Surface mining in its active phase is ugly. Everyone seems to agree on that, from the coal company executives to the UK students who intern there and especially to the university’s anti-coal activists. What they don’t agree on is the future of coal mining, energy consumption and reclaiming the abandoned mine lands. With coal consumption [...]
I have been around coal for as long as I can remember, but I never really questioned coal mining until I came to college. My grandfather died of complications related to black lung, even though the company officials told him to just cough up the coal dust and he would be fine. A coal mine [...]
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Erik Reece and Don Gibson are outspoken about coal use, but the only thing they can manage to agree on is thinking the other is wrong. Reece, who teaches English at UK, is one of Kentucky’s most dynamic anti-coal activists, who gained national attention for his article “Death of a Mountain,†published in Harper’s Magazine [...]
Continue reading …OK, now that the coaching campaign is over, John Calipari is here, and Billy Gillispie is sitting in his home in Nicholasville looking at the “Help Wanted†rather than the “Sports†section of his newspaper, it seems like a good time to remind Coach Cal how this whole thing came to be. For the past [...]
Continue reading …Please be patient with the Kernel’s Web site. With the news of Billy Gillispie being gone, our online readership has gone up over four times what it normally is and our servers are having a difficult time coping. Some of the Kernel’s unique stories are: Jodie Meeks speaks out in support of decision New coach [...]
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Continue reading …UK canceled all classes before 10 a.m., according to a UK Alert sent around 5:20 a.m. “Classes beginning at 10 a.m. and thereafter will meet. Employees are to report to work at 10 a.m. except those required to report earlier under Plan B,” the alert said. Classes were canceled last week due to the ice [...]
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UK canceled all classes for Wednesday, according to the UK Alert system. “Classes and activities at the University of Kentucky are canceled and offices are closed today, Wednesday, January 28, 2009. Only Plan B employees are required to report to work,” the electronic report said. This cancellation comes after classes before 11 a.m. and after [...]
Continue reading …It’s probably time to step back for a reality check. There were chants, cheers and millions watching. The fans were dressed warm with toboggans and scarves to combat the weather. During the tense and emotional moments, you could hear a pin drop, millions just waiting. And then, just like that, the crowd would erupt with [...]
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