd UK Recycling
worked together on a plan and got
pennission from the athletic depart—
ment to do the project. There is no
soliciting allowed in the parking lots
and around Commonwealth Stadi-
um so they had to get permission
from UK Athletics. said Stiles.

The project hopes to educate
tailgaters so eventually the volun-
teers can hand the bags out at the
entrance and the tailgaters drop the
full bags off on their way into the
stadium. said Bender.

“Literally UK could just make a

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sweep around the perimeter of the
stadium." she said. “It would make
it so easy."

The bags are intended for alu—
minum only and they have trouble
with some tailgaters putting other
types of garbage into the bags. said
Gregory.

“The problem is the more cans
we collect. the more inebriated they
get." Gregory said.

For the project to be successful
they need to get the word out. he
said. “It‘s all about education."

See RECYCLE on page 5

 

Sleeping
in boxes
for a
cause

By Peter Jongs
news@kykerne| corn

On their way back from the
football game on Saturday. stu»
dents may notice those who
didn‘t tailgate sleeping in card:
board boxes in Haggin Field.

The UK chapter of Invisible
Children will host “Displacc
Me." an event to raise aware
ness for war—tom Uganda. In its
second year. “Displace Me" al~
lows students to transform Hag—
giii Field into an imitation
refugee camp by building card~
board shelters to sleep in.

The event begins at ts' pin.
and student refugees spend all
night in their camp. The group
will show the “Invisible (‘lillr
dren" documentary and Ii;i\c
several other activities such as
guest speakers throughout the
night. said Emily Browning.
vice President of Invisible ('hilr
dren UK.

She said the group “III
have some cardboard to build
huts. and she suggests partici-
pants dress warmly and bring a
sleeping bag and pillow

Anyone can participate. but
the group asks for each student
to bring an $8 donation. I‘ll'tt\\ll'
ing explained that all of the
money raised will help prto ide
clean water and \ttlllldlltlll tor
the Lacor Secondary School in
Uganda.

After participating in the
national “Displacc Mc” ll‘. Apiil
Z007. c\eiit coordinator lessicd

See DISPLACE ME ”it patio 5

If you go

What: Displace Me

When: Saturday at 8 p to.
Where: Haggin Field
Admission: Free, but $8 dona—
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Bt‘llf‘tt Kdllltt". a vocal advocate of the green fee, holds an energy-efficient compact fluorescent light bulb

Looking for the green light

By Jill Lastei

.tasrer fiiy‘kertiel corn

"( ii‘ccn."

\\itli rising energy costs. a
shrinking budget and growing envi-
ionmcntal awareness. administrators
and students alike have asked the
same two questions \\ hat does it
mean to be green and how can we
do It" I

To cut down on costs across the
board. the university has taken steps
such as phasing in more energy—effi-
cient lights for campus buildings
and using "green" cleaning prod-
ucts. said Bob Wtseman. vice presi—
dent for facilities management.

UK is also looking at companies
to perform an in—depth energy audit
of campus buildings. Wiseman said.

"The more we can reduce. the
better off we'll be." he said.

However. UK‘s sustainability
efforts ha\e been SLl'lllllll/CLI by
some. especially with the future of
two projects still hanging in the bal—
ance: a campus-wide sustainability
coordinator and the "green fee"
each student would pay per semes»
ter to support sustainability efforts.

Green fee .

Student efforts to revive the
green fee rejected by the universi—
ty‘s highest regulating body. the

Board of Trustees. have continued
into the start of the new school year.

The boards Student Affairs
Committee rejected a 50»cent in,
crease in student fees for the green
fee in a 3d vote in April.

Although the move stunned
some student activists. the work will
continue. said Greenthumb PTCSI'
dent Scott Beckmeyer.

Greenthumb will make the
green fee its number one priority for
on-campus issues this year. Beck»
man said. To push for passage.
Beckman said the group would meet
with Student Government and have
tables with infonnation on the fee.

The group will also work on

PHOTO BY ALLIE GARZA j STAFF

hosting a Sustainability Lecture Se—
ries with 335.000 in funds given by
the president‘s office this summer.
The money came after top admmis-
tration asked for a list of initiatives
students wanted to see tunded get
approved. said l'K President Lee
Todd in an email.

Beckmeyer said he is grateful
for the funding and that going
through the board‘s rejection has
made advocates sav vicr about how
to get the fee passed.

"As students we learn to work
with and within the university struc-
ture." he said, “Things take time.

