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By Tilly Finley The former Fishtank, which was supposed to be transformed into the “Cathouse Music Club & Sports Bar,” will stay the Fishtank for now. The Cathouse was set to open in October, but bar owner Rich DePaso decided against the location and has taken his plans elsewhere. DePaso decided against purchasing the Euclid [...]

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By Andrew Pillow Tom Cruise, Albert Einstein and Magic Johnson are all people with disabilities, but all still contribute to society. This was one of the many points made Friday afternoon at a disability rights forum. The forum featured a showing of a documentary titled “If I Can’t Do It Myself,” which chronicled the life [...]

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Column by Joe Peek The inability of students and others to be heard at the most recent UK Board of Trustees meeting highlights a serious problem at UK. The trustees have erected a wall around themselves to prevent access by students, faculty and staff who desire to voice their views and concerns about decisions being [...]

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In response to Amanda Fallin’s letter on Nov. 20, I would like to agree that preserving the safety and health of those who live and work on campus is important, but to use it as justification for a campus-wide tobacco ban is ridiculous. As a public institution, UK must act to preserve all the rights [...]

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Kernel in Print – Nov. 23, 2009

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ATHENS, Ga. — The noise was deafening. It came through concrete walls and steel doors, a beat on a metal locker loud enough to march armies and chants so earsplitting they could have woken the dead. Hearing the UK football team celebrate in the locker room after its 34-27 upset win over the Georgia Bulldogs, [...]

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Athens, Ga.: Join the Kernel for a live blog of UK’s game against Georgia in Athens 20 minutes before the 7:45 kickoff. UK (6-4, 2-4 Southeastern Conference) will be looking to spoil Georgia’s (6-4, 3-4 SEC) senior night festivities. Kernel writer Ben Jones is in the Sanford Stadium press box, and writer Metz Camfield will [...]

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UK head coach John Calipari demanded improvement on the defensive end of the floor. On Saturday, the Cats delivered. After allowing a barrage of 3-pointers at the hands of Miami of Ohio and Sam Houston State in their previous two games, the Cats (4-0) held Rider to 23.5 percent shooting from 3-point range in a [...]

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Might UK’s best perimeter defense be its interior intimidation? All year long, it’ll be tough to find a team that can match UK’s size, especially inside. Saturday, the Cats took advantage and controlled the paint without question. And magically, Rider’s 48.5 percent-from-deep before Saturday materialized into 4 of 17. What happened to the defense between [...]

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