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UK Hoops falls short of toppling Tigers

UK sophomore Amber Smith shot just over an LSU defender as time was winding down in the Cats’ 59-56 loss to LSU on Sunday. Smith’s last-ditch effort would have sent the game to overtime. Photo by Kristin Sherrