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Officials consider extending Thanksgian Break

By Lima Li
news®kykernelcom

The University Senate is reexamin-
ing the two-day Thanksgiving break that
is currently in effect at UK.

Due to students‘ requests to extend
the Thanksgiving break, an ad-hoc cal-
endar committee has been formed to ex-
amine this issue, said Kaveh Tagavi, the
Senate Council Chair.

Many students complain that the

daily for those who have to travel out of
state to be with their families.

“Extending the break sounds great
to me." said Mark Taylor, a mechanical
engineering sophomore. “It would give
out—of—state students like me enough
time to visit our families."

Though his father lives in Pennsyl-
vania. Taylor plans to visit his mother
and stepfather in Louisville for Thanks~
giving instead.

“It's almost impossible to make the
trip (to Pennsylvania) in four days." he

said. “I‘d have to fly overnight on
Wednesday and leave early Sunday
moming just to spend two and half days
home."

A three-day Thanksgiving break
would give students the same amount of
time off as those at University of
Louisville.

“Our students appreciate the break
very much." said John Drees. U of L‘s
associate vice president for communica-
tions and marketing. "It gives them one
last long break before the finals prepara-

tion. and the faculty also gets the chance
to take a breather."

Thirteen of UK’s 19 benchmark uni—
versities have a two-day Thanksgiving
break. The other six have breaks of three
days or longer. According to its Web
site, the University of Virginia has a
weeklong Thanksgiving break.

One of the proposed plans UK’s
committee is looking at is canceling the
one-day Fall Break and adding it to
Thanksgiving. Tagavi supports this plan.

“Personally and as a professor, I

never liked the Fall Break." Tagavi said.
"The idea of the swap seems interesting
to me."

Others argue that the university
should keep the fall break and extend
the Thanksgiving break at the same
time.

“I don‘t see why we can’t have
both' said Andrew Goodale. a business
management freshman. Goodale added
that U of L and Western Kentucky Uni-

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Thanksgiving break is too shon. espe-

 

Doctor’s
study finds
new use for
cancer drug

By Shannon Mason
smason@kykernel.com

The Food and Drug Administration re-
cently approved a new use for the breast can-
cer drug Herceptin. thanks in part to the work
of a UK researcher.

Dr. Edward Romond. a cancer specialist
and researcher at UK‘s Markey Cancer Cen-
ter. was the lead investigator on a project that
researched and analyzed two clinical trials of
early-stage breast cancer patients who re-
ceived Herceptin in addition to chemotherapy.

Herceptin is a monoclonal antibody that
attaches to and prevents actions of human epi-
dermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER-Z). a
protein that occurs in 25 percent of breast
cancer patients. Romond said. HER-2 makes
cells grow more aggressively and spread
faster.

Herceptin had previously been used in
combination with chemotherapy to treat
women who had more advanced stages of
HER-2-positive breast cancer. and in those in-
stances. it caused the cancer to shrink.
Romond said.

"The next obvious question was. what
happens if we give it to women who have just
been diagnosed?" Romond said.

Romond said he was asked to chair a
study through the National Surgical Adjuvant
Breast and Bowel Project to examine that
question. The Breast and Bowel Project in-
cludes 165 major institutions that focus on
breast and colon cancer. he said.

“(The project‘s) focus is on keeping can-
cer from spreading." Romond said.

During the study, a couple thousand
women were given “the best chemotherapy.”
and. in addition, half of those women received
Herceptin. Romond said. That half of the
women took Herceptin for a year. he said.

Romond said that during the Breast and
Bowel Project’s study. he heard of another
study being conducted by Dr. Edith Perez of
the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville. Fla.

“The studies were so similar that we were
able to combine the results." Romond said.

The results of both studies found that the
recurrence of breast cancer in patients who
had received Herceptin was “half of what it
was without the antibody." Romond said.

The results of the study were some of the
most important in many years. said Dr. Kevin
McDonagh. who is the chief of the division of
hematology. oncology. and blood and marrow
transplantation in the Department of Internal
Medicine in the UK College of Medicine, the
deputy director of the Markey Cancer Center.
and the Markey foundation chair in oncology
research.

“it’s very hard to overestimate the signifi-

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Eason attach a Sign to one of the new light poles on the corner of Rose Street

and Huguelet Drive last night

 

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Rose Street closure finalized
last night after all-day delay

By Katie Saltz
news@kykernel (,Or‘n

Anticipated chaos was avoided
yesterday when the closing of Rose
Street was delayed by more than ll)
hours.

Drivers on South Limestone
Street still had access to Rose Street
until around 10:30 pm. when the
street was officially closed.

Maj. Joe Monroe of the letting—
ton Police Department said that
there was too much left to be done
to close the street earlier in the day.

"It just wasn‘t finished."~ Monroe
said. “So we pushed it back."

Bob Wiseman. L'K's vice presie
dent for facilities management. said
pushing back the closing time was a
smart move.

"We wanted to wait until rush—
hour traffic was over." Wisemiin
said.

Project manager Jim Conner
said that the street would close as
soon as the new routes were pt'cr
pared.

"We have to finish turning on
the new" light patterns and painting
stripes on South Limestone and Vir-
ginia." Conner said last night around

 

11) pm.

He also said the new routes
shouldn't cause too much confusion
because of the signs that have been
posted.

"The only people who might be
confused are the people who haven‘t
driven on Rose recently." Conner
said.

As for rerouting traffic. Monroe
said that police would be present for
the next few days to help drivers ad-

jUst to the new routes

“We‘ve put some policemen
there to help with the learning ciirye
process." Monroe said "They will
be there for the next two days dur
ing peak traffic times."

Despite the police presence.
Wiscman still anticipates complica-
tions in traffic patterns.

”There will be some confusion."
Wiseman said. “Folks don‘t always
read the signs. but the police are
there to keep the cars mo\ mg."

Rose Street will still offer access
to the LR Hospital and will be open
for pedestrians.

"Thc walkway
open." Wisciiian said.
that our students need the
way s."

will still be
”We know
walke

Professor helps secure funds for suicide prevention

By Kenny Colston
news@kykernal.edu

Kentucky is set to receive $1.2 million over
three years to combat the No. 2 cause of death in
Kentucky‘s youth — suicide.

“Kentucky loses twice as many citizens to
suicide as it does to homicide and AIDS com-
bined," said Dr. Julie Cerel. an assistant profes-
sor of social work at UK and the Kentucky Sui-
cide Prevention Group‘s vice chair.

Dr. Mary Bolin-Reece. director of UK's
Counseling and Testing Center. agreed that sui-
cide is a major problem.

“Preventing suicide is everybody's business
and not just the responsibility of mental health
professionals." Bolin-Reece said. “It is crucial
that any hints of suicide risk be taken seriously."

As part of a national Youth Suicide Preven-
tion campaign. Congress allotted $20 million na-
tionwide through the Garrett Lee Smith Act.

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named after a current congressman whose son
committed suicide Kentucky was among 11
states that received part of the funds. The grant
will be given to the state in increments of
$400 001) over three years and must be used to
target the age range where suicide is most coni—
mon. people under the age of 24.

The grant will be used in a variety of ways.
Cerel said.

“increasing the number of gatekeepers. peo—
ple who are educated in the signs of people who
are considering suicide; enacting new policies:
and marketing how big of a problem suicide is
and how to prevent it will be goals for across the
state." Cerel said.

According to the Web site for the Suicide
Prevention Resource Center. suicide was the
llth-ranked cause of death in Kentucky from
1999 to 2002. In the same time frame. Kentucky
averaged 507 suicide deaths per year. which is
nearly seven suicides every five days.

“The money from this grant will go to drop—

ping the rate of suicides." Cerel said.

Bolin-Recce said she didn’t think the num-
bers would go down right away but thought the
increase in funding would still help.

“Because of the unnecessary stigma stir»
rounding suicide. (suicides) in the past have of—
ten been recorded as accidents unless the de—
ceased left a note or other definite indication of
suicide." she said.

“Kentucky ranks high in deaths by suicide
and low in funds dedicated to mental health ser-
vices." Bolin—Rcece said.

“in the long run. deaths by suicide are likely
to be lowered most by increased availability of
affordable and accessible services — medication
and/or ‘talk therapy‘ ~— to persons across the
lifespan. particularly to those higher-risk persons
who experience untreated or under-treated men
tal illness and/or substance abuse." Bolin~Reece
said.

The Kentucky Department for Mental Health
and Mental Retardation Services submitted the

application for the grant with the help of Cerel
and the Kentucky Suicide Prevention Group. and
it will be the official recipient of the state grant.
(The community mental health region “'1” be
chosen to receive extra benefits through an appli-
cation process.

