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PHOTO BY SCOTT HANNIGAN | STAFFSenior wide receiver Aaron Boyd catches a touchdown pass in the first half of UK’s 47-14 win over Kent State on Saturday. He caught 11 passes in the game.
PHOTO BY JAMES HOLT | STAFFRoxxanne Bolen and Aaron Mabsen team together to display their dancemoves at a swing-dance class Saturday.
A cold, grey and overcast daycast itself on Feb. 6, 2008. How-ever, in a metaphorical sense, thenUK head coach Rich Brooks and
assistant/recruit-ing coordinatorJoker Phillips,along with UK’srabid fan base,felt the sun breakthrough and shinedown on theBluegrass.
Sitting in asmall classroomnearly 120 milesfrom Lexington,in Prestonsburg,Ky., I and many
of my classmates relished the ben-efits of a substitute teacher’s pres-ence to partake in the drama thatfootball’s national signing daybrings to winter.
Just as was the case in Lexing-ton, no sun was to be found, onlyexcitement and anticipation ofwhich teams were to be dunces ofthe nation’s most talented 17- and18-year-olds.
Surrounded by an assortmentof fandoms, the group’s one com-mon denominator was an interestin whether UK could land thestate’s most coveted recruit —Aaron Boyd.
The brother of former UKquarterback Shane Boyd, Aaronwas among the nation’s top widereceivers, a four-star infact, who left Cats fansgleaming at the thought oflanding a highly touted re-cruit.
Because they are fewand far between, Boyd’sranking created a buzz longlost in the state’s recruiting
scene. The likes of Oregon, Mis-souri and Arkansas were hot onhis trail and supposedly climbingprior to his signing day announce-ment at Henry Clay High School.
Not long after the clock struck11 that morning, Boyd sat at atable in his high-school gym withtwo hats of importance getting thestate’s spotlight shown on them.Neither had UK’s conjoined in-signia featured on them. Instead,two black hats with the logos ofOregon and Missouri were thoughtto be Boyd’s choices.
Being the playful personalityhe is on his team, Boyd nearlycaused a mass panic before unveil-ing a UK hat that was stuffed be-hind Oregon’s.
Fast forward into his fourthseason as a Cat — not much wasmissed.
A combination of attitude andwork ethic turned Boyd into punchline for many fans and even mediamembers.
The conclusion of his junior
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A woman was assaulted onEast Maxwell Street Friday morn-ing, police said.
Lexington police spokes-woman Sherelle Roberts said offi-cers were dispatched to the 400block of East Maxwell at 3:18 a.m.
“We got there and the femalevictim said she was walking homefrom a friend’s house when a malewhite suspect wearing a dark col-ored jacket or hoodie approachedher from behind,” Roberts said.“He grabbed her and pushed herbehind some bushes near the floralshop.”
After being pushed behind thebushes, the suspect attempted toremove the victim’s clothing, but-she pulled out a pocketknife to de-fend herself, Roberts said.
“At that time the suspectstopped attacking the victim andran away,” Roberts said. “It is be-lieved that the victim was cut with
the knife and the victim was alsocut with the knife on her handsand her arms, which is not unusualwhen you’re dealing with a situa-tion like that.”
Police believe the suspect wascut because of a blood trail leadingaway from the scene.
Police would like more infor-mation about the suspect. Anyonewith information can call Lexing-ton police at 859-258-3600.
“If there was anybody in thearea or anyone who knows any-thing about the situation we wouldask that they give us a call,”Roberts said.
UK did not release a UK Alertnor a crime bulletin associatedwith the crime.
In an email to the Kernel, UKPolice Chief Joe Monroe saidUKPD uses the UK Alert andcrime bulletins in accordance withthe Clery Act.
“It is the policy of UK Policethat UK Alerts only be sent for thepurpose of communicating official
information during an emergencyor crisis situation that disrupts nor-mal operation of the campus orposes an immediate threat to thehealth or safety of members of thecampus community,” Monroe saidin the email.
Monroe said hazardous materi-al releases, active shooter inci-dents, tornado warnings, campusclosures and delayed opening ofcampus would all be emergenciesfor which UK would issue a UKAlert.
