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Bat Cats on the ropes entering final month of conference play

Life on the brink. That is what UK baseball faces as it enters the homestretch of the regular season. Look one way, and the golden promise of the Southeastern Conference tournament waits, where anything can happen. Look the other, and it’s a dull and bleak offseason, where nothing will happen. UK (24-20, 7-14 SEC) sits [...]

By Ethan Levine With the hype surrounding the upcoming NBA draft, many UK fans may have overlooked last weekend’s NFL draft, a draft in which  three former Cats heard their name called by NFL franchises. Defensive lineman Corey Peters, defensive back Trevard Lindley and fullback John Conner each look to begin their professional career. Corey [...]

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By Roy York and Tom Shearman Concrete is not on the menu at Hanna’s on Lime, but a few customers have started to comment on owner Beth Hanna’s new item — a sidewalk. It has been a while since she has had one. For more than nine months, small businesses on South Limestone Street have [...]

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For the second time in two years, students living in Greek housing had to evacuate their homes near finals week. On Saturday, the basement of the Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity house flooded with sewage, causing several students to move to temporary homes. Freshman Dan Byers, who lives on the second floor of the house, said [...]

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Event provides enjoyable fitness

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By Richard Symons Cyclists from Lexington and other parts of Kentucky will ride together throughout May. They will take part in Bike Lexington, an annual month-long celebration of cycling promoted in conjunction with National Bike Month each May. The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government, the Downtown Lexington Corporation, the YMCA of central Kentucky and a team [...]

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By Fink Densford The Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award will honor two members of the UK community at the 143rd commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 8. Spanish and international studies senior Rebecca Linares and Lexingtonian Patrick Smith will receive the Sullivan award, which is given to one or two graduating seniors and a non-student who have had [...]

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Kernel Cartoon

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Kernel Editorial Board As another finals week closes in, it’s time for the Kernel Editorial Board to lampoon all of the people on campus who have made this year interesting and then take absolutely no responsibility for what we’ve written. Feel free to send us letters to the editor. We will be sure to publish [...]

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Fraternity finds new home

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By Beth Brashears A UK fraternity has found a new home. Delta Sigma Phi found out Wednesday the organization will move onto campus next year. This will be the first house the chapter has had at UK since the Theta Mu chapter was founded in 1996. The fraternity will move into the former house of [...]

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Column by Tim Pearce On May 18, when the stress of finals has passed, both Democrats and Republicans will vote in their respective primaries to choose their party’s nominee for the 2010 U.S. Senate race. Considering his positions on important issues, his long record of achievement and the refreshing way he is running his campaign, [...]

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