Bolin«Reece said 15 percent of people seen
at the Counseling and Testing Center reported
having suicidal thoughts and 12 percent had ac
tually attempted suicide at some point in their
life. The Counseling and Testing (‘entcr coordi-
nates Question—Persuade»Refer suicide preven-
tion training provided free to faculty. staff and
students at UK.

Cerel said there is one mission for suicide
prevention and one broad goal for the use of the
grant.

“We need to help suicide survivors. the loved
ones. friends and other people connected to the
person." she said. “How many people have been
affected (by suicide). and are their needs being
met? We need to educate people on support."

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Nick Lachey bared his skin
and his soul to concertgoers at
Las Vegas' Luxor Hotel & Casi—

no on Nov. ll. After the singer.

33. stripped down to just a tank
top. he announced to the
screaming crowd. “Damn it. Ve-
gas. I fell in love again!"

The object of his affection:
his girlfriend of seven months.
Entertainment Tonight corre~
spondent Vanessa Minnillo. 26.
who was backstage. After the
concert, the enraptured pair cel—
ebrated their shared birthday
(which was two days before)
with an entourage of 18 friends
at eatery Social House. Says a
witness. “When a dessert platter
with candles was brought out.
the whole table sang ‘Happy
Birthday.’ Nick and Vanessa
pointed to each other and yelled
out ‘you!’ at that pan of the
song. Then they shared a sweet.
long kiss."

Minnillo's gift for her
boyfriend? A source tells Hot
Stuff she commissioned a por—
trait of four generations of
Lachey men: an infant Lachey.
his father. grandfather and great-
grand-father. Says the insider.
"it's based on one of Nick's fa-
vorite family pictures."

Chad: Why I Love Kenzie

Age is just a number for
Chad Michael Murray. 25. who
defends his relationship with ti—
ancee Kenzie Dalton. 18 (who
was in high school when they
met). in December‘s CosmoGirl!
He says she has “a very mature
sense . . . [and] she gets me—
and that's what's important."

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On Nov. 7. five days after
spending time with David
Spade. 42. Heather Locklear. 45.
was spotted with ex Tommy
Lee. 44. after a Motley Crue
concert. A source says “he
closed the dressing—room door
and they partied." (Lee's rep had
no comment. and Locklear's
couldn't be reached.)

Kate To Owen: Behave!

Kate Hudson can keep her
man in line — even from thou-
sands of miles away.

An Owen Wilson pal tells
Hot Stuff the actress. 27 (who‘s
in Australia filming Fool‘s
Gold). was so upset by reports
of Wilson. 38. flirting with ac-
tress Amber Hay that she put the
kibosh on that friendship. “Kate
had her half sister. Emily, call
Amber and ask her what was up
with her and Owen.“

At that point. continues the
source. “Owen stopped calling
Amber." Adds another Wilson
insider. “He's being careful."
Case in point: On Nov. 8. at the
PlayStation 3 party in Beverly
Hills. Wilson “was not with any
girls. and left by himself." says
the second source. So where do
Hudson and Wilson stand? Adds
that source. "They are trying to
make it work."

Grey' 3 Anatomy —— The
Sets Still Tense

Despite pumping his fist in
the air as he read Patrick
Dempsey’s People‘s Choice

Lachey:

'I Fell in Love
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Award nomination on Nov. 7.
Isaiah Washington is still at odds
with the cast following his Oct.
9 fight with the other actor, a
Grey‘s Anatomy source tells Hot
Stuff. (Witnesses tell Us Wash-
ington. 43. became angry when
Dempsey. 40. was late to the set;
after a heated argument. Wash—
ington began to choke
Dempsey.)

“There‘s a distance between
Isaiah and the cast now." the
source says. “The camaraderie
has been replaced by a nervous
tension.“ A show rep tells Us.
“That's ridiculous. Everyone has
moved on."

Nicky's & Paris' New
Feuds

Hell hath no fury like Nicky
Hilton scorned. On Nov. 10 at
L.A.'s Les Deux. Hilton, 23.
flipped when Kristin Cavallari's
pal Britney Field — the woman
with whom Hilton's ex—beau
Kevin Connolly. 32. allegedly
cheated (Field denies this) —— ar-
rived.