See GREEN on page 5

 

 

Around 800 signed up for
assault prevention program

Cheap cabs ready for service

By Ashley Beeler

The service is provided by Genesis Group and Parking and

rievvs‘talivlrernel‘com

A reintrtxluced program will
allow students with a \alid l'ls
II) to take a cab for $2 per per»
son per ride

The ‘l‘aviCats program was
enhanced to provide an inev
pensive taxi service for l'ls' stu
dents. said Chrissie Balding
Time. a spokeswoman for Park-
ing and Transportation Servic-
es.

Chevy Chase. South Broad
way. (ireg Page Apartments
and Main Street are the Taxi»
Cats' boundaries for l'K stit
dents. Students With a valid ll)
wanting to go outside of the
boundaries get a It) percent dis
count.

the All American Taxi. Nor-
mall). All American Taxt
charges customers a S250
drop tee and 32.50 for each
mile. The taxi company want!
cd to work Wlil’l l‘K to help
students in tough economic
times. said Chris Martha. gen
eral manager of the All Ameri—
can Taxr.

“We wanted to do this be-
cause of the safety of the stu
dents. the cconoriiic status. high
gas prices." Martha said. "My
drivers are coming out of pock-
et to support this cause. they are
independent and they are will-
ing to gne lllls discount to the
students of l’K."

The tasi company Worked
With Student (iovemment. the

Hummus-«Econ.

Transportation Services to pro-
vide the program.

Cheaper taxi rides will ben—
efit students. said SG President
Tyler Montell.

"It will save students a lot
of money." he said.

All American Taxi is cur-
rently working on logos to put
on the taxicabs to promote the
TaxiCats program. Martha said.

They are also in the process of

working on employee discounts
as well. The company accepts
l'K Plus Accounts for taxi
rides.

The average wait time for a
taxi is l5 to 20 minutes. Martha
said. To get a taxi. call All
American Taiti (859-3?“-
TAXI).

 

By Lauren Tinclior

news@kykernel.com

Sorority members received a lesson

on sexual assault prevention during a
workshop earlier this month. and now it
is the lnterfratemity Council's tum.

The Students Educating and Em—

powering to Develop Safety. or SEEDS.
program will continue its fall workshops
Sunday. when a group of almost 800 fra«
temity members will undergo training.
according to UK's Violence lnten moon
and Prevention Center.

The program. led by the VIP Center.

teaches that everyone has a role in pre-
venting violence. It gives individuals the
tools that they will need in order to stop
violence. even if they are simply by-

standers. said Ryan Wagoner. the VIP
Center‘s men's programming coordina-
tor.

“Basically everyone on this campus
has a role to play in prevention." he
said. “Everyone is vested in this issue
whether they realize it or not."

Through multimedia technology.
small groups and lectures SEEDS gives
the participants knowledge regarding vi~
olence prevention to relate to their daily
lives and stresses that violence is a seri-
ous issue that no one should sit idly by
and let occur. Wagoner said.

After several individual fraternity
members participated in last year's
SEEDS program. they came back to

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Some races are longer than
the track distance.

For UK cross country runner
Colin Heenan. his race started
last fall when he was diagnosed
with severe anemia and ended
Saturday when he was the first
UK runner to cross the finish
line at the Memphis Twilight
Classic.

Hcenan was a four-year letter
winner in cross country and
track and field at Liverpool High
School in Liverpool. NY. He
was a three—time state qualifier in
cross country and a two-time
state qualifier in track and field
during his high school career. As
a junior. Hcenan finished third at
the New York State Federation
meet,

Hecnan‘s senior season was
supposed to be the culmination of
a decorated high school career.
but his times dropped by as much
as 30 seconds in the mile and two
mile runs. As Heenan left for col»
lege in the fall of 2007 his run—
ning future was up in the air.

“I just figured it was some-
thing mcntally." said Hcenan.
“My junior year I started to
come into my own running. My
senior year was thc first timc l
was the number one guy on the
team. and I just figured maybe
the pressure “as getting to me."

Despite the poor showing
during his senior season. Hecnaii
ncvcr questioned his decision to
run in college.

“I figured I'd just always
give it a shot anyway." said
Heenan. “Maybe a new coach
and a new place would help."

Same pace
no matter
the race

When Heenan arrived on
campus nothing changed. His
times were still down. and he
was close to giving up.

“I decided last year if noth—
ing got better I was just going to
call it quits. but that was before
the diagnosis.“ said Heenan. “I
really just had no idea what was
going on."

