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The University of Kentucky Christian Student Fellowship broke the Guiness World Record for the largest water balloon fight on Friday, August 27, 2010. Over 5,500 people launched 153,497 balloons to top Brigham Young University’s previous record. Check out a video and slideshow of the event here.

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Football players tackle move-in with parents and new students

Moving to college as a freshman can be intimidating. Add 105 of the biggest men on campus waiting at their dormitories, and the intimidation reaches new levels. But that was exactly what the UK football team attempted to combat. University of Kentucky football players assisted freshmen students and their parents moving in to their dormitories [...]

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Bid day: Alpha Delta Pi style

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Sisters of the Alpha Delta Pi sorority gathered at their house to celebrate Bid Day, an event marking the beginning of sorority pledgeship, on August 20, 2010. Check out a slideshow of the celebration here.

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Student aims for real rocky top

Inhale. Exhale. Stop. Click. Boom. Tom Csenge pulls back the bolt and a smoking exhausted shell hurls out and bounces on the floor of the shooting range. He loads another bullet, pushes the bolt back into place and takes his aim. Inhale. Exhale. Stop. Click. Boom. He has gone through the motions since he was [...]

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Woman struck by car near Young Library

A UK student was struck  while riding her bicycle in front of W. T. Young Library Thursday night. Susana Martin-Garcia, listed as a post-doctoral scholar in plant pathology on UK’s directory, was riding her bicycle on the University Drive crosswalk when she was struck by a Ford Excursion, said UK Police Chief Joe Monroe. According [...]

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A different green: Funding from golfer, PGA allows professional to teach UK students

The unmistakable clunking sound of golf clubs making contact with gleaning white, dimpled golf balls repeats over and over. And over. And over. It is a sound Tennye Ohr has gotten used to throughout the years, having dedicated two and a half decades to the sport. As a PGA teaching professional, Ohr uses her talent [...]

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Charity game makes first splash on campus

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Charity game makes first splash on campus

While planes and sparks flew overhead in Louisville, kick balls launched into lower orbit and bodies slipped and slid down the third and home baseline for the first annual Splash Ball tournament at UK on Saturday. The Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity and Chi Omega sorority worked together to organize Splash Ball 2010, a philanthropy event [...]

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Gone, but not forgotten

Elexene Mattingly put on her sunglasses, her eyes hidden from view. Her friends sat around her, ready to comfort her at any moment. Mattingly, along with other members of the UK community, gathered in the Botanical Garden area to remember fallen friends, family and coworkers Tuesday, during the UK Remembers service. An equine science and [...]

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UK athletics hits halfway point, aims for more wins

UK athletics is on its way to reaching its goal of championships and program rankings. UK Athletics Director Mitch Barnhart told the UK Athletics Board Monday that the 15 by 15 by 15 plan is well on its way to fruition. According to the plan that was implemented two years ago, Barnhart hopes to win [...]

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[VIDEO]That’s so ravin’: 41st annual Beaux Arts Ball attracts more than 3,500

A steady stream of foil and cardboard-clad robots, roller-skating divas and neon-laden techno rave junkies marched toward the erratic beat of two rivalring concerts playing electro and pop rock. Entering the Distillery District on Manchester Street Saturday evening may have felt like a grown-up Halloween parade. And for the night, it was. Students and community [...]

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