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Our Kentucky home should be respected

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Letter to Editor by Isaiah Terry It is important to try and do what little I can to try and make the world a cleaner and better place. The Trustees’ decision is incredibly reckless. A $7 million donation will not clean up my hometown nor will it undo the extensive amount of damage done by coal [...]

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Historical debate holds back progress

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Letter to Editor Lisa Conley For those who say, “unless you want to sit in the dark, don’t complain about coal,” how do you think positive change ever happens in society? Until the way we generate power is completely overhauled and made sustainable, coal will be the primary way we generate power. Those who protest [...]

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Name change brings financial benefits

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Letter to Editor by Lucas Taylor I am a proud student of UK. I am no expert on the coal industry or stats about pollution, I do however fully agree with the decision to rebuild and rename Wildcat Lodge. The current building was built in the late 1970s and could honestly use some renovation. This [...]

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LIVE BLOG: Blue/White game

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Click the following link for the Kernel’s live blog of tonight’s Blue/White Game, UK basketball’s preseason scrimmage. The game starts at 7 p.m. Stop by and interact with bloggers James Pennington and Metz Camfield as they blog live from Rupp Arena. Click Here

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The Kentucky Kernel received a fake news release Wednesday evening concerning the “Wildcat Coal Lodge.” The document claimed the UK Athletic Association Board of Directors asked the Board of Trustees to reconsider the naming of the new men’s basketball dorm. UK Athletics Spokesman DeWayne Peevy confirmed the document did not come from anyone in the [...]

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Kernel in Print – Oct. 28, 2009

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By Roy York Student and community protesters filled the 18th floor of the Patterson Office Tower to express scathing disapproval as the Board of Trustees approved a motion to include “coal” in the name of the new Wildcat Lodge on Tuesday. But the shouts fell on deaf ears. In a quick vote, board members voted [...]

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After the Virginia Tech shooting in 2007, Bob Votruba visited the campus memorial a week later to pass out stickers for his grassroots campaign, “Sow Only Seeds Of Love.” “I ended up receiving so many e-mails and hand-written letters,” Votruba said. “People were saying, ‘We really love the message.’ Then my mindset changed from ‘Maybe [...]

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Students will still be able to walk the sidewalks surrounding campus to get their nicotine fix come Nov. 19. At Tuesday’s Urban County Council meeting, UK’s proposed memorandum of understanding with Lexington was moved to the Intergovernmental Committee. Council members said the move would allow them to hear more concerns from residents who could be [...]

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Small steps taken for new housing proposal

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By Brooke McCloud The definition of a student house has to be established before any actions are taken on the current housing proposal. The Urban County Council’s Planning Committee continued discussions on a new off-campus proposal called the Student Housing in Partnership Program. Lexington Police Officer Keith Gaines originally presented the proposal on Oct. 20. [...]

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