Column by Linsen Li I no longer look forward to the New Year. When I was a kid, New Year’s Day was an exciting time. Schools in China don’t have a prolonged winter break, so New Year’s Day was like a special gift to me. My parents would take me shopping downtown, or to visit [...]
Continue reading …Column by Nick Phelps Hello friends! Welcome back to campus after what I thought was a rather short break, but getting out for the summer break before the Kentucky Derby makes it worth it, I guess. Congratulations to our football team for winning its second bowl game in a row. It sure made me proud [...]
Continue reading …By Friday, UK will determine how a potential cut of more than $160 million in state funds will affect academic programs and tuition. Last week, Gov. Steve Beshear asked state universities to prepare for state funding cuts as high as 12 percent for the 2008-09 fiscal year. Beshear also announced that state agencies and public [...]
Continue reading …The first candidate for UK’s newly created top diversity position will answer questions and share her thoughts on the job during an open forum today. Judy “J.J.†Jackson, dean of the college at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., is one of the two candidates selected by the search committee last semester for the position of [...]
Continue reading …By Juliann Vachon Democratic candidate Sen. Hillary Clinton squeezed past Sen. Barack Obama while Republican candidate Sen. John McCain pulled ahead early last night for victories in the New Hampshire primaries, a traditionally key early contest for the presidential nomination. Clinton held 39 percent of the votes to Obama’s 36 percent at the time of [...]
Continue reading …By Alice Haymond Kelsey Sorrell had a contagious smile and loved kids. “The kids loved being around her; she loved being around them,†said her uncle, David Ross. She frequently babysat his 2- and 5-year-old children. Sorrell, an undecided freshman, was killed in a car accident, driving home after babysitting her cousins at Ross’ house [...]
Continue reading …At its third-annual food show, UK Catering hoped to show potential customers that it’s more than a cafeteria catering service, and it knows how to throw a party. Nearly 100 people filled the Grand Ballroom of the Student Center yesterday, surrounded by colorful lights, disco balls, 70s music and the idea that UK Catering delivers [...]
Continue reading …NEWS BRIEF Anthany Beatty, the former chief of the Lexington Police Department, began working at UK on Monday as the assistant vice president for public safety. UK announced in August that Beatty would join the administration and oversee the UK Police Department, Parking and Transportation, Environmental Health, and Safety and Emergency Management. The position is [...]
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