While most of us were sound asleep early Thursday morning, Billy Gillispie was out redefining his legacy. Forget about VMI or the NIT. Now it’s DUI. And the thing about DUI: You always lose. Gillispie was driving drunk and he got caught. Third time, in fact. The first two happened in Texas, and neither time [...]
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By Roy York When Girl Talk, the stage name of DJ Greg Gillis, walked on stage, it was as if the crowd had been asleep during the opening act. The audience awakened with roars of approval as Gillis asked if UK was ready to party. The audience said yes. They were not disappointed. “It was [...]
Continue reading …By Matt Murray School is back in session and the Tin Roof isn’t wasting any time celebrating. This Sunday from 3 p.m. to 2 a.m., the Tin Roof will be hosting the “Bak 2 Skool Bash†featuring a wide range of musical artists who will perform throughout the day. The eleven acts include Watercolor Catapults, [...]
Continue reading …How did you first get into mixing music? I mean, back then I had no formalized training in music, so back in high school I kind of found out about certain forms of underground electronic music, started going to a lot of shows, saw a lot of people touring around, and it was this sort [...]
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By Allie Geiman With one month down and eleven to go, the project that will link the UK and Transylvania campuses to downtown is progressing on schedule, according to the project manager. The construction on South Limestone, which began July 22, is the first phase of the city council-adopted Streetscape Master Plan, which, as listed [...]
Continue reading …By Laura Clark With classes back in session, crowds, classrooms and coughs are inevitable scenes at schools, resulting in a higher risk for students to contract viruses. Kentucky elementary schools in Letcher and Boyle counties closed last week due to Novel H1N1 (Swine) Flu-like symptoms of some students and staff. For UK’s campus to close, [...]
Continue reading …By Brian Shlonsky After failing to break the Guinness World Record for largest water balloon fight last year by only 110 participants, the stage has been set for this year’s event to obliterate the previous record. The Christian Student Fellowship at UK will again sponsor the World’s Largest Water Balloon Fight, which will be held [...]
Continue reading …On the third anniversary of the Flight 5191 crash, families of the 49 victims dealt with the day’s significance in various ways. Some families gathered for lunch while others grieved privately. Lois Turner decided to do something different — keep everything the same. Turner’s husband Larry was the former associate dean for extension in the [...]
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By Nick Craddock The pros in the MLB can get sidetracked in the quest for lucrative contracts and fame. The members of UK’s club baseball team play for something much simpler: The pure enjoyment they feel by participating in America’s pastime. The UK club baseball team is beginning to become accustomed to the winning feeling [...]
Continue reading …By Samuel Reid Four years ago, Bill Yates, owner of Pedal Power and then manager Brad Flowers had an idea: They wanted to help liberate those displaced by war and genocide. Yates and Flowers decided to ask for donations of bikes and bike parts, which they could then refurbish or assemble, and donate to Kentucky [...]
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