Monroe also said that the loca-tion of the incident played a role inthe decison not to issue a UK Alertor crime bulletin, and police wantstudents to take the issued ones se-riously and not become numb toan influx of them.
“Additionally, given that thegeographic location of the incidentat hand was not on campus, nor onpublic property directly adjacent tocampus, a UK Crime Bulletin wasnot issued for the incident,” Mon-roe said.
Assault reported early Fridayon E. Maxwell; no alert issued
By Drew Teague
Police say victim fought off suspect with pocketknife
After dropping its season openerto Louisville to begin 2012, UKfound itself playing before 48,346fans Saturday, the fewest to attend ahome opener since 1973 and thefewest to attend any UK footballgame since 1996, before Common-wealth Stadium expanded its seat-ing.
Clinging to a 17-14 lead againstthe Golden Flashes midway thourghthe third quarter, UK looked to be inserious trouble for the second weekin a row.
But then something changed.UK’s veteran offensive playmakersbegan making plays. Its young de-fense found a rhythm. Everyone inblue on both sides of the ball beganto execute the way head coach Jok-er Phillips had promised they could.And within about 15 minutes ofgame time, the team had taken itsthree-point lead and stretched it to33 without looking back.
When Kent State running backTrayion Durham took a 26-yard car-ry to the house to pull Kent State to17-14, the UK sideline looked anx-ious. But following the ensuingkickoff, the Cats’ offense, led bysophomore quarterback MaxwellSmith, drove 80 yards in 11 plays,culminating with an 18-yard strikefrom Smith to senior receiver GeneMcCaskill for a touchdown.
Just minutes later, following aforced fumble by senior cornerbackMartavius Neloms that UK broughtto the Kent State 1-yard line beforeturning back over on downs, the de-fense cornered Kent State runningback Dri Archer in the end zone fora safety.
On the free kick that followed,UK drove another 57 yards to thehouse, giving it 16 points in just un-der four minutes of action.
UK scored two more touch-downs in the first five minutes ofthe fourth quarter, capping the of-fensive explosion at 30 points infewer than 15 minutes off the gameclock and blowing a once-closegame wide open.
Offenseexplodesin homeopener
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LOS ANGELES — The Academy of Mo-tion Picture Arts and Sciences has announcedthat stunt performer Hal Needham, documen-tarian D.A. Pennebaker and arts advocateGeorge Stevens Jr. will receive honoraryawards and that DreamWorks Animationchief Jeffrey Katzenberg will be honoredwith the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award.
The awards will be handed out Dec. 1 inthe Ray Dolby Ballroom at the Hollywood &Highland Center.
This will mark the fourth year that theacademy has distributed the awards in a sep-arate event from the annual Oscars ceremony.
Needham is a stunt performer and coordi-nator who has worked on more than 300 fea-ture films, including “Blazing Saddles,” “Lit-tle Big Man” and “Chinatown.” Needhamalso co-founded Stunts Unlimited and isknown for mentoring young stunt performers.
Needham made his directorial debut with“Smokey and the Bandit” and went on to di-rect such features as “Hooper” and the “Can-nonball Run” films.
During his six-decade career, Pennebakerhas directed more than 20 feature-length doc-umentaries, including “Don’t Look Back,”“Monterey Pop” and “The War Room,” forwhich he received an Oscar nomination. Heis considered one of the founders of the cine-ma verite movement.
Stevens is a founding director of theAmerican Film Institute. Under his leader-ship, the AFI established the Center for Ad-vanced Film Studies and created the AFI Life
Achievement Award. In 1977, he co-foundedthe Kennedy Center Honors, which he hasproduced for the last 34 years.
The Hersholt award is going to Katzen-berg for his decades of philanthropic efforts.He has been particularly instrumental in rais-ing money for education, art and health-relat-ed causes, particularly those benefiting themotion picture industry. During more thantwo decades as chairman of the board for theMotion Picture and Television Fund, hehelped to raise $200 million for the organiza-tion, created “The Night Before” event andworked to expand the organization’s campus.
