Mayor Jim Newberry has arranged a meeting scheduled for Monday to discuss the proposed amendments to off-campus housing zoning laws in Lexington. Those invited to the meeting include presidents of neighborhood associations around UK, landlords and their representatives, Urban County Council members and members of Newberry’s administration. Student Government President Ryan Smith said SG representatives [...]
Continue reading …Kernel Editorial Board UK might be making its way into the space age as a team of 10 undergrads, known as the Weightless Wildcats, have been selected to help conduct research for NASA. With a top-20 plan hoping to develop students who will leave UK and give back their communities, and a “See Blue” campaign [...]
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Column by Shannon Frazer Remember when you were a kid and rode the “It’s a Small World (After All)” ride at Disney World? How about dancing to the ever popular 1990s hit “Macarena”? And who doesn’t love the Village People’s rendition of “YMCA”? Besides the associated fond memories of nostalgia, these are cited as some [...]
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By Drew Teague The Lexington Urban County Council will meet Tuesday morning to continue the discussion on the definition of “family” for off-campus housing. Student Government President Ryan Smith urges students to attend the meeting to give their side of the issue. “There is no give and take here, they are trying to push this [...]
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Israel attacked Iranian nuclear facilities at noon on Friday. Diplomats from Iran, Israel, the United States and other delegations met in the Patterson Office Tower to solve the crisis. You won’t find anything about the attack on CNN or the New York Times, though. Graduate students from the Patterson School of Diplomacy participated in a [...]
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Column by Margaret Schmidt I do not understand the economics of spending money you don’t have. The government’s plan and assumed role to spend its way out of the recession via the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 has defied logic from the very start. Here’s a clear interpretation of the ARRA: In its [...]
Continue reading …Letter to Editor Campbell Fritschner The Kentucky Legislature is considering a bill that would prohibit text messaging while operating a motor vehicle. The measure, House Bill 43, has already passed the House by a vote of 80-16. The Interim Joint Committee on Transportation amended the bill to also ban the use of personal communication devices [...]
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Students will soon be able to purchase another Maker’s Mark bottle with a familiar UK Athletics figure on the label. UK officials, Keeneland officials and a Maker’s Mark representative will unveil the fifth bottle to honor the athletics department, and it is the second one in a three-year series that will raise money for UK [...]
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By Justen Greene Every year, one faculty member and one staff member at UK are honored for their outstanding service in the field of academic advising at the annual spring luncheon. Suanne Early and Larry Jurek “Jerzy” Jaromczyk were both awarded the 2010 Ken Freedman Advisory Award. Early is an adviser for the Central Advising [...]
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