“Nicky wanted Britney
kicked out." says a clubgoer.
Though Field. 20. wasn't eject-
ed. “Nicky told Kristin that Brit—
nay isn't welcome anywhere in
LA. anymore." Meanwhile. big
sister Paris Hilton‘s peace talks
with Lindsay Lohan have col-
lapsed. On Nov. 8. Lohan told
photographers. “Paris is a c—-t."
Why? A source says Lohan. 20.
is angry Hilton flirted with ex
Harry Morton at Hyde on Nov.
7: “He's the one guy she didn't
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versity have both a fall break and a
three-day Thanksgiving break.

Officials argue UK cannot have
both because the university is allowed
only a certain number of institutional
holidays each year. ”That is what makes
the plan to cancel Fall Break feasible,
Tagavi said.

Not all students are for extending
the Thanksgiving break.

Dominique Comer, a pre-pharma-
cy sophomore, is concerned that stu-
dents would be induced to skip the
first two days of the week if the break
were extended.

This does not seem to be a prob-
lem for U of L, Drees said. Since the
three-day Thanksgiving break began
many years ago, professors have not
complained about their students skip-
ping the first two days of the week.

Even if a change to extend the
Thanksgiving break is approved soon,
hopeful students shouldn’t get too ex-
cited.

Due to activities that are planned
far in advance. students won’t be hav-
ing a longer Thanksgiving break next
year, regardless of the committee‘s de-
cision, Tagavi said. At the earliest, the
approved change will be effective for
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cance of this study," McDonagh
said. “It’s one of the most (valu-
able) clinical studies in the last two
decades. It really validates the use
of a new class or generation of can-
cer drug targeted therapy.‘

Most cancer treatments work in
a “non-specific fashion,” but new
developments are paving the way
for specifically targeted drugs, Mc-
Donagh said.

“Herceptin is one of the first
(drugs) developed and implemented
in this way,“ McDonagh said.

McDonagh said that Romond’s
involvement in the study “reflects
extraordinarily well on this institu-
tion at UK.”

He also said that Romond is fi—
nally getting the national attention
he deserves.

"(Romond) hasn‘t been well
known,” McDonagh said. “He's fi-
nally receiving the national recog-
nition that is appropriate for all his
good work. It’s a validation of his
career.“

Romond received other valida-
tion of his work when he was
awarded the 2006 Celebration of

Life Award by the Lexington affili-
ate of the Susan G. Kornen Founda-
tion in September.

Nancy Officer, the executive di-
rector for the Komen Foundation
affiliate in Lexington, said each
year the foundation gives out an
award at its Pink Tie Gala to honor
a cancer survivor or someone who
has made a great contribution to
fighting breast cancer.

“Everyone in the community
agreed that he had done such great
work for the women in this area
and the nation," Officer said. “We
were so thrilled that (Romond) was
our winner of this award."

Romond, a graduate of UK‘s
College of Medicine, has now been
employed at UK for more than 20
years. but he before he became a
doctor he served his community in
another way —- as a high school
math teacher in Boston.

Romond said his wife was eam-
ing her master’s degree in nursing
and he was meeting a lot of doctors
through her. She then encouraged
him to apply to medical school, and
he ended up studying at UK.

“I loved teaching, but I was get-
ting tired of geometry,” Romond
said. “So I wanted to do something
different."

 

 

CD REVIEWS: Dave Matthews rehashes mediocrity

DAVE MATTHEWS BAND
"The Best of What's Around, Vol. 1"

Dave Matthews Band, spawned in the
netherworld of the post-grunge, mid-‘90s.
where-do—we-go—from-here period of musical
identity crises. is the most prolific pioneer of
blandcore. DMB is also the poster-child for the
sterilization of all things commercial. where
complacency is king.

The “best" of DMB is chronicled on the new
double—disc “The Best of What‘s Around, Vol.
1," indicating with great confidence that there
will be a second volume. All of the comhole
background hits — “Crash Into Me,” “What
Would You Say?" and their prom—ready ballad
“The Space Between" — appear here, along

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with a cross section of jammed~out live perfor-
mances recorded in the last five years. Curious—
ly. the darkly veiled “Don’t Drink the Water."
the closest DMB got to a pretty decent song,
didn’t make the cut (perhaps since it was their
only blatant change of direction). but an unin—
spired live rendition opens the second bonus
disc. Throughout their decade-long existence.
they, just like Donald Rumsfeld. are interested
only in staying the course.