Katzenberg also serves on the boards ofthe California Institute of the Arts, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, AIDS Project Los An-geles, the Geffen Playhouse, the Michael J.Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, theSimon Wiesenthal Center and the USCSchool of Cinematic Arts.
Last year, the academy honored OprahWinfrey, James Earl Jones and makeup artistDick Smith (“The Exorcist”). The non-tele-vised event featured tributes to each of thethree, though Jones was not in attendance.The 80-year-old actor was starring oppositeVanessa Redgrave in “Driving Miss Daisy”in London but received the award from BenKingsley at the end of a matinee performanceof his show.
Marketing executive Cheryl Boone Isaacswill produce the 2012 Governors Awardsshow along with Don Mischer and his team.
Film Academy honors four with awards
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season brought his three-yearcumulative stat line to six re-ceptions for 51 yards.
His marred seasons atUK are incomparable tothose of his fellow team-mates of the 2008 class,which includes Julio Jones,A.J. Green and JonathanBaldwin. It’s probably a dis-service to Boyd to list theirstats because you know theresult for those now NFLwideouts.
Now, in present day, seat-
ed in the UK press box atCommonwealth Stadium, Iwatched the prospective re-cruit finally have his ownbreakthrough.
Having shown his worthin practice and with a three-reception, 36-yard careerhigh the prior week in a lossto Louisville, Boyd was giv-en his second career startagainst Kent State, and hisfirst since Oct. 18, 2008.
Offensive coordinatorRandy Sanders said “youcould see he was a differentguy in spring practice” afterBoyd appeared as if he wereanother player.
“He finally made up his
mind he wants to play foot-ball,” Sanders said.
Boyd’s pledge to changerequired the 6-foot-4, 214-pound wide receiver to domore than simply use hishands; it required him to usehis body to create openingsfor others, something forwhich Phillips voiced appre-ciation.
His Saturday start dis-played him doing just that.
It helped sophomorequarterback Maxwell Smithobtain 354 passing yards.
It helped junior runningback Raymond Sanders rushfor 115 yards; sophomoreback Jonathan George for 52.
Boyd displayed himselfas the player who fanslonged for on that drearywinter day four years ago.
Completion after comple-tion ensued with receptionafter reception. Boyd moldedthe game into his own.
Mere seconds into thesecond quarter, Smith foundBoyd sprinting toward theback of the end zone, usinghis body to create space andjump for the Cats’ secondscore.
By halftime he had sin-gle-game statistics that sur-passed his career total com-ing in to the game, with sev-en receptions for 73 yards.
When UK’s 47-14 offen-sive burst was completed,UK’s punch line was makinghistory, finishing the gamewith 11 receptions for 100yards.
“It felt kind of weird, butI had an adrenaline rush go-ing and when the ball iscoming my way, it’s my jobto catch it. It’s what I was re-cruited to do,” Boyd said.
Some could call it fate,but just as his family sur-rounded him on signing day,they were present for Satur-day’s game.
“My brother flew intotown just to watch me starttoday. I just did whatever to
play good in front of myfamily and fans,” Boyd said.“He’s always been a big in-spiration to me, he’s my bigbrother.”
Once Aaron caught histouchdown, Shane tweetedhis stats, followed by “#Ma-matheregoesthatman.”
Now that his confidenceis raised with his last chanceto make an impact, AaronBoyd wants to continuewhere he left off because, hesaid, “I’ve never been taughtto give up, just finish whatyou started in life … but I’mnot done. I want to keep thisthing going and act like I’vebeen there before.”
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gary hermann | opinions editor | [email protected]
kernelopinionsThe “Greatest Show on
Earth” is the worst for theanimals that perform in it.
From Thursday throughSunday,RinglingBros. andBarnum &Bailey Cir-cus per-formed atRupp Are-na.
I havespenthours re-searchingwhat thebeautifulanimals of
the Ringling Bros. circus en-dure but witnessed it first-hand Thursday.
Human beings need toditch their narcissistic viewsand realize there are otherliving beings on this planetwith real emotions and hopesfor basic rights.
Originally, I went search-ing around Rupp for protest-ers that were rumored to bethere.
