When the UK softball team makes the journey down Interstate 64 tonight to take on in-state opponent Louisville, the Cats won’t be the least bit intimidated. UK (13-13, 1-5 Southeastern Conference) has a powerful Cardinals team awaiting it at Ulmer Stadium in Louisville, where U of L (13-12, 0-0 Big East) is calling for a [...]
Continue reading …The crowd was smaller and quieter than last year, but there was still much celebration yesterday night when Tyler Montell was announced the 2008-09 Student Government president. Montell and his running mate, Grant Mills, ran unopposed and won with a total of 1,940 votes. After all of the time and effort spent planning and campaigning, [...]
Continue reading …By Autumn Harbison Some familiar places and faces will grace the silver screen when a locally produced movie makes its debut. “Surviving Guthrie,†a dark comedy partly shot in Lexington, premieres tonight at 7:30 at the Kentucky Theatre. The film tells the story of Carter Guthrie — a drunk, hard-to-deal-with professor at a fictional liberal [...]
Continue reading …To the typical fan, it appeared little had changed for Dicky Lyons Jr. as he lined up yesterday for the first day of spring practice. Lyons, a junior wide receiver, broke from the huddle and trotted across the freshly mowed grass at the Nutter Training Facility and set himself in the slot position, a place [...]
Continue reading …The names on the front of the jerseys in a third-round game of the Women’s National Invitational Tournament last night were UK and James Madison University. But it was the names on the back of two particular jerseys on which last night’s game hinged: Mahoney and Young. Despite the double-double performance of James Madison senior [...]
Continue reading …Dancers in Virginia strip clubs are now, once again, required by law to wear pasties. For those of us who aren’t totally versed in exotic under-things, this means that they have to wear small, adhesive patches to cover their nipples. Nipples, apparently, are very dangerous things, and Virginians have Rep. John Cosgrove to thank for [...]
Continue reading …Former Indian President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam’s visit to UK didn’t just generate buzz for a few days — it’s also going to leave a lasting impact on campus. UK announced Monday night that it would be creating a new Center of Excellence for Indian Studies to focus on research and instruction about Indian business, language [...]
Continue reading …With millions of dollars spent at thoroughbred horse sales, it can be difficult for the average college student to afford such a risky investment. However, share ownership of thoroughbred racehorses provides the opportunity to experience what it is like to own a racehorse for those with a stricter income. “It’s an expensive business and hobby,†[...]
Continue reading …By Jennifer Miles A small group of engineering students have taken on the challenge of building a robot designed to retrieve minerals from the moon. UK’s student branch of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. will enter the robot in an April 5 tournament during the IEEE SoutheastCon conference in Huntsville, Ala. Several [...]
Continue reading …By Robin Pircher Students and community members, victims and supporters threw up their hands and screamed as they circled around the amphitheater behind Memorial Hall last night. The scream represented the end of silence on the abuse of women and the end of silence on sexual violence. It was a scream to end fear and [...]
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