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WEATHER Mostly sunny

today, high 50s. Cloudy with a
(home ofrain, low 3 5 . Cloudy
tomorrow, high in the mid 40s.

SMASHWG Billy Corgan played with his
hand the Smashing Pumpkins in Louisville

7iiesday night. See review page 2

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Constitutional amendment tails

By Gary Wull

Assistant News Editor

Three times was not a charm for Graduate Stu—
dent senator Michael Tomblyn and his constitutional
amendment that would have reallocated senate seats.

Last night at a full Student Government Associa-
tion meeting senators did not approve the amend-
ment 10-12 with four abstentions.

The constitutional amendment originall request-
ed that the senate be com osed of one col ege sena—
tor from each college or eve 1,400 students
enrolled within that college. All {he colleges would
be represented by at least one colle e senator.

To ensure the same amount oigcolle e senators,
Tomblyn’s amendment reduced the num r of fresh-
man senators and senators at lar e. Two weeks a o
the senate amended the amen ment to leave the
number of freshman senators the same. This would
have added two people to senate.

Harrelson IIVIIBS
IIBIIIII at lecture
in Memorial Hall

By Mary Dees
Senior Stafl" Writer

“This is going to be a real trouble making group,”
said Harrelson, as he was greeted with screams and
applause, in a packed Memorial Hall.

Woody Harrelson was greeted last night with a
thunderous applause and a light hearted question and
answer session, but moved on to a more serious topic.

Harrelson introduced and mediated a discussion
on the uses and the importance of legalizing industri-
al hemp.

Many people involved in the movement spoke on
both the benefits of industrial hemp and the process
necessary to legalize it.

“Fifty million trees are destroyed just for paper a
year,” Harrelson said.

The use of industrial hemp to be used instead of
trees for paper was discussed along with the other
uses for hemp.

Industrial hemp would be useful since it is a
replentishable natural resource.

It only take 100 days for hemp to reach its maturi-
ty while it takes trees between five and 50 years to
reach maturity for the use of paper.

“It is a good thing for events like this to occur so
people know that the uses of hemp are far different
from marijuana, and the benefits it could have on the
economy,” said sophomore business major Patti
Ruhl.

Hemp was wide] used in both industry and agri-
culture until the ear y 1900’s.

It became illegal in different states between 1914
and 1933.

In 1937 the Marijuana Tax Act was passed
requiring a stamp and permission for Kentucky farm-
ers of industrial hemp, virtually wiping out the mar-
ket.

Andy Grays, President of the Kentucky Farm
Bureau, believes that education is the key.

College of Arts and Sciences senator Scott
Coovert said he did not think that he was adequately
representing all the departments in the college.

“There are 14 meetings a week I have to attend,”
Coovert said. “It is extremely difficult to go in there
and represent all the people."

Opponents to the amendment
claimed that it would have given
larger colleges an unfair advantage.

“I think this overpowers the col-
leges and gives the small colleges
like Human Environmental Sciences
a greater disability” senator at large
Bob Brown said.

During those two weeks, Tomblyn considered the
points the other senators had made and presented
two new amendments to the amendments, both of
which passed.

One amendment returned the amount of senators
at large to 15. The other amendment allocated one

“It’s an educational level, if you bring it (the level)
up, people will understandlmore about it)”, said
Grays.

In addition, the need for student and citizen
involvement was discussed.

All those interested in the industrial hemp move-
ment are encouraged to write their senators and con-
gressmen.

Furthermore, the University of Kentucky has
started a new organization .

The Students for Industrial Farming and the
Environment is newly formed this year and is taking
an active interest in the legalization of industrial
hemp.

“It is important for these meetings to occur
because the word needs to be spread. The only way
this can be possible is to talk about it and discuss

SGA

senator for every 2,000 students.

The amendment has been tabled twice since its
creation on Oct. 2. At that time, the Operations and
Evaluations committee decided that the amendment
be tabled until the next committee meetin r.

At the next committee meeting, t e amend-
ment passed favorably 5—2.

On Oct. 16, the last full senate meeting, the
senate decided to table the amendment once again
after arguing about amendments to the restructur—
ing amendment.

However, realizing that he would not get the
two—thirds needed to pass the amendment,

Tomblyn voted against his amendment.