When I walked around tothe back of the arena, Ireached a fence curtainedwith green covers. It was ob-vious the circus animals weretemporarily housed withinthe perimeters of the fence. Ithink that the barriers were
put up so viewers could notsee the conditions in whichthe animals were being kept.
Anyone who has a dogknows they have a way ofsensing and judging situa-tions. As I walked toward thefence, my own dog startedfreaking out. He did not wantto go any closer and startedto run the other way.
That was when I spottedthree white Arabian horses.These typically graceful andgorgeous horses were beingled into the arena by trainers.
I also caught a glimpse ofthe many tigers confined inone small cage.
Those majestic creaturesare meant to roam and befree in the wild, not to becaged and scared into per-forming for human entertain-ment. One specific Siberiantiger was pacing back andforth in the cage, while theothers started to fight witheach other.
I took a few photos,which appeared to upset thetigers. If they do not like tobe photographed, they clearlydo not enjoy performing forlarge audiences.
I knew the elephantswere close by, since I couldhear their shackles scrapingthe concrete and their noisesof frustration as they tried toescape the chains.
As I was staring in horrorat these poor animals, I saw awoman in the parking lotstaring at me with a smirk onher face. I walked over to hercar and started to chat withher. She is a teacher at aFayette County school and,
for that reason, would notprovide me with her name.
She told me that circuseswere good for animals andshe supports them all theway. Although this womaninfuriated me, I decided tolisten to her argument.
She claims RinglingBros. rehabilitates its animalsand they have a better life inthe circus than they would inthe wild.
It is not a human’s rightto decide what is best forthese animals.
They may be better pro-tected in the circus, in termsof poachers and having foodreadily available, but I’msure they would rather escapepoachers and hunt their ownfor food than be held captive.
Ringling Bros. agreed topay $270,000 in fines to theUSDA in 2011 for the mis-treatment of a sick elephantnamed Banko, according to aCBS News report.
Banko “was forced toperform at a show in Los An-geles despite a diagnosis ofsand colic and observationsthat she appeared to be suf-fering abdominal discom-fort,” according to CBS.
Other violationss werealso cited in the USDA re-port, according to CBS.
The government hasguidelines for animal wel-fare, but they are not strongenough.
It is up to us, the con-sumers, to say we do notwant these kinds of entertain-ment services anymore. It isour responsibility as humanbeings to say “enough isenough” and to put an end todominating and confiningother beings on this earth weshare.
Kelsey Joseph is an ISCsenior. Email [email protected].
Humans need to respect rights of animals
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“As hard as they work,you need to see some success-ful things happen, and they did
tonight,” Phillips said. “Andwhat happens is everybodywants to be a part of it.
“I think hopefully thiswill be something that we canfeed off.”
After a strong showing in
his season debut againstLouisville, Smith continuedto impress with the best gameof his young career at UK.The Cats’ quarterback was30-39 passing for 354 yardsand four touchdowns.
Through two weeks, Smith isnow a combined 65-89 for634 yards and six touch-downs without committing asingle turnover in that span.
“He’s comfortable; hesees the field,” Phillips said.“He’s very accurate.”
“I told the guys let’s get50 (points),” Smith said. “Itexted them ‘let’s get 50.’ Ithought we went out and gotpretty close. I feel like we dida pretty good job.”
His deadliest weapon indefeating Kent State was sen-ior wide receiver AaronBoyd, who had the best gameof his career in his second ca-reer start. Boyd hauled in 11catches for 100 yards and atouchdown against the Gold-en Flashes, leading UK.
“It’s a dream come true,really,” Boyd said. “I’m real-ly grateful for this opportuni-ty that I’ve gotten. I just real-ly hope to keep making thebest out of it.”
“I knew Aaron could doit,” Smith said. “He may notbe the fastest, but he’s a goodroute runner and he’s gotgood hands. So, I kept goingto him.”
Senior wide receiverLa’Rod King added fivecatches for 53 yards and atouchdown, while McCaskillcontributed three catches for35 yards and his touchdownthat started the rally.
