Column by Richard Becker In May 1970, thousands of students gathered on the UK campus to express their disgust with the recent shootings at Kent State University, President Nixon’s invasion of Cambodia, and proposed changes to UK’s student code. Events at UK culminated in the deployment of the National Guard on campus (with live ammunition [...]
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Column by CJ Conklin Bad days are inevitable. In fact, some days it seems like every little thing that can go wrong does. Take the song “Ironic†by Alanis Morisette, which says, “It’s like rain on your wedding day, it’s a free ride when you already paid, it’s the good advice that you just don’t [...]
Continue reading …Letter to Editor by Andrei Vorobiev In the Nov. 23 issue of the Kernel Professor Joe Peek calls on President Lee Todd to tear down the wall that prevents the university community from easier access to the UK Board of Trustees. As a former Soviet dissident journalist, I find Joe Peek’s use of the Berlin [...]
Continue reading …Letter to Editor by Kevin Ulmer Paternalistic ban on smoking? Though I think smokers should be able to smoke outside away from people that value their life, I find the lack of support for this ban a little surprising. But on the other hand, the ban’s supporters are getting what they want, so why comment? [...]
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Micah Johnson slumps into his chair and stares. Not at the media that surround him — cameras, recorders and pens and notebooks in hand. He looks at the door he just came through. The one he probably wishes he could instantly return through. First question: Why couldn’t you all win after getting that fourth quarter [...]
Continue reading …Join Kernel writers Ben Jones and Kenny Colston for a live blog of the UK-Tennessee game tonight. The live blog will begin 20 minutes before the 7 p.m. kickoff. Feel free to leave comments and questions to interact with the bloggers. The game will be broadcast on ESPNU. If the Cats win, they’ll finish the [...]
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The Cats are champions again. They had to play an extra five minutes, but for the second straight year, the UK men’s basketball has been crowned champions of an in-season tournament. The Cats defeated the Stanford Cardinal 73-65 in the championship of the Cancun Challenge in Cancun, Mexico. Freshman point guard John Wall sank two [...]
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Things weren’t quite perfect in paradise for UK as the Cats beat the Cleveland State Vikings 73-49 in Cancun, Mexico, but UK head coach John Calipari had more than just the weather to smile about after the win. Freshman forward DeMarcus Cousins had 14 points, five rebounds and three blocks as bench players saw plenty [...]
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