“IfI had kept my vote it would have ended here
tonight,” Tomblyn said. “It couldn’t have been
brou ht u again this session.”

T oug he does not know when he will brin up
the bill he was disappointed in the outcome 0 the

vote.

 

JAMES CRISP Kernel staff

"Ill HOUSE Woody Harrelson spoke to a fill] capacity erawd last night at Memorial Hall. Harrelson was in Lexington
to appear in tourt on rharges of planting hemp seeds last summer in protest of state law.

it,"said Jason Crump, a music performance, fresh-
man.

The issue of hemp in relation to marijuana was
fairly avoided until an irate man by the name of
“Dave”, began to scream and deviate from the sanc-
tioned topic of hemp to the benefit of drugs.

However, the forum did not promote the legaliza-
tion of marijuana but the industrial use of hemp.

The hemp used would be that with a low level of
THC, which is the chemical found in marijuana, and
a high level of CBD, which is the chemical that
makes hemp strong.

“I got a lot of information out of this meeting. I
learned many uses for industrial hemp.

I’m for it 100 percent. It is important for these
meetings to occur because the word needs to be
spread,” Crump said.

Blanton hired as
assistant dean

By Kathy fladlnp

Assistant News Editor She

ing all UK fraternities and serv-
ing as adviser to the Interfrater-
nity Council, the Inter-Greek
Programming Assembly and the
Order of Omega, West said.

said both candidates
interviewed for the job were

By Kathy Redlng
Assistant News Editor

Delta Sig cleared of hazing

Eight new members of his organization
were present at the Lambda meeting, Harp-
er said.

 

 

 

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in Patterson Office

qualified, but Blanton was better
suited for UK’s needs.

 

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Tower Will have a new occupant more with alumni of UK’s Greek
tomorrow. system.

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dents Office has . . could really use some
selected a new assxs- work is alumni rela-
tant dean to serve as tions,” he said.
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For the past couple of weeks, the Dean
of Students Office has been investigating a
disruption at the Oct. 3 meeting of UK
Lambda by members of Delta Sigma Phi
social fraternity.

Dean of Students David Stockham said
yesterday that his office has completed part
of an investigation into the incident and
found that it is not a hazing situation and
that the fraternity as a whole is not at fault
for an 'ng that ha pened.

“T ere is not sufficient evidence to bring
charges against the organization,” Stock-
ham said. He said the investigation did not

roduce enough proof that the fraternity
llad insti ated the individuals’ behavior.

He said a greater “preponderance of evi-
dence” was needed in the case so it would
have been able to stand up against an
appeal.

“Dean Hazard has rather thoroughly and
exhaustively investigated the case, Stock-
ham said. H D l S Ph

Thomas a r, e ta i a i resi-
dent, said he wlaTsxhappy the ogffincc rulepd the
incident was not hazing.

“We maintained throu hout the investi—

tion that it was not,” arper said. “We
E0“! we are not a hazing organization.”

However, even though charges are not
bein brou ht against the fraternity as a
who e, Stoc am said, an investigation con-
tinues into the actions of the individuals and
whether or not the University has a case
against them.

“Only part of the investigation is over,”
he said.

 

“I was glad to hear they were going, and
unfortunately there was a pro lem with
them bein there,” he said. “They were
going, I be ieve, for the best of intentions,
to ain knowledge about HIV and AIDS.”

c said uestions still exist about what
ensued, butci‘Iarper said the eight are not at
fault.

Matt Solberg, president of UK Lambda,
said his group’s question all along has been
whether the or anization itself acted
wrongly or if fault ies with the individuals:

The pledges said they came to sit in on
the meeting, Solberg said, but didn’t know
what the grou was, since they didn’t come
directly into e room and since they were
only going to stay for 10 minutes, his group
was led to believe it was a case of hazing.

Harper said he wished more open com-
munication would have taken lace between
his fraternity and UK Lamb a so the mis-
understanding could have been cleared it
without “us being falsely accuses or (themg
accusing us.”

Solberg said the cup has not encoun-
tered any more to lems, and this was the
first disruption they had ever encountered.

“It's tough to tell whether it was a lone
incident that happened or rather a reflec-
tion of the campus itself,” Solbe said.

He said he is working with arper to
develop a workshop to educate ople
about the purpose of UK Lambd:e and
about homosexuality.

