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Lexington Art League rolls out the nudes for
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Friday, January 13, 2006

By Sean Rose
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UK’s Student Government oversight
came closer to being a reality Wednesday
after the Board of
Trustees’ student affairs
committee approved the
resolution in a 3-1 vote.

The sole dissenter was
80 President Becky
Ellingsworth. SG previ~
ously released a press re‘
lease calling the changes
“an obvious power play to
gain control of the only
statutorily independent
student organization on campus.”

Ellingsworth

Celebrating 35 years of independence

UK proposes more oversight of 36

Pat Terrell, vice president of student
affairs proposed the changes in October
2005. Under the changes Terrell would
have oversight to ensure SG complies with
university policies.

Also the proposal that passed the com-
mittee allows the University Appeals
Board to affirm or void an SG election and
send it to SC to correct possible violations.
SG presidents serve as the only student
representative on the board.

Ellingsworth said she strongly opposed
the proposal claiming it gave too much
power to UK as to the student representa-
tive should be.

' “It’s basically the only trustee seat that
has administrative oversight “
Ellingsworth said. “In effect, what you re

doing is discriminating against the stu-
dent member of the board. "

Student affairs committee member Jeff
Dembo said one reason he voted for the
proposed changes was to “ensure that we
can seat a student trustee." Students had
no representative on the Board of
Trustees over the summer and the begin-
ning of the school year because of last
year spring’ 3 controversial 80 election

“The university and the board have a
vested interest because of the student
trustee." Dembo said. “We have to balance
the autonomy of SG with control in deal-
ing with the university”

The proposals emerged in the shadow
of the 2005 SG election decision that was

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Art as

UK professor's experience
teaching children reignites
his passion for art

By Keith Brooks
in: autumn KENNEL

George Szekely believes the future
of art lies in the hands of children.

The UK art education professor‘s
work is on display at an art exhibition
today in the Tuska Center for Contem-
porary Art called “Portrait Lessons," a
series of self-portraits which took
three years to create.

Szekely said many of the pieces are
inspired by several personal experi-
ences, but many draw from his obser-
vations of children and their interac-
tion in elementary schools.

“I start my day in the morning.
writing books about children‘s art,"
Szekely said. He has published several
books about children‘s art. including
his most recent publication. “From
Home Art to School Art." which draws
from his experiences with his own
children and teaching in public
schools.

Szekely argued that much of the
art programs in today's schools tend to
be too formulaic or mechanic. It was
when he lived in Brooklyn, NY. dur-
ing his college years that he began to
notice the significance.

“The only fresh art I saw was when
I was teaching in Brooklyn,“ he said.

He attributed inspiration from chil-
dren from teaching in a sub-par ele-
mentary school in Brooklyn. Szekely,
at the time. had no credentials to teach.

“I was amazed that art was still
alive," he said. Unlike many elemen-
tary schools at the time. Szekely
worked in an institution where the arts
were not celebrated liberally or en-
forced.

Szekely encouraged the students to
work with debris and simple materials.
like cardboard and glue. He said he al-
lowed his students to manipulate their
own projects and he was astounded by
the results.

“I just sat back and I was amazed."
he said. “I hardly called it teaching."

It was the sincerity he learned from

See Art on page 2

Above: George Szekely, a professor of art education, creates a self-portrait
with a flashlight similar to the ones he has on display in the Tuska Gallery.
There is a reception for his show tonight at the gallery from 5-7 pm

Right: Szekely is currently presenting “Portrait Lessons" at the Tuslta
Gallery, his 10th solo show at the gallery. The show features dozens of self-
portraits he has done over the years, including this one. The exhibit will be
held from 5 pm to 7 pm. in the Tuska Gallery for Contemporary Art. Szekely will

lecture on his work at the gallery at 1 pm

Photos by Keith Smileyl Staff

There is no way of
drawing; there is no way
of making art. It is some-
thing an artist can discov-
er and consciously anyone

can discover.”

- George Szekely, a professor of art education,
on encouraging the independence of his students

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UK adopts
stricter
van safety
policy

By Sean Rose and Dariush Shala
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After growing concerns over the safety of UK’s
iS—passenger vans, the University Accident Review
Board and Vehicle Safety Committee issued new
policies to improve safety

“We' re going to use them in the safest way pos-
sible and over time eliminate them ” said Frank
Butler, UK vice president for finance and adminis-
tration. “We won’t be buying any new ones."

In a November report, The Kernel found that
nine of UK’s benchmark schools have discontinued
the use of 15-passenger vans. 0f the 10 others that
still use them, eight require driver training.

UK now mandates that all 15spassenger vans
have the rear seat removed. along with the seat-
belts. Vans are also allowed to carry no more than
11 people, including the driver. and must carry few-
er passengers depending on how much luggage is
in the van.

These mandates are designed to lower the
rollover risk for the vans. According to a 2004 Na-
tional Highway Transportation Safety Administra-
tion study. 15-passenger vans with 10 or more pas-
sengers have a rollover risk three times greater
than vans with fewer than five passengers.

“It’s based on what we understand is the safest
way to utilize these vans." Butler said.

See Vans on page 2

Gaines Center
earns grant
for humanities

By Wes Blevins
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UK‘s research dollars won't just to go science
programs, thanks in part to a national grant an-
nounced yesterday

UK President Lee Todd announced the Gaines
Center for the Humanities has received a $220,000
challenge grant from the National Endowment for
the Humanities, The grant will be matched 4-to—1
over a four-year period by private donations. creat-
ing an endowment of 81.1 million. These funds will
be used to enhance public programming and t0 cre-
ate the John R. Gaines Endowed Chair in the Hu-
manities.

Kentucky needs a "whole university" with a
strong effort in the humanities. so putting money
exclusively into science research would fail the
state. Todd said. The NEH Grant “points out the
quality of faculty associated with one of our golden
nuggets of undergraduate education" at UK. Todd
said.

UK is one of four academic institutions chosen
to receive the grants, and it was the only public uni-
versity chosen. The other colleges receiving support
are Johns Hopkins University. Cornell University
and Swathmore College.

Dan Rowland. director of the Gaines Center. said
front a public relations standpoint. this puts UK on
a level of being competitive with the nation‘s top in-
stitutions. He said it shows “the best students at UK
are every bit as good as the best at Cornell. Johns
Hopkins. and others."

Todd agreed. adding that for UK to achieve top»

See Gaines on page 2

‘Road' brings Ru p,
racism into spoti giht

By Chris Johnson
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With today‘s premiere of “Glory Road." the movie
about Texas Western College‘s underdog run to the
1966 NCAA Championship over the UK men's basket-
ball team. the race rela‘
tions of UKand legendary ON THE WEB
coach Adolph Rupp are
again in the media spot-
light.

In the national cham-
pionship game against
UK. Texas Western start-
ed five black basketball
players. UK's team had
zem black athletes. The
game has since carried great racial overtones —
prompting sportswriter David Israel to call it the
“Brown vs. Board of Education of college basketball"
in 1978.

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:Continued from page 1

'meted out for five months. In
March presidential candi
date Will Nash originally
ivon by 171 votes but was dis-
hualified because of cam-
paign violations. After the
SG Supreme Court con-
firmed his disqualification,
Nash took his case to the ap
peals board. The board sided
with Nash, and in response,
Ellingsworth sued UK in
Fayette Circuit Court in June
on the grounds that the 80
Supreme Court should have
the final say in the matter.
JJudge Gary Payne ruled in

Ellingsworth’s favor in early
September.

Student affairs commit-
tee member Russ Williams
said last year’s election
shows that the regulations
governing the relationship
between UK and SG need
clarification. He added that
he had been on the board for
seven years and last year was
not the first election with
complications, just the first
that was decided outside the
university.

“There have been prob-
lems with most Student Gov-
ernment elections," Williams
said, referring to election vi-
olations. “To this point. it’s
been handled internally."

A vote will be taken on
the proposed changes in
March.

Williams said that tradi-
tionally, approvals by the
committee are approved by
the full board as well.

“I don’t see any reason
why it wouldn’t pass,"
Williams said. “But we
haven’t had a chance as a
board to fully discuss (the
proposal)."

Ellingsworth said she
wasn’t sure how the future
would play out for her argu-
ments.

“You can’t project how
people are going to vote.”
Ellingsworth said. “But I'm
hoping that the ears I’m go-
ing to be speaking to haven’t
already made up their
minds.”

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:Art

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'his students’ activities that
caused him to reevaluate his
earlier perceptions of how
art should be defined.

“1 ceremonially burned
all my brushes,” he said.
Szekely went on to teach at
the same school for three and
'a half years.

Though he now teaches
'at the university level, Szeke
ly said he still values the
time he spent with his ele-
mentary school students, as
well as his own children, as a
fundamental core for cre-
ation.

“I was an impresario." he
said. “I used the kids‘ works."

Szekely began to take this

notion seriously and brought
it into his classroom at UK,
encouraging his students to
interact with artists still in
elementary school.

In an attempt to recapture
the imagination of a child,
Szekely has allowed chairs to
be set up in his exhibit so
viewers can interact while
they observe the work, re-
moving the formality may
museums have.

Apart from his observa-
tions and inferences from
children. Szekely said he
used more personal refer-
ences for his portraits, such
as his mother’s battle with
cancer, where he often sat by
her bed and sketched.

Other emotionally trying
periods, such as the London
bombings and his son's
brush with death after a car
wreck were also inspirations.
Szekely said he even uses let-

ters from members of his
family who were in the Hole
caust. The letters, he says, al-
low synchronization with his
art, in which they almost
unite. Szekely now keeps a di-
ary, which helps him to artic-
ulate his meanings through-
out his projects.

Sometimes, Szekely said
he asks himself why he does
what he does, and then re-
minds himself of the works
he witnessed from children.

“The best thing you can
do for children is to encour-
age their independence," he
said. “There is no way of
drawing. there is no way of
making art. It is something
an artist can discover and
consciously anyone can dis-
cover."

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Vans

Continued from page I

 

A new oneahour Web-
training program is now re-
quired for all 12- and 15-pas-
senger van drivers beginning
March 1. There is no hands-
on driving experience during
training.

“The goal is to basically
have anyone operating a uni-
versity vehicle to have the
appropriate training so they
can operate the vehicle safe-
ly,“ Butler said. “Our goal is
to have a no-accident history
here and make all travel as
safe as possible.“

Trained drivers must
pick up the vans for rental.
Rentals of vans from outside
UK are permitted. but the
Department of Management
Operations must verify that

only trained drivers rent the
vehicles.

A NHTSA tag that hangs
from the rearview mirror or
a dashboard placard must be
placed in each van to rein-
force the hazards of the vehi-
cle.

“We’re going to make
sure (our vans) are operating
in a safe way and according
to the guidelines (provided
by the NHTSA)." Butler said.

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Continued from page I

20 status. “we need to high-
light when we are in the com-
pany of other top universi-
ties."

NEH challenge grants are
awarded on a competitive ba-
sis, according to the NEH
Web site. and “are offered
only when funds will make
a significant improvement in
humanities programs. help
institutions carry out long-
term plans for strengthening
their basic resources and ac-
tivities in the humanities,
and enhance financial stabili»
ty through increased nonfed-

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eral support."

The grant will assist in
funding Gaines Center pro
grams such as the Lafayette
Seminar and the Bale Boone
Symposium. The Lafayette
Seminar in Public Issues
brings the UK College of Arts
& Sciences community to-
gether with Lexington lead~
ers in a combined effort to re-
solve local issues, such as
downtown revival and design
of the courthouse plaza. The
Bale Boone Symposium fo-
cuses on raising the image
that Kentuckians have of the
state by featuring speakers
who bring attention to Ken-
tucky‘s historical contribu-
tions in politics and the hu-
manities.

The Gaines Center “has
presented a vision of what
me might be as an ideal uni»

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scholars, and as enlightened
citizens of the Common-
wealth,” said Ron Pen. a
Gaines Center faculty mem-
ber. “The NEH challenge
grant affords us an opportu-
nity to ensure that this vision
and this reality are extended
far into the future."

For UK students, the
Gaines Center affords under-
graduates exposure to acade-
mic and community connec-
tions that might not be avail-
able otherwise. Gaines Fellow
Matt Clarke said. Clarke, an
architecture junior, said his
degree will be “enriched
with a wider perspective of
what architecture means to
the community"

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From Cartoons to Nudes

Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist
judges nude art in Lexington

By Clarlie Denison
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“Nudes in Kentucky?”
asked Pulitzer Prize-winner
Patrick Oliphant.

“That’s quite an intrigu-

ing thought,” said the man
who The New York Times
calls “one of the most influ-
ential cartoonists now work-
ing."
Oliphant wasn’t sure
what to think when Charles
Jolly, chairman of the Lex-
ington Art League’s visual
arts committee, asked him to
be the judge for Lexington’s
2006 Nude International. The
whole idea surprised the na-
tive Australian, who now re-
sides in Santa Fe, NM.

“It was a juxtaposition I
wasn’t ready for,” he said.

Prepared or not, Oliphant
chose 106 works out of 842
pieces to judge. This year’s
Nude International is the
20th consecutive year the
league has held the show.
This, to the art museum’s
knowledge, makes it the
longest-running annual show
in North America entirely
devoted to figurative art.

“The show is much better
than I thought," Oliphant
said. “I only saw slides before
I came here. For that, I am

glad I came." Artists repre-
sented 22 states including
Massachusetts, Washington,
South Dakota, Florida, and
the District of Columbia.
Artist Garry Hamilton, a na-
tive of Nova Scotia, had art-
work submitted to make the
show truly international. Of
the accepted submissions, 17
belong to Lexington artists.

Oliphant said he’d never
been a juror for such a show
before.

“I’ve been on a panel be-
fore where we all shared the
blame,” he said. “But this is
quite a shag on the rocks."

Despite his success, in-
cluding winning a Pulitzer
Prize for editorial cartooning
in 1966, Oliphant said he nev-
er feels comfortable judging
others.

“I’d rather give this job to
someone else,” he said. “You
want it?”

Oliphant arrived in C01-
orado in 1964 from Australia
to work for The Denver Post.
With the crises President
Lyndon Johnson was facing
in Vietnam and the polariza-
tion of the United States,
Oliphant’s satirical creativi-
ty flowed like he had found
“heaven on earth." Oliphant
has sketched administration

alter administration, presi-
dent after president, and has-
n’t been shy to stir up contra
versy afier controversy.

His satirical works in-
clude sculptures of former
President Richard Nixon, a
centaur sculpture of John-
son, George H. W. Bush, and
more. In Oliphant’s “Naked
Nixon" from 1985, Nixon em~
barrassingly covers his pri-
vates.

“Today, I have as much
work as I did in the Nixon
years,” he said. “It’s not good
for the country, but it’s good
for me.”

Always sketching or cre.
ating, Oliphant calls himself
a perennial artist. “It's a
compulsion," he said. “Every
day, I draw.”

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If You Go

When: 6 to 9 pm.
Where: Lexington Art
League, 209
Castiewood Drive
Cost: $30 for LAL
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$40 for non-members.
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Oliphant will also be speaking
at the league tomorrow from 4
pm. to 6 pm. Admission is free to
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‘Road’ treads familiar ground

By Kevin Crust
THE LOS ANGELES TIMES

HOLLYWOOD ~~ In 1966.
Texas Western, a relatively
small college of mining and
metallurgy, stormed to the
national collegiate men's bas-
ketball championship over
Adolph Rupp‘s vaunted Uni-
versity of Kentucky Wild-
cats. It’s a terrific story of a
team of Davids with hoop
dreams running a gantlet of
patrician Goliaths against a
backdrop of momentous so-
cial change. The Miners, led
by Coach Don Haskins,
counted an unprecedented
seven African Americans in
its lineup, including the
starting five in the final
game, and changed the socio-
logical makeup of the sport,
paving the way for the inte-
gration of the major South-
ern collegiate sports confer-
ences.

“Glory Road” is a slick,
entertaining version of that
story, executed with crowd-
pleasing efficiency by pro-
ducer Jerry Bruckheimer. di-
rector James Gartner and
screenwriters Christopher
Cleveland and Bettina Gilois,
but not surprisingly lacking
in subtlety or complexity.
Ripped directly from Dis-
ney’s playbook of inspira-

tional sports movies, it's de-
void of any original elements
that might deter it from that
successful formula. hewing
closer to the sentimental
cliches of “Remember the Ti-
tans“ than the much better
“Miracle" or “The Rookie."

As Denzel Washington
(“Remember the Titans”) and
Kurt Russell (“Miracle") did
before him, Josh Lucas steps
into the role of a tough-talk-
ing, high-minded coach who
teaches his players more
than just a game. Haskins ar-
rives at Texas Western (now
the University of Texas-El
Paso) to inherit a team no-
tably short on talent. The
film has Haskins leaping di-
rectly from coaching girls
high school basketball to
leading the Miners to the
championship in his first
season, though he actually
arrived in El Paso in 1961,
and minimal integration had
already occurred. These
changes seem less about
heightened drama or eco—
nomical storytelling than
earning easy laughs.

Much of the first part of
the movie plays like a cul-
tureoclash comedy. Haskins
and assistant coach Moe Iba
(Evan Jones) recruit from
the playgrounds and gyms of

the urban north and north—
east. gobbling up talent that
has been bypassed because of
the color of a player’s skin.
From Detroit, the Bronx. and
Gary, Indiana, the black play-
ers arrive in West Texas and
think they’ve landed on
Mars. As fishes-out-ofwater,
they must adjust to Haskins’
harsh practices and the Tex-
Mex culture before venturing
into nearby Juarez for some
forbidden entertainment.

They reach a detente with
the white players they’ve
largely reduced to support-
ing roles and the team comes
together in its first game
when Haskins learns to in-
corporate the new players'
flashy playground game into
his defense-first, team-orient-
ed style. Derek Luke stars as
the team's best player, Bobby
Joe Hill, who Haskins rides
to stay as focused on his
game as he is on his girl—
friend. The Miners become a
juggernaut quickly rising in
the national rankings as they
move toward the showdown
with all-white Kentucky.

While it‘s a good thing
that the film will draw in
creased attention to them.
the team's accomplishments
are powerful enough to stand
on their own.

 

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Editorial Board

Adam Siclilto. Editor in chief

tim Wiseman. Managing editor
Andrew Martin. Asst. managing editor
Brenton Kenliel, Opinions editor

    

Wes Blevins. Asst. Opinions editor
Chris Johnson. Sports editor
Crystal Little, Projects editor
Doug Scott, Features editor
Josh Sullivan, Staff columnist

 

  
  

IN OUR OPINION

UK wasn’t perfect in ’66,
but no villain either

Today marks the opening of
Disney‘s “Glory Road,” which de-
picts Texas Western’s historic vic-
tory over Kentucky in the 1966
NCAA Championship. In the 40
years since the event, the game has
been cast as a major turning point
in the history of college sports.
Adolph Rupp’s powerhouse UK
team, featuring an all-white start-
ing lineup, was upset by Don Hask-
ins’ Texas Western squad, with the
nation‘s first all-black lineup.

History, and Hollywood it
seems, have placed UK in the unen-
viable role of the “bad guy" in the
situation, the old order resisting
change in a changing world. In ret-
rospect, it is always easy to go
back in time and place such labels
on the participants of events. Con-
sidering the political landscape of
the 19603, UK’s popular “villain”
role is certainly understandable.

It cannot be ignored that UK
basketball was, in fact, uniformly
white in 1966. Rupp would not sign
his first black recruit, Tom Payne,
until 1969, becoming the second
Southeastern Conference coach to
integrate his program. In this re-
gard, it is unfair to single out Ken-
tucky. Basketball segregation in
the 19608 was not unique to UK; it
was widespread throughout the
Southeast. In fact. UK defeated an
all-white Duke team to advance to
the championship in 1966. Had
“Rupp’s Runts" lost in the semifi-
nals, perhaps Duke would have in-
herited the racist image that has
been cast upon UK.

Also impossible to ignore are
the allegations of racism against
Adolph Rupp himself. A 1991

Sports Illustrated article linked
Rupp with the Ku Klux Klan. Crit-
ics point to Rupp’s apparent reluc-
tance to sign black players in
painting him as a vehement segre-
gationist. All accounts from for-
mer players and assistants, howev-
er, suggest that Rupp was not the
racist that popular opinion indi-
cates. What is clear is that Rupp
was not as progressive on integra-
tion as other coaches of his time.
Whether or not he was actually
racist remains debatable to this
day. Unfortunately the only person
who is capable of answering that
question accurately lies in Lexing-
ton Cemetery.

Perhaps the most telling aspect
of the UK/ Texas Western classic is
the fact that none of the partici-
pants viewed the game in a racial
context. In a Kernel article last
spring, former UK player Larry
Conley said. “It was as if we all of
a sudden showed up and started
playing against black basketball
players. We’d been playing against
black basketball players for years."
Even Texas Western coach Don
Haskins stated, “Everybody wants
to talk about the black and white
thing...It was just a basketball
game."

From all accounts, “Glory
Road“ is a very good movie. UK
fans should not stray away from
the box office simply because of
Kentucky’s role in the story. In-
stead. the film should be enjoyed
simply as an underdog‘s tale, the
small school with the coach no-
body else wanted facing off
against the traditional basketball
power.

 

King’s legacy isn’t
just for one day

This Monday, the life of one
the nation's greatest freedom
fighters will be celebrated with a
federal holiday. Rev. Martin
Luther King Jr. who led a nation—
wide crusade to ensure equality
for blacks and other racial mi-
norities, is honored every third
Monday of January for his sacri-
fice for his fellow man.

Throughout the history of the
United States, race has been the
fulcrum for divisiveness and con-
flict in society. No other societal
aspect has been the cause of so
much turmoil or bloodshed as the
color of one's skin and ethnic
background. In a country whose
founding documents profess. “We
hold these truths to be self-evi~
dent. that all men are created

equal," King’s humility and non-
violence brought accountability
to the nation‘s capital and world—
wide attention to the plight of his
people.

Although the federal govern-
ment has slated one day for obser-
vation of King’s contribution to
civil rights and the progressive
advancement of our society, we
should all be mindful every day of
the ideals that King embodied
and strive to apply them in our
everyday lives ~ whether it be
his diplomatic approach to solv-
ing conflict or his humility before
others.

Hopefully King‘s dream will
one day be realized for the sake of
all Americans, regardless of race.
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UK senior needs to learn from his predecessor

In the days after debacles
against Kansas and Vanderbilt,
UK fans, players and coaches
have passed the
time playing a
Big Blue Blame
Game to ex-
plain what went
so wrong.

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discipline, re-

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WT coaching.

Here’s one:

blame Chuck

Hayes.

For four years, everyone's All-
American was a source of stabil-
ity and leadership on the court.
When the Cats were in a funk, he
would usually be the one to wake
them up with a big play or the
right words. When something
needed to be done, he did it.
When things were the worst,
everyone always knew you could
count on Chuck.

In this comfort zone, no one
else became a leader —— Hayes
had that position locked down.

Now, his former teammates
look lost without him.

As they stand (and they seem
to do that too often this season)
on the court, they seem to be
waiting for someone to take
charge, as if hoping someone

would start acting like Hayes. No
one has.

There is hope — the Cats have
a man who can step and lead, one
who can provide the model for
everyone else. His initials are
RM, and he is not a 6-foot~10
center. He is senior Ravi Moss,
and it is his turn to lead.

He was close to Hayes, and
now he needs to use what he
learned the last three seasons.

He needs to scream when
something has to be said; he
needs to show the younger Cats
what it means to play UK basket-
ball every night; he needs to
lead.

the starting lineup, because he
has earned it and because he
gives the Cats what they need the
most.

Moss provides hustle on de-
fense and on the glass. He knocks
down shots from the outside. He
makes the right decisions.

When he is on the floor, good
things happen for the Cats —
they look a little faster, a little
more aggressive and whole lot
easier to watch. Just like his
when pal Hayes was here.

Against West Virginia, Moss
started and scored 11 points in