Beshear proposes 12 percent cut in university funding statewide By Jill Laster and Rebecca Sweeney FRANKFORT — Gov. Steve Beshear called for budget cuts across Kentucky last night, including a 12 percent cut in higher education funding, to overcome a decrease in state revenue for the 2008-10 biennium. “Last year while running for governor, I [...]
Continue reading …We are less than a quarter of the way through 2008 and already there are some albums are worth checking out. Here are a few that have sweetened my eardrums already this year. Vampire Weekend “Vampire Weekend†released Jan. 29 These kids have an indie star that is shining brightly. I felt the approaching storm [...]
Continue reading …What is a major driving force behind the so-called global war on “terrorism?†Is it both the need to ensure that petroleum-producing nations sell their oil in the U.S. “Petrodollar†instead of the euro and the need for the United States to establish more influence, and more “free trade markets†for the dollar and genetically [...]
Continue reading …Friends, although it isn’t midterm time for you in the classroom just yet, I believe you are due a progress report from your Student Government Senate. Now, I know many of you have been following along with our achievements this year through Kernel reporting and Facebook.com wall posts, but I know not whether all of [...]
Continue reading …In early October, we suggested that Student Government Sens. Jesse Parrish and Blake Burnett had offset their mistakes in a ticket-resale controversy by donating the profits to UK’s Violence Intervention and Prevention Center. At the time, it seemed like additional investigation was unnecessary. “Barring further revelations about their conduct, it seems the case is closed [...]
Continue reading …For the first time in school history, the UK men’s basketball team swept both the Southeastern Conference Player and Freshman of the Week honors. Senior guard Ramel Bradley was named SEC Player of the Week and forward Patrick Patterson was named SEC Freshman of the Week, the league office announced Monday. Bradley, who was awarded [...]
Continue reading …Rowdy fans make home-ice a cool place for UK By Jon Hale At first glance, freezing temperatures, post-midnight start times and a lack of funding would seem to be enough to doom a small club team. So how does the UK hockey team make the Lexington Ice Center a popular destination long after most people [...]
Continue reading …As soon as the men’s basketball team gets on a roll and wins two straight games … they get a week off. Yes, the Cats have it going now. They’ve won consecutive games for the first time since Nov. 27, and they’ll have a chance to get back over .500 — a mark they haven’t [...]
Continue reading …By Hayley Schletker Lexington Mayor Jim Newberry stressed the importance of maintaining and expanding higher education opportunities in Lexington last night at the State of the Merged Government Address. Institutions such as UK, Transylvania University, and Bluegrass Community and Technical College must be supported to provide quality employees to Lexington businesses and to maintain Lexington’s [...]
Continue reading …By Katie Jo Cox After leaving the W.T. Young Library, a student could make a quick trip back to Paris in 1900 or conduct theoretical fieldwork among millions of virtual characters across the world using UK’s recent purchase, a virtual island in Second Life. Second Life, which began in 2003, allows people to create a [...]
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