Column by Wes Robinson Unless you reside under a rock, you know that UK fired men’s head coach Billy Gillispie on Friday after two years on the job. Regardless of how you feel about how he performed and handled the Kentucky tradition, you understand the magnitude of the firing. Locally and nationally, the impact resounds [...]
Continue reading …Column by Jacob Sims Every state is experiencing difficult economic times and Kentucky is no exception. Our dilemmas could get worse if President Obama implements his “cap-and-trade†proposal. This would tax our use of coal, which powers approximately 93 percent of Kentucky homes. Other difficulties have already come from our own state legislature. They decided [...]
Continue reading …Competition has the tendency to bring out the best in people. For years, UK has made the valiant effort of putting together a mainly successful intramurals program, allowing students, Greek and non-Greek, to compete in over 20 sports and activities throughout the fall and spring semesters. The level of competition has remained strong since I’ve [...]
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UK spokesman DeWayne Peevy was unable to confirm or deny any information surrounding reports that Memphis head coach John Calipari was meeting with UK officials on Monday regarding the men’s basketball coaching position. “We’re in wait and see mode just like everybody else,†Peevy said. The Memphis Commercial-Appeal reported Monday morning that Calipari had strong [...]
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And just like that, he walked out of the Marriot Griffin Gate Resort & Golf Club on Newtown Pike smiling and shaking hands with fans, media and the general public. Former UK men’s basketball head coach Billy Gillispie spoke to the media on Saturday for the first time after being fired the day before. He [...]
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It’s a fool who thinks UK is going to land the other Billy, or any other high profile name, for the other president of UK: the head basketball coach. The grass is hardly greener at UK than their respective empires, so given that, everyone, say hello to Travis Ford — again. For the last 24 [...]
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By Kendall Gottler Tom May had a passion for running and for helping people. On Saturday, more than 150 people gathered to run in May’s memory. May, a mechanical engineering junior at UK, died in a car accident in the fall. The accident took place on the way back from Baptist Campus Ministry’s fall retreat. [...]
Continue reading …By Kelly Berger On Sunday, volunteers from the UK ROTC went to New Mexico to participate in the 20th Annual Bataan Memorial Death March. The march takes place in high desert terrain and helps honor the heroic services of members who helped defend the Philippine Islands during World War II. During the Bataan Death March, [...]
Continue reading …English junior Elaine Collins felt alone and ashamed after she was sexually assaulted. At Take Back the Night last year, she stepped up to the open mic to talk about her experience and saw a group of people who were encouraging and understood what she was going through. The shame started to go away. “The [...]
Continue reading …Four UK groups will host the final planned debate of the 2009 Student Government election Monday. The debate will be centered around diversity issues on campus ranging from race to military veterans issues, said James Davidson Jr., president of the UK chapter of the NAACP, one of the groups sponsoring the event. The other sponsors [...]
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