I’m sure you have seen the fliers protesting the Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA) plastered on bulletin boards and classroom walls around campus. Sporting an angry looking baby and exaggerated abortion facts, these fliers ask, “What the FOCA?†Good question. The Freedom of Choice Act was last introduced in 2007 when it was unclear as [...]
Continue reading …UK head coach Rich Brooks has done a disservice to all those associated with UK by allowing Ashton Cobb to remain on the football team. Cobb is a coward and a criminal and, in my opinion, has forfeited any right he once had to represent the university on the football field and to attend this institution [...]
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UK junior free safety Ashton Cobb pleaded guilty to third-degree terroristic threatening in Fayette County District Court on Tuesday. Judge Julie Goodman sentenced Cobb to 12 months to two years of adult supervision probation along with anger management classes. He is also not allowed to contact the victim. Once anger management classes are complete, the [...]
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Whether it was a parade in New Orleans or something as simple as a free short stack at IHOP, revelers across the nation celebrated Mardi Gras on Tuesday. Mardi Gras, in English “Fat Tuesday,†is a French term for the celebration preceding Lent, a 40-day period Roman Catholics observe ending on Easter Sunday. In New [...]
Continue reading …If you see someone walking on campus Wednesday with a black smudge on his or her forehead, put the tissue back in your pocket. Roman Catholics across the globe are celebrating the first day of the Lenten season, known as Ash Wednesday. On this day Christians can receive ashes to remind them of their mortality, [...]
Continue reading …By Kendall Gottler Officials of bookstores near campus say a bill in the state legislature would benefit their stores. If passed, House Bill 226 would require that, as of Fall 2009, instead of selling textbooks in one bundle with the additional supplemental materials, the books and materials would be unbundled and sold separately. The bill [...]
Continue reading …By Hope Smith HBO’s 2001 film “Boycott†was written to be relevant to recent times and to give the audience a behind-the-scenes look at the individuals who led the Civil Rights Movement in America in the 1950s and ‘60s, said the film’s co-writer after a showing of the film on Tuesday. Herman D. Farrell III, [...]
Continue reading …By Kirsten Clancy The minds of nuns from School Sisters of Notre Dame used to go to UK, at least in death. Now they will return to Minnesota. The “Nun Study,†launched by UK researcher David Snowdon, has returned to the University of Minnesota following Snowdon’s decision to retire. The “Nun Study†followed 678 nuns [...]
Continue reading …Colby Khoshreza outlined part of his plan to “breathe new life into an office that continues to fail students†during his official announcement to enter the race for Student Government president. About 200 people gathered in the Center Theater of the Student Center at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday to attend the kick-off of Khoshreza’s campaign with [...]
Continue reading …The Student Government Senate will vote Wednesday on SG election procedures that would take effect during Freshman Senate elections in the fall. During the meeting at 8 p.m. in room 206 of the Student Center, the SG Senate will vote on moving back its election from 10 days after Spring Break to 10 days before [...]
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