Gov. Steve Beshear appointed two UK alumni to positions on the UK Board of Trustees, replacing two members whose terms have expired. For Britt Brockman, a Louisville eye surgeon and alumnus of the UK College of Pharmacy, being a member of the board is "an honor he gets to experience a second time around.
A small wooden stool sits behind the counter of the newly opened The Morris Book Shop on Southland Drive. It's been over thirty years since a Morris Book Shop has been open in Lexington and little remains of the old bookstore once located downtown. But the small wooden stool, a remainder of what once was, is a remnant of the shop that Wyn Morris and Hap Houlihan named their small store after. (Post the First Comment)
Track athlete, coach join Olympic team UK track and field coach Erin Tucker and hurdler Mikel Thomas have been invited to the Olympics in Beijing, joining several other Wildcats. Tucker, the assistant spring coach will join the Venezuelan Track and Field National Team as a guest coach for Jose Acevedo, a UK track member already dubbed for the Olympics. (Post the First Comment)
Earlier this summer the UK Board of Trustees set the budget for the 2008-09 school year and raised tuition by 9 percent. For many students this is old news and for many, the question of what can be done might be running through their minds. Last week the Kernel reported that Gov. (Post the First Comment)