“We‘re ho ingmto do it not only with
Deln Sigma ', t widi other fraternities
and sororities,” Solberg said.

 

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NEWShytes

GIMME Worker struck
by plywood at library

A construction worker at the W. T. Young Library
construction site was struck by a piece of plywood
yesterday, rendering him unconscious.

At around 7:40 am. yesterday morning, Robert
Dufresne, a construction worker for Cleveland Con-
struction, was helping to rebuild a temporary ply-
wood enclosure used to cover a hoist for construction
materials. The enclosure was brought down by Tues-
day night’s powerful winds.

He was unconscious for “a brief period of time.”
UK Spokesman Carl N athe said. For his safety, work-
ers called for an ambulance.

“He was taken to Columbia (Hospital) to get
checked out,” Nathe said. “It was a precautionary
measure.”

Dufresne was treated and released from Columbia
Hospital in satisfactory condition. Nathe thought this
was the first major injury since construction began on
the library.

Dole heains linal push In election

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. — Promisin to win one
for “Mr. Lincoln,” Bob Dole began his nal push for
an electoral breakthrough Wednesday by suggesting
President Clinton’s re-election would plunge the
nation into a recession.

“The Clinton recovery ended toda ,” Dole said at
a campus rally here as he stumped or votes in the
South.

The re 'on is generally a GOP presidential
stronghold, ut Dole is still struggling to bolster his
standing there.

Seizing on a new overnment report showing that
the economy slowe in the july—September quarter,
the Republican challenger asserted that the U.S.
efionomy “is barely afloat” under Clinton’s steward-
5 1p.

“It doesn’t take a team of economists to tell you
what ha pens when you mix slow growth with
increased3 taxes: That’s a recipe for economic col-
lapse,” Dole said. “Ifthis is a recovery, I can hardly
wait for the recession.”

CIMIIII'S presidential VlSlllll altered

WASHINGTON ~ Four years in the White
House have dramatically altered Bill Clinton’s vision
of his presidency.

His once- and designs have shrunk, reflecting a
recognition at he bit off too much in his first term
— and there’s not a lot of money to s end anyway.

If he wins re-election, there is nothing in Clinton’s
agenda on the scale of his doomed plan to guarantee
health insurance for every American.

Nor is there anythin like his 1992 idea to per-
suade taxpayers to spen $80 billion for a Rebuild
America Fund.

“We’ve gone from the Great Society to the itty
bitty society,” said University of Virginia political sci—
entist Larry Sabato. “Clinton has a thousand tiny
plans, no overarching theme.”

It is “an itsy bitsy agenda,” a reed Brookings
Institution presidential scholar homas Mann.
“There is no way this administration is going to ur-

sue some libera agenda. It just ain’t going to ap-
’1

pen.
WORLD llaaiocracy suppressed In China

BEIJING — The trial lasted four hours. and the
verdict was harsh: l 1 years in prison for Wang Dan,
one of the last active leaders of the 1989 Tiananmen
Square democracy movement.

With yesterday’s swift judgment, China’s Com—
munist Party leaders signaled their resolve to silence
critics.

But they also revealed worries about anti- overn-
ment sentiment and the potent memories of the mili-
tary assault that crushed the 1989 demonstrations.

“The student movement was such a big thin that
nobody can forget it,” said a man standing outsi c the
courthouse where Wang was tried.

“Just because we don’t talk about it openly doesn't
mean we don’t care,” said the man, who refused to be
identified.

For many, Wang symbolized that movement. As a
Beijing University student, he led marches and called
for a student union free of government control.

After the crackdown, the government put him atop
its most-wanted list, flashing his picture on TV
nationwide.

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NEW YORK — Tina Turner found out that love
has a lot to do with it.

The 57-year-old rock legend who taught the world
how to dance in high heels lives with German record
executive Erwin Bach in Nice, France, and also has a
house in Zurich, Switzerland.

She hasn‘t lived in the United States for about 15

ars.
ye “Success in America —— what I find with In home-
land — nothing lasts very lon ," Turner to d CBS’
‘60 Minutes” in an interview r broadcast Nov. 10.
“Europe is different. You’re right there with them
until you cane back."

‘In my heart, I don’t think I will go back home,”
she said.

