By Brandon Goodwin The UK Board of Trustees finance committee meeting approved the pledge of $7,000,000 from Joe Craft and the Difference Makers to build a new UK men’s basketball dormitory on Tuesday. UK Athletics Director Mitch Barnhart spoke before the committee to support the renaming of the residence to “Wildcat Coal Lodge,†as well [...]
Continue reading …By Katie Saltz President Lee Todd’s annual report card might be graded a little differently in the future. At the Board Executive Committee meeting Tuesday morning, members discussed changing the weight attached to different items on the list of Institutional Goals for Todd. These goals are the basis for Todd’s “grade†given by the board [...]
Continue reading …By Megan Hurt If you happen to stumble upon a couple of zombies while walking to class on Wednesday, don’t be afraid. It’s just the Skitty Cats. The Skitty Cats are an improvisational theater group started by UK theater majors last year. The group will be doing an improvised theater performance outside the White Hall [...]
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By Megan Hurt 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 mind-set [...]
Continue reading …By Cassidy Herrington Besides the clatter of jackhammers and cement trucks currently on South Limestone, there may be separate and additional plans for the road ahead. Students and Lexington residents were invited to a public meeting at the Student Center on Tuesday evening to introduce three proposals for the future of South Limestone. Brad Johnson, [...]
Continue reading …Being able to dip your hands into every aspect or practice of journalism is the way to ensure your future in the business, said a panel of journalists at a symposium titled “The Future of News.†Tuesday’s panelists included Mark Boxley, the assistant city editor and night breaking news reporter at the Daily Times in [...]
Continue reading …By Brandon Goodwin Studying abroad may get a little more rewarding. The Board of Trustees Academic Affairs Committee met Tuesday to update the current Education Abroad program at UK. Janet Roccanova, director of Education Abroad, and Susan Carvalho, Assistant Provost for International Programs, gave a presentation regarding Education Abroad’s expansion into a major role in [...]
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Corey Peters, a three-year starter at defensive tackle and now a senior and captain of the UK football team, may have been a little overshadowed earlier in his career. All 6-foot-3, 295 pounds of him may have been overshadowed. Because in his sophomore and junior seasons, he had to start alongside Jeremy Jarmon and Myron [...]
Continue reading …By Clark Brooks Junior midfielder Tyler Burns has had success in soccer his entire life. In high school, the Aura, Colo. native lettered varsity for all four years for Smoky Hill High School, winning state championships his sophomore and senior seasons. Burns was named to second-team All-Conference following his junior campaign after his team finished [...]
Continue reading …Somewhere along the line, the powers that be at this university lost track of what is important. They lost sight of the faculty, staff and students who make up this university. What about the 27,000 students who pay over $8,000 a year in tuiton and how much their money talks? The students give over $216 [...]
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