After the suggestion of UK
Track and Field Coach John
Mortimer. Heenan decided to
have blood work done to investi-
gate the problem. The test results
showed Heenan's iron levels
were low: he had been running
with an undiagnosed case of sc-
verc anemia since high school.

According to the National
Anemia Action Council. iron de-
ficiency anemia is the most com_
mon type of anemia in the Unit-
ed States. A low—iron diet is one
of the leading causes of anemia.
a problem Hccnan developed af—
ter contracting a sinus infection
in high school.

"(The diagnosis) was a huge
weight lifted off my chest said
Heenan. “It just made things a
whole lot easier for me."

Heenan began to take an iron
supplement and spent his first
year of college scaling back the
intcnsity of his workouts to cne
sure he would bc t'cady to run
starting this season. llc r‘cduccd
the number of repetitions in
sonic ot‘ the more stringent
workouts. but mainly focuscd on
slowing down ll|\ pace.

Before the scasou. llccnim
was realistic \ihcn planning
goals for lhc year. His first cross
country race of the season would

See Running on page 4

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By Bofliy Raglan

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Quarterbacks

Sophomore Mike Hartline has answered
his critics. at least for one week. winning
Southeastern Conference Offensive Player
of the Week after his performance in tlte
Middle Tennessee State game. The most irri—
portant stat for Hartline however. is zero tri-
terceptions. Western Kentucky has KJ.
Black. a mobile quarterback that runs the
spread offense. as well as David Wolke. who
has thrown for three touchdowns. The
emerging and confident Hartline gives the
nod to UK.

Advantage: l'K

Running backs

Will this be the week the Cats break out"?
The Cats have the potential for a big rushing
attack with the self-proclaimed "Fantastic
Four" of Derrick Locke. Tony Dixon. Alfon-
so Smith and Moncell Allen. They‘re aver-
aging a combined l3l) yards. but look for an
impressive performance. The Hilltoppers
rely much more on their passing. with no
running back averaging more than 33 yards
per game. The lack of a potential rushing at—
tack makes this decision easy.

Advantage: UK

Wide Receivers

The ‘Toppers and Cats both have simi—
larities in the receiving corps. a lack of in-
experience. Only one of WKU‘s top five
receivers is a senior. Jessie Quinn. Howev—
er. there is one difference between the two
teams: Dicky Lyons Jr. He is coming off a
career—high l2 catches against Middle Ten—
nessee State and is back to his familiar role
in the slot. where he has excelled the past
two years. With the chemistry boiling be-
tween Hartline and Lyons Jr.. the Cats
passing game could be something to watch
for.

Advantage: UK

Offensive Line

Garry Williams returns to the line after
missing the last two games with an injured
knee. Billy Joe Murphy. who filled in for
Williams. has made such an impression on
the coaches he could move to the right side
of the line and get reps there. The ()-line
has done a decent job at protecting the
quarterbacks. but still needs to work on
blocking for the rushing game. On the other
hand. WKC‘s (Mine has been steady
against weaker competition. and UK‘s de—
fense could potentially be the. best they see
all year.

Advantage: UK

Defensive Line
This is UK‘s speciality. and a category

the Cats may not lose all year. Despite losing
Ricky Lumpkin this week. the Cats still have
Jeremy Jarmon. Corey Peters and Myron
Pryor. The spread offense could keep the ()-
line frorii getting pressure. but this pick is
still easy.

Advantage: UK

linebackers

The Cats will be without arguably their
best linebacker this season in Micah John-
son. However. Braxton Kelley will be re—
tuming to his familiar role as an inside line-
backer and Mike Schwindel looked comfort-
able filling in at weakside linebacker against
Middle Tennessee State. The Hilltoppers
send out a strong group in Blake Boyd.
Alonzo Higgins. Ben Sowders and Darvis
McBride. however Kelley’s play at inside
linebacker will help the whole group.

Advantage: UK

Secondary

If the defensive line isn‘t UK‘s strong
point. people look at their defensive backs.
Trevard Lindley has the ability to cover half
the field and the emergence of David Jones
on the other side has made opposing quarter—
backs lose any easy targets. as well as the
surfacing of Robbie McAtee. Marcus Mc-
Clinton and Ashton Cobb both have the abil-
ity to come up from the safety position and
help stop the run.