Turner does. however, plan on do an extensive
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Emotion, energy

abound at show

By Robert Dotty
Ans Editor

LOUISVILLE — On Tuesday,
The Smashing Pumpkins gave the
eatest live concert I’ve ever seen.
Their intensity, stage presence
and musical talent made the
evening one to remember.

Before the Pumpkins came on
stage, however, there was an open-
in act by the name of Garbage.
T e band played an average set,
and fell into the common, “It’s an
o ening act so we don’t really care
a out them” response from the
audience.

They finally got the ball rolling
with their radio singles, but for the
most art it was nothin special.
One t ing I did notice, Trowever,
was that each bandmember waved
goodbye to the audience when
they walked offstage. I liked that.

Then the main event came.
After the road crew came in and
changed the instruments, the
lights finally came down and the
piano instrumental that starts off
the Pumpkin’s two-disc master—
piece filled the air. The crowd
erupted, and Billy Cor n and the
rest of the Chicago-Eised crew
made their way to the stage. From
there, the band broke loose with
“Where Boys Fear to Tread.”

The Pumpkins took it up a
notch with “Zero,” one of the
son 5 off of their latest album,
Me lon Collie and the Infinite
Sadness. It was perhaps the best
performance of the night. Lead
singer Billy Corgan, dressed in his
trademark black and silver Zero t—
shirt, poured out his soul for this
song. It was so good, in fact, that it
actually brought chills through me
to hear it, and that’s something
that I don’t like admitting, being
one of those emotion-less males.

There were also powerful per—
formances of “Bullet With Butter-

fly Wings” (Corgan shrieking out
the opening line of “the world is a
vampire"), “Today” and an
extended version of “Porcelina of
the Vast Oceans.”

There were several pauses
through the set while the band
changed instruments. Instead of
just silence, the band did different
things to entertain the audience
such as playing a clip of Planet of
the Apes. Little things such as this
showed how much the band had
put into their live erformance,
somethin that was acking when
they hea lined the Lollapalooza
tour.

Another powerful moment was
when Corgan shifted things down
for an acoustic performance of
“Disarm” from the band’s Siamese
Dream album. The band demon-
strated their incredible diversity
for son after song, and this was
one sucE event.

The funniest moment of the
show came during the second
encore when the band performed
“1979.” See, there’s a tradition
they have to bring four or five
peo le from the audience on sta e
to (lance with them. One of t e

   
     

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crowd while D’Any (above lcfi) remained silent.

lucky individuals ended up taking
his 5 irt off and went one step fur-
ther to reveal his posterior to the
anxious crowd. The antics of the

eople took away from the song,
But maybe that’s what the song is
all about (how deep and meaning-

ful I’ve suddenly become).

The evening ended with a 20-
minute improvised instrumental.
Although it brought the energy of
the Show down, it helped prove
what incredibly great musicians
the Pumpkins are.

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Scary films are sure to turn ‘real' men into mice

very year when Halloween
rolls around, we’re reminded

of one of the most pre-
ictable but entertaining film gen-
res: the horror film. From tense
psychological thrillers to cheap
Slashers, there are countless hor-
ror films to make pansies out of us

your last name.

One of the most dark and
frightening movies that we could
think of is the terrifying thriller
Angelheart. Mickey Rourke plays
Harry Angel, 2 second-rate private
eye, who is hired by a mysterious
man (Robert DeNiro) to track
down a singer who owes him

 

all, but here are some of our

favorites. —
Innoeent Blood com—

bines the horror with

arguably the best e of

movies — angster icks.

That’s rig t — vampire
gangsters! John Landis
(Animal House, Coming to
America) directs this story

 

 

something. Angel acce ts
the assignment and is lied
into a dark world of voodoo
and black magic (yes, there is
a difference) that has a very
scary ending. Angelheart is
full of fine performances and
drea , disturbing scenery. It
will eep you guessing ’til

 

of a young female blood- "IGDIIII'B the very end because of the
sucker in New York who 13"“. surprising plot-twist, and we
accidentally (don’t ask) guarantee that ou’ll get at
turns a mob boss into a (. Am. east nine tig t squeezes
. . .olumnrst »
vampire. Robert Loggia V along the way unless you re

(Big, Independence Du )
steals the s ow as Micel i, the mob
boss turned vampire. Now that’s a
resume! Anthony Lapaglia (The
Client) is also magnificent as the
dashing cop who is hot on Micel-
li’s trail. Okay, so Lapaglia’s per—
formance isn't as good as we make
it out to be and maybe he’s not
your favorite actor, but you can
not argue against the fact that
Lapaglia sounds a lot cooler than

alone, and if you’re getting
’em while ou’re alone then I
guess it’s sa e to say that you’re a
disturbed person, and you should
get some professional help. We
mean this sincerely.

