By Travis Walker Big changes may be coming to UK’s emergency call stations. Maj. Joe Monroe, UK’s interim police chief, said the police department is getting price quotes on both retrofitting existing call centers with new technologies such as megaphones and cameras as well as installing entirely new call centers with these additions already in [...]
By Morgan Witt It’s not quite a car, but not quite a bike. So where do you park? Students using mopeds as their way of transportation to and from campus are getting towed from bicycle racks and from marked motorcycle parking areas when without a permit. Mopeds, generally smaller than a motorcycle and with two, [...]
Continue reading …During an economic downturn, Mitch McConnell believes he can bring the most money into the state. McConnell, the Republican incumbent in this year’s Senate race, said he has secured more than $500 million for Kentucky through his seat on the Appropriations Committee. Democratic opponent Bruce Lunsford cites the figure as about $127 million for Kentucky. [...]
Continue reading …It didn’t look good for Bruce Lunsford. Lunsford, the Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate, trailed his opponent, Sen. Mitch McConnell, by double-digits in polls following the state’s primary in May. Now, Lunsford is in a neck-and-neck race, and he is in a position to possibly upset McConnell, who is just the second Kentuckian to [...]
Continue reading …Column by Duke Gatsos Of course we’re all offended by the miserable act of ignorance discovered on campus and maybe somewhat surprised that this kind of sentiment exists here. Once you get over your sensitivity, maybe you’ll be able to see the silver lining. Yes, even in the most ridiculous and sublime, there is a [...]
Continue reading …In light of the recent Obama effigy, I have to think that our society is ignorant to the race issues that we are creating. I will start by saying I’m not ignorant enough to not acknowledge the fact that racism does in fact still exist with our society today. However, by calling this a race [...]
Continue reading …Column by Emily Foerster Happy Halloween everybody! Since today is our country’s only holiday devoted to fear, I’ll share with you some of the things I have found particularly frightening lately. First and foremost, I am deeply disturbed that an effigy of Barack Obama was found on our campus Wednesday morning hanging from a tree. [...]
Continue reading …In the aftermath of the incidents at Western Kentucky University and Central Arkansas University, attention is – with good reason – focused on campus safety. Students sit in class staring at the door thinking, “What would I do if it happened here? What would I do if a gunman walked in the door right now?†[...]
Continue reading …Shoulder injury forces senior to redshirt 2008-2009 season UK senior swimmer Warren Grobbelaar had a choice: end his career or sit out his senior year. Grobbelaar decided to ride the pine. But Grobbelaar isn’t just sitting out his last year — he’s extending it. The swimmer from Pretoria, South Africa decided to redshirt this year [...]
Continue reading …The best thing about sports is the team that’s supposed to win, usually wins. And teams that wear red don’t necessarily play conservative with the lead, and teams that wear blue, well, they’re not always the people’s champ. But even eight years after “W.†snuck in, there’s still something fishy going on at the polls. [...]
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