UK was outgained in therun game for most of theevening but finished with185 yards on the ground toKent State’s 182, and did soin seven fewer carries thanthe Golden Flashes. JuniorRaymond Sanders, startingin place of the injuredCoShik Williams, had hisfirst career 100-yard rushingday at UK. Sanders ran 13times for 126 yards and atouchdown, a 67-yard scam-per in the second quarter thatput UK in front at the time.
Defensively, it still wasnot quite the showing Phillipsand defensive coordinatorRick Minter had hoped for.UK allowed 409 yards of of-fense to the Golden Flashes,including 131 on the ground inthe first half. Both Durhamand Archer finished the gamewith more than 80 yards rush-ing, routinely gashing UK’sinterior defense for big gains.
UK settled down in thesecond half, holding KentState scoreless, and was ableto work some of its youngerweapons onto the field.Linebackers Pancho Thomasand Khalid Henderson, cor-nerbacks Fred Tiller, DaronBlaylock and J.D. Harmon,and safety Kory Brown eachrecorded multiple tacklesagainst the Golden Flashes.All of them except Brownare true freshmen, whileBrown is a junior collegetransfer in his second year ofeligibility.
“We’ll continue to playthem,” Phillips said. “They’reonly going to get more andmore comfortable with theamount of snaps that theyget.”
But Phillips still is notsatisfied with his young de-fense.
“With who we have lefton our schedule, we’ve got toimprove a lot more,” Phillipssaid.
That young defense willtake the field again Saturdaywhen UK hosts the WesternKentucky Hilltoppers inCommonwealth Stadium.
FOOTBALLContinued from page 1
PHOTO BY SCOTT HANNIGAN | STAFFUK played Kent State on Saturday before 48,346, the fewest at a home opener since 1973 and thefewest at any UK football game since 1996, when Commonwealth Stadium expanded its seating.
monday 09.10.12 page 4kernelsportsdavid schuh | sports editor | [email protected]
On a beautiful day at theUK Soccer Complex, No. 4Charlotte outlasted UK towin the UK InvitationalTournament with a 1-0 vic-tory Sunday afternoon.
The 49ers got the onlygoal of the match fromsophomore forwardGiuseppe Gentile on a baddefensive play by the Cats.
“Giving up a goal on amistake hurts,” UK headcoach Johan Cedergren said.“It’s just a silly ball in andwe don’t make the right de-cision.”
UK had a huge advan-tage in corner kicks andshots on goal but could notcapitalize.
The 49ers, on the otherhand, had one shot on goal,and it turned out to be thegame winner.
The Cats hung aroundall afternoon but wereplagued by a series ofturnovers and offside calls.Charlotte’s defense was wellorganized and disrupted theCats’ offensive flow, causingthem to resort to playing alot of sloppy balls over thetop of the defense.
True freshman KristofferTollefsen had the only realopportunities for the Cats inthe first half, both of whichcame on set pieces. Tollefsenalmost got one shot to dropbefore it ducked outside thepost, and on another attempthe forced Charlotte’s juniorgoalkeeper Klay Davis tomake the save.
In the second half, theCats kept pounding away atthe goal, almost getting a
goal from junior forwardTyler Riggs multiple times.On one occasion, a crosscame in from freshmanBryan Celis that was placedperfectly into the box butjust got by Riggs and otherUK players.
“It’s a game that we cantake a lot of lessons from,”Cedergren said. “Hopefullywe can learn, and go in andhave a good game on Friday.”
UK won its home open-er Friday, 2-0, over SaintJoseph’s at the UK SoccerComplex. Celis and seniorCharles Pettys notched thegoals for the Cats. It was thefirst win in Cedergren’scoaching tenure in Lexing-ton.
The Cats take the pitchagain Friday againstLouisville. Kickoff is sched-uled for 7 p.m. in Louisville.
By Tyler Spanyer
Charlotte beats men’s soccer, 1-0, to win UK invitational
PHOTO BY GENEVIEVE ADAMS | STAFFFreshman midfielder Bryan Celis, who was named to the All-Tournamentteam, looks toward the ball in Sunday’s game vs. Charlotte. UK lost 1-0.
Next GameWho: UK vs. LouisvilleWhen: Friday at 7 p.m.Where: Louisville