Advantage: UK

Special Teams

Will UK have a reliable kicker? Lones
Seiber has struggled this year going 5—for-
ll) field goals this year. Freshman Ryan
Tydlacka will handle field goals. while
Seiber stays on extra points. head coach
Rich Brooks said Friday. WKU’s tandem
of Tanner Siewert and Zac Mintum are a
combined 6—for-7 this year. Until the Cats
can find consistency in the kicking game.
outside of Tim Masthay. they will struggle
to put points on the board.

Advantage: WKU

Overall

The Cats should beat Western Kentucky.
who are only in their second year of the
Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly D—
lAA). They have been blown-out by fellow
Southeastem Conference member and eight—
ranked Alabama. as well as Indiana. Hartline
will continue to grow on his confidence and
continue to click with Lyons Jr.. who could
have another big game. Look for the running
game to improve and the defense to finally
slow down a spread offense. The Cats will
head into Alabama undefeated.

Advantage: UK

Height. speed puts
N ovikoff a head above

By Alex Risen

arisenakvkernelcom

Standing 6-f‘oot—3. Laura
Novikoff is the tallest
women‘s soccer player in the
Southeastern Conference
towering over the competi—
tion game in and game out.
Her physical stature is impos-
ing as she steps onto the field
H 'leaving many defenders
wondering how they will stop
the big forward.

“When they do an—
nouncements. the other team
sees her come out and they
have the look on their faces
like 'how are we going to
mark her'."n UK women's
soccer head coach Warren
Lipka said.

Lipka was excited to find
Novikoff when she was a
senior in high school at
Christian Academy of
Knoxville. Lipka noticed her
height advantage when she
put three goals into the back
of the net off comer kicks
during one of her high school
games.

“I noticed her air game
when l was recruiting her.
She put three goals in the
back of the net. She popped
off one. two and three with
the snap of her neck. She's
not slow either. especially for
her size." [Lipka said.

Novikoff is technically
sound. She works on her abil—
ity to hold the ball against de-
fenders before practice 7
something she just started do—
ing within the past couple of
weeks. That ability to hold
off defenders is crucial to the
Cats' success according to
both Novikoff and Lipka.

“l like to work on it be—
fore practice with somebody
putting the ball in to me and
trying to hit it right. If I can
hold the ball. we can get it
back out to the sides where
Giuleana (Lopez) and Katie
(Fahey) or Ashley (Stack)
can make the shots. If the de—
fenders focus on me. it frees
other people up." Novikoff
said.

Lipka echoed Novikot‘f‘s
importance in the center of
the field near the goal.

“Every time she gets the
ball in the middle. it opens up
the sides for Giuleana and
Katie." Lipka said. “When
Laura's in the middle. the de~
fending center back has to

step up to her and the other
backs have to fill in the mid-
dle lanes. leaving Giuleana
and Katie open in the flanks.
She has to understand now
that we need her to get the
ball then pass it back out to
the sides."

Without Novikoff in the
middle. the Cats offensive at-
tack loses that x—factor. The .
height and speed of Novikoff
is a difficult matchup for
many defenders. sometimes
requiring double teams to
stop her. When that happens.
it is important to get the ball
out from the middle to the
sides. and Novikoff is the
best option to get that done.
according to Lipka.

In her freshman year.
Novikoff scored four goals.
including two game winners.
Through just eight games this
year. she‘s put up five goals.
tying her for first in the
Southeastern Conference.
She recorded both goals for
the Cats against Oakland to
tie the Golden Grizzlies 2—2.
breaking a four game losing
streak last weekend.

Novikoff has been around
soccer for almost 20 years.
Growing up in Madisonville.
Tenn.. a small town just out—
side of Knoxville. Novikoff
began kicking soccer balls at
age three with her older
brother Chris out in the yard.
She also started taking soccer
to the streets with her dad.
Walter. during her freshman
year of high school. Mr.
Novikoff helped his daughter

 

PHOTO av KRISTIN siiziiiuiio | STAFF
Sophomore Laura Novikoff looks or an open teammate against Texas
at the UK Soccer Complex. Novikoff has five goals so far this season

with a series of dribbling.
passing and shooting drills to
improve her overall soccer
ability. especially in confined
spaces.

“I started playing soccer
at about three and a half be-
cause my older brother
played and [just picked it up
early." Novikoff said. “I‘ve
always loved soccer. My
brother played soccer and my
dad worked with him so I
just worked on soccer grow—
ing up."

Novikoff said the biggest
impact of her early years in
soccer was the time she spent
with her dad.

“The