In the first row of the second section, above the honored names of Jerry Claiborne and Bob Gain, seven students spelled B-E-L-I-E-V-E on their chests. They weren’t the only ones who believed. The rest of the 70,902 fans at Commonwealth Stadium on Saturday night believed. The players also believed. So did the coaches. And they [...]
Cats unseat LSU in first victory over a top-ranked opponent since 1964 In 2002 it was the “Bluegrass Miracle.†Last year it was the 49-0 rout in Baton Rouge, La. But after years of heartbreaking losses and demoralizing defeats against Louisiana State, the UK football team finally found a way to topple the Tigers on [...]
Continue reading …The UK volleyball team says there is no other team that works as hard on the court than it does. That philosophy was put to the test yesterday, as the Cats prevailed in a tough 3-1 (34-36, 30-28, 30-27, 30-26) victory over South Carolina in Columbia, S.C. “The statement we made today was we can [...]
Continue reading …The UK women’s soccer team was held scoreless in a rain-soaked game at Florida, falling to the No. 25 Gators 1-0 yesterday. The loss left the Cats (6-4-2, 0-4 Southeastern Conference) still seeking their first win in conference play. Florida scored the game’s only goal at the 23-minute mark on a Stacy Bishop header. The [...]
Continue reading …By Matthew George This is the first installment of a special feature rating the stadiums, arenas and athletic facilities that house varsity sporting events for UK from a fan’s perspective. Ratings are based on a scale of one to five tickets, with five being the best. The overall rating is not an average, and all [...]
Continue reading …By Leticia Janes Despite yearly trips to horse races, enthralled visitors and citizens of Lexington, the “horse capital of the world,†may not be thinking of where a thoroughbred horse goes before and after its racing days. To clue students in on the life of a racehorse and the industry that surrounds it, the UK [...]
Continue reading …Although it has already been approved, the logging of 800 acres of UK-owned Robinson Forest will be discussed at this month’s University Senate meeting. “It’s essentially an after-talk,†said University Senate Chairman Kaveh Tagavi. At the Oct. 1 University Senate Council meeting, Tagavi said, council member Judith Lesnaw brought up Robinson Forest. “I said, OK, [...]
Continue reading …Staff Report Kernel opinions editor Chad Reese resigned yesterday after the newspaper declined to publish a column he wrote defending the printing of Friday’s editorial cartoon. “My official position is that I don’t particularly agree with the cartoon but it wasn’t my job as opinions editor to agree with everything published,†Reese said. Reese’s column, [...]
Continue reading …More than 100 students gathered outside the Grehan Journalism Building on Friday afternoon to protest a Kernel editorial cartoon that likened UK’s Greek system to a slave auction. The cartoon, which ran on Friday and was drawn by staff cartoonist Brad Fletcher, depicts a black man in chains on an auction block being bid on [...]
Continue reading …ÂWe should not have published the editorial cartoon in Friday’s Kernel. A large part of the student body and the community was rightfully offended. Neither the cartoonist nor the editors at the Kernel intended for the cartoon to be hurtful. But our intentions are irrelevant. The cartoon unnecessarily hurt many of our readers, and I [...]
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