Banners protest new lodge name

November 4, 2009 | Filed under: Campus News,News | Posted by:

Students from an unnamed organization staged a multi-banner drop throughout campus Wednesday in response to the “Wildcat Coal Lodge.”

The banners were intended to send the message that the university was turning campus into a corporation by association names of businesses with various buildings on campus.

There were six banners and one poster hung at 4 a.m. and all were removed by 5:30 a.m.

— Katie Perkowski

Below are anonymously submitted photos of some of the banners e-mailed to the Kernel and other news outlets.

A sign reading "Colbert Nation Classroom Building" hung outside of White Hall Classroom Building. Photo courtesy of an anonymous sender.

A sign reading "Colbert Nation Classroom Building" hung outside of White Hall Classroom Building. Photo courtesy of an anonymous sender.

A sign reading "PB&J Library" was placed on the ground at the W. T. Young Library. Photo courtesy of an anonymous sender.

A sign reading "PB&J Library" was placed on the ground at the W. T. Young Library. Photo courtesy of an anonymous sender.

A sign reading "Ball Homes Building" hung on the Main Building. Photo courtesy of an anonymous sender.

A sign reading "Ball Homes Building" hung on the Main Building. Photo courtesy of an anonymous sender.

A sign reading "Your Ad Here, Call: 2571701" hung on Memorial Hall. The phone number on the banner is UK President Lee Todd's office number. Photo courtesy of an anonymous sender.

A sign reading "Your Ad Here, Call: 2571701" hung on Memorial Hall. The phone number on the banner is UK President Lee Todd's office number. Photo courtesy of an anonymous sender.

Signs reading "iPatterson" and "iBoard of Trustees" were placed by the Patterson statue outside of the Patterson Office Tower. Photo courtesy of an anonymous sender.

Signs reading "iPatterson" and "iBoard of Trustees" were placed by the Patterson statue outside of the Patterson Office Tower. Photo courtesy of an anonymous sender.