Despite a game-high 20 points from senior guard Samantha Mahoney, the UK women’s basketball team fell to Michigan 63-59 on Saturday in Ann Arbor, Mich. The Cats (4-5) hung with the Wolverines (5-3) throughout the game before Michigan pulled away in the final minutes of the second half. With the score tied at 57-57, Michigan [...]
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Indiana led UK 37-25 at halftime of Saturday’s game. Apparently IU wasn’t comfortable with the lead, because the Hoosiers scored nine quick points to turn a nice advantage into an overwhelming deficit for UK. Sensing the game was just about to get out of hand at that point, UK did the only [...]
Continue reading …Dear Gov.-elect Steve Beshear, Tuesday you take office as governor, where you will serve for at least the next four years. Many Democrats all over the state are celebrating your recent victory in Kentucky as a triumph of your party and a sweeping trend of Kentucky political thought toward the so-called “progressive†ideals of the [...]
Continue reading …Top-20 status. Research. Diversity. It seems that these three things are all we head about from the UK administration this past year. While I applaud the administration’s fervor in its focus, I cannot help but wonder: Is UK focusing too much on the hot topics for its own good? And are its approaches toward these [...]
Continue reading …I am writing as a May 2007 graduate of the University of Kentucky. I recently received my diploma in the mail. I say recently because it was being held due to an overdue library book from the first semester of my freshman year, but I digress. I was shocked and appalled at the presentation of [...]
Continue reading …In an event we hope to see repeated regularly, free and anonymous HIV tests were provided on campus Nov. 30. The availability of free testing is a great idea, especially for a college campus like UK, where many sexually active students might be unaware of how high the risk of coming into contact with HIV [...]
Continue reading …The possibility of earning a third bachelor’s degree will be on the agenda at Monday’s University Senate meeting. In the spring semester, students who had met the qualifications were allowed to receive a third bachelor’s degree. Since no rules currently exist regarding whether a student can receive more than two bachelor’s degrees, the Senate will [...]
Continue reading …BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — For the first time in its short seven-game season, UK got a chance to break out its blue road uniforms. No color was more appropriate Saturday afternoon, as UK’s trip to Indiana left the Cats feeling exactly that — blue. The No. 15 Hoosiers knocked off UK 70-51 in front of 17,410 [...]
Continue reading …Donovan Scholars Program offers free courses to senior citizens By Courtney Lacy For 85-year-old Donovan Scholar Bob Coney, continuing education after earning two degrees is not about becoming more intelligent — it is about a desire to learn, he said. “There is always an inborn desire and challenge to seek the unknown in how it [...]
Continue reading …By Juliann Vachon Students looking for a break from studying can get free food and fun at Monday night’s Midnight Crunch Brunch. Faculty will serve students breakfast food from 9 p.m. to midnight at Memorial Coliseum, and students can also participate in free activities, such as a game of pool with President Lee Todd for [...]
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