Our favorite type of horror is
the slasher film, especially cheap,
poorly made ones. The budget on
our next movie, The Slumber Party
Massacre, must have been about 20
bucks. If you’re offended by scant-

ily clad women or people being
murdered by a drill, then you
might want to avoid this movie.
However, if you enjoy slasher
films as much as we do, then you
would be doing yourself a favor by
checkin this one out. It contains
all of t e necessities of a good
slasher film: a psychotic killer,
half-naked young girls,
decapitations, half—naked .
girls, gallons of blood and "
our personal favorite, half~ \
naked young girls. This
movie is so bad it’s good.
Kingdom of the Spiders
contains the man vs. nature
plot. In this case nature has

 

entertainment, we don’t know
what is.

Our last pic is a combination
sci-fi/horror film called The Thing.
Kurt Russell (Backdrafi, Executive
Decision) stars in this story of a
desolate antarctic outpost that is
taken over by an alien organism
that arrived via meteorite. The fun
part about this one is that

. the alien clones tfle

' humans, so you nevfir
know which outpost mem—
ber is human and which is
not. It’s a cryin’ shame
what they do to that dog.
Horror master John Car—
penter (Halloween, Village

taken the form of deadly "an of the Damned) directs '.‘a
tarantula s iders. We’re MIICIIO! great cast of no-names
not big spidir fans, in fact you’re sure to recognize.
we’d like to see them all Clqm’ Plus, it sure is fun to watch
dead, so we found this one 014;» 7"“ Wilford Brimley play an

to be spine-tin ling and a

little creepy. The story is simple:
A group of people are trapped in a
small Arizona town that has been
overtaken by spiders. The group is
led by a veterinarian, played by
our favorite actor and yours,
William Shatner, who by the wa
is experienced in dealing with
close encounters of any kind. If
seeing Shatner being attacked by
huge, bloodthirsty spiders isn’t

insane scientist.

Well, there are a few of our
horror favorites you might want to
see, so the next time you’re in 'a
video store, pick these up. Grant-
ed, they aren’t the best movies
ever made, but damnit we like
‘em!

Contributing Columnist Mart Muleahy is
a business freshman and Contributing.
Columnist Theodore A. Taylor, ]r. is a

computer science freshman.

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Film critic Dole accuses Hollywood
again tor encouraging drug use

By Lynn Elber
Associated Press

LOS ANGELES —— Presiden-
tial candidate Bob Dole, doubling
as a film critic, accused the enter-
tainment industry of on-screen
drug ushing in movies such as
Pulfi ietion and Trainspotting.

ut it looks like Dole may have
been preaching to the choir:
When it comes to glamorizin or
lorifying drugs, most filmmaEers
fust Don t Do It.

The days of free-spirited scenes
of smoking, snorting and shooting
drugs are largely (gone — and
that’s not just accor ing to Holly-
wood itself. Even conservative
observers a ee that movies have
broken the abit.

“Dole is 10 years too late,” said
David Horowitz, director of the
Center for the Study of P0 ular
Culture in Los Angeles and a ole
supporter, “Films, in general, have
become relatively conservative.”

The evidence is on the screen,

say Horowitz — even within the
films cited by Dole as proof of
Hollywood’s irresponsibiligr.

In Pulp Fiction, irector
Quentin Tarantino’s I994 comic-
violent view of the workaday lives
of two hit men, a gan ster’s moll
played by Uma T urman is
indeed sexy, stylish and a drug
user.

But her addiction leads to an
overdose and some drastic and
graphic first aid: John Travolta
plun es a h odermic needle into

er c est as s e convulses.

“I don’t know how anybody
could sit through that scene and
do another snort of cocaine,” said
Horowitz.

