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Don’t blame cyclists for safety problems

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It seems like every year there is another iteration of the same anti-cyclist rhetoric in the Kernel that tries to pose as a high-minded safety warning. Evan Storck’s letter “Cyclists should follow campus safety rules” in the Kernel on Aug. 31 proves that this year is no exception. The fact is that this kind of [...]

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Column by Thomas Roberts The Kentucky Democratic Party has never been known for memorable performances. Instead, the KDP has consistently been impotent on several fronts. From unimpressive fundraising to failing to knock off vulnerable Republicans in 2006 elections, the KDP consistently underperforms. Even the ultra-liberal blogger Mark Nickolas incessantly whined about the KDP’s incompetence, focusing [...]

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Column by Wesley Yonts Surface mining is a vile practice that has plagued Kentucky for far too long, and now, thanks to the Bush administration’s decision to relax the laws protecting our beautiful landscape from those who wish to pave it flat, strip mining will soon be able to shift into high gear. This is [...]

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By James Pennington Despite opening its season on Friday with a 2-0 loss to Cornell, the UK’s men’s soccer team salvaged its second game of the season by defeating UNC-Asheville 3-0 on Sunday afternoon. In their season opener, the Cats fought hard with Cornell until the last minute of the game but could not manage [...]

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Volleyball match a battle of Barnharts

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Column by Chris DeLottell During tonight’s UK-Eastern Kentucky volleyball match at Memorial Coliseum, the stands figure to feature a scaled-down version of what we saw at Commonwealth Stadium on Saturday. We’ll see a wash of blue, speckled with dots of Eastern Kentucky maroon, as UK goes for its eighth straight win over its neighbor from [...]

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Football Notebook

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Although UK racked up 568 yards of total offense in Saturday’s season-opening 50-10 win against Eastern Kentucky, wide receiver Dicky Lyons Jr. thinks the offense has more to prove. “We felt good about putting points on the board and mixing it up with the run and pass game,” Lyons said, “but a lot of us [...]

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