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UK gamers start pro gaming league

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It’s not uncommon to see UK students getting excited over their favorite sports teams on campus. A new group is attempting to get that same reaction out of playing “Starcraft 2.”

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Across the nation, college students are abusing the drugs Adderall and Ritalin that are prescribed to individuals with ADHD for study aids. On Monday night, The Bluegrass Chapter for the Society of Neuroscience met to discuss the implications and misconceptions regarding drug abuse among college students at their weekly Town Hall meeting.

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The quest for leisure time

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Americans, it seems to me, have a strange notion that leisure is a bad thing.

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UK head coach John Calipari was approached in the middle of the season about coaching the Dominican Republic national team, according to his website. He deferred to the end of the season to give it the “proper attention” required. The deal isn’t official, according to a UK spokesman, but on the website he discussed what [...]

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UK led college basketball in average attendance for the sixth straight year and the 15th time in the last 16 years, according to the Associated Press. UK, playing in Rupp Arena, averaged 23,603 in its home games. Syracuse was second at 22,312. For more numbers, go here. (Note: Previous attendance figures were used in the [...]

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Kernel in Print — April 27, 2011

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Open publication – Free publishing – More uk basketball

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Forum addresses tuition

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The proposed 2011-2012 operating and capital budget, which contains the recently proposed tuition increase, was presented Monday morning at a budget forum in the Center Theater of the Student Center.

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Debt to top $1 trillion

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UK students are suffering the woes of the economy as national student loan debt is projected to top $1 trillion in 2011 and Congress threatens to cut federal Pell Grants.

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The creation of the nearly $270 million KFC Yum! Center in Louisville has left many members of Big Blue Nation hungry for their own “Gold Standard” arena, as UK Athletics Director Mitch Barnhart told the task force studying the future of Rupp Arena and Lexington Center.

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The ninth-annual Catspy Awards for UK athletics were held Monday night in Memorial Coliseum. The Catspy Awards are an annual awards banquet, similar to ESPN’s ESPY Awards. They were created by UK Athletic Director Mitch Barnhart in 2003 to honor the student-athletes and coaches at UK for their accomplishments during the school year. Among the [...]

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