As for Trainspotting - actually
a British film distributed by a Hol—
lywood studio -— it’s a harrowing

epiction of addiction and the
kind of somber realism that strips
away false allure, says a leading
expert.

"Trains wing is a movie that I
thought epicted the hold that

t

heroin has on somebody’s life
extremely well,” said Alan Leshn-
er, director of the National Insti-
tute on Drug Abuse in Rockville,
Md., part of the National Insti-
tutes of Health.

“Drugs are bad enough. If you
just demonstrate what they do,
that’s a prevention message in and
of itself,” Leshner said.

Dole and other politicians have
the right and responsibility to
condemn Hollywood missteps,
but they have to be accurate.

If the Hollywood movie script
on drugs has indeed been rewrit-
ten, it isn’t the first time. The
issue was not treated lightly or
kindly in past eras: In I955, for
example, hard drugs were the evil
in Otto Preminger’s graphic The
Man with the Golden Arm, which
starred Frank Sinatra as a junkie.

Then came the revolution, and
drugs were woven into movies as
the were into the times. From the
hig travelers of 1969‘s Easy Rider
to the marijuana-scented 'ddiness
of comics Cheech and hang in
Up in Smoke to the silliness of
inept nonuser Woody Allen
sneezing away a line of cocaine in

1

Annie Hall, drugs got at least ,a
wink, if not a nod.

So what’s changed? Society,
and the Hollywood community
with it, say observers and insiders,

Bryan L. Dyak, resident of an
industry-sponsored, grou thgt
helps draft suggestions or the
depiction of such issues as dru ,
sex and violence, has seen a whofi:
sale shift in attitude. .

The council is working with the
National Institute on Drug Abuse
to develop and distribute new
information on the physical effects
of drugs, and sponsored a 1995
symposium with then-US drug
czar Lee Brown and other experts
that drew 135 industry executives:

Politicians and Hall ood can
team up effectively, fink said,
noting that the counci worked
closely with then-first lady Nancy
Reagan and her “Just Say Nol’
anti—dru campaign. .,,

But ole and his “Just Don.’
Donlt” effort erred in attacking
Ho ywood, Dyak ar es.

I'When all is said gird done, the
indus is part of the solution, not
part 0 the problem,” Dyak said.
“That’s reality.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   
    
  

 

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“E N "If BA“. The Cats’ Lee Baker and brother Danny have made an impact on the UK soccer team but loohfiirward to greater things for the program.

Bakers cooking III] I‘BGIIJB lfll‘ victory

By Jill Erwin
Stafl Writer

UK has its own version of the
Fabulous Baker Boys, but this one
doesn’t feature Michelle Pfeiffer
or a piano.

Lee and Danny Baker have
been reunited here at UK as mem-
bers of the men’s soccer team.
They teamed up in the exhibition
game against Transylvania, and

0th managed to score. Danny, a
sophomore, was named Houston
Player-of—the-Year by the Hous-
ton Post and the Houston Chroni-
cle. Lee, a freshman, was a Parade
All-American last year.

The brothers were born in
Louisville exactly two and a half
years apart before moving to
Spring, Texas. Danny came to UK
two years ago to play for the
Wildcats and played in twelve
games, starting six, during his
freshman campaign. He decided
to sit out last year following the

Net minder
taking care
of business

By Bolt Herbs!
Assistant Sports Editor

This Friday will bring back
memories for goalkeeper Carrie
Kuhnell.

Kuhnell and the women’s soc-
cer team will take on No. 10 Wis-
consin in a rematch of last year.

Last season the Badgers beat
UK 2-0, but the game was special
because it was Kuhnell’s first col-
legiate match.

The sophomore from Cincin-
nati wasn’t expected to play much
last year, but was hastily inserted
into the starting lineup because
then starter Ashley Miller suffered
a season-ending knee injury.

“Last year they scored two
goals on me and one was legiti-
mate,” Kuhnell said. “The other
one I might have been able to
save. It was just nerves getting in
the wa , but I’m ready to prove to
mysel that now I’m a Division
One player."

After the game against Wiscon-
sin Iast year, Kuhnell did prove
that she was Division-I caliber.

She went on to shut out a UK
record nine of her next 15 oppo-
nents. During that period, she
shut out six straight foes. The
shutouts came at the most impor-
tant time for the Cats. In the
Southeastern Conferenc