As someone who plays music. I certainly
understand and respect the technical dexterity
and tight musicianship that DMB employs.
However, talent does not equate to ambition. and
historically, profound music tends to be ambi-

 

would be drinking a lot of smoothies.

DMB is not a bad band, and certainly their
popularity can somewhat attest to that. But the
absence of bad does not necessarily create an in-
teresting listening experience. Their music is so
glossed, pleasant, and unadventurous that listen-
ing to most of this album was similar to hearing
to your neighbor mow their lawn or hearing
your kitchen linoleum curl — it's too inoffensive
to really adopt any sort of opinion. Its music so
formulated that it seems like it almost doesn't
even exist.

Recommended if you dig: Playing comhole,
standing in the elevator. that annoying guy who
also busts out his acoustic at parties to get chicks

tious. DMB is not profound. “The Best of
What’s Around" selects the most parent-friendly.
dentist-office—ready music of DMB‘s catalogue.
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FOUR TET

“Remixes"

Leave it to Four Tet to once
again push the whole thing for-
ward.

Four Tet. if you’re not yet
hip to him, is the penname of
Kieran Hebden, a British elec-
tronic musician hellbent on

 

BEACH HOUSE

"Beach House"

TENAcious D
"Pick of Destiny"

Like Galaxie 500‘s soothing vi-
braphone joumey. Beach
House‘s new self—titled album
is a warm. dreamy jaunt
dirough hazy melodies and
ethereal keyboard structures.

Every generation needs
some version of Spinal Tap.
and Tenacious D is ours.

We haven‘t heard from the
boys who make fatness and
baldness as cool as Carl
Winslow did much in the past

 

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proving that laptop music not
only is engaging but expands

far beyond the stereotype of all electronic music being a deriva-
tive of dance. Four Tet is not dancey. but he’s everything else.
Shades of free jazz, hip-hop. psych. downtempo and pop are
sprinkled throughout his repertoire, and “Remixes" is the perfect

introduction.

The double-disc set, at a very decent price. features a collec—
tive of Four Tet remixing songs of others and vice versa. The col-
lection is quite eclectic. too, including his imagining of songs
from Radiohead, Madvillain. Beth Orton, soothing trip-hop
songstress Sia and everyone's favorite — Bloc Party. Madvillian‘s
“Money Folder" and “Great Day" remixes still retain the urgent
prominence of MF Doom, but with layers of undeniably gorgeous
melody interweaving between schizophrenic beats. washes of

white noise and reverse harmonies.

When Four Tet is not making hip-hop that sounds gorgeously
sweeping, he’s concocting verses and choruses out of nothing
more than vocal snippets switching in polarity. Four Tet may
sound otherworldly at first, but Remixes, as well as his previous
releases, continues to utilize unconventional sounds to create tra-

ditionally beautiful and engaging music.

vocals create a Nico-like. dark. almost bittersweet vintage sound.
with melodies reminiscent of the analog sound of Broadcasts
"HaHa Sound" or Radiohead‘s “Kid A."

Beach House creates a celestial soundscape that shows how
reverberated vocals. a single keyboard and Occasional Hawaiian
lap steel is all you need to create sensations. Beach House. inci-
dentally. sounds like a nightly beach stroll. if this beach is ex-
traterrestrial.

five years. and they certainly
haven't changed a bit. However. why change if you have a win-
ning formula?

The soundtrack to their latest film, “Pick of Destiny." fea—
tures the same narrative songs. classically influenced riffs. skits
(some of which are probably from the film) and Jack Black's
syncopated scat singing. Like Ween before them. Tenacrous D is
in a small elite of satirical bands that are also good songwriters.
Though other quirky comedy groups like King Missile III and
Richard Cheese (the famous lounge singer who covers radio
hits) may have a sharper punch. Tenacious D retains listening
value long after the punch lines wear off.

Some of the jokes are a bit recycled (“Classico" is ultimate-
ly a song dedicated to the Bach-rock break down from the
eponymous debut‘s “Rock Your Socks Off“). but biting satire is
good. And in a time where the music industry and MTV darlings
continue to take themselves too seriously. biting satire like this
can be forgiven.

Recommended if you dig: Mazzv Star, GalaXie 500, Broadcast

Recommended if you dig: Ween, They Might Be Giants, Spinal Tap

Recommended if you dig: M83, Massive Attack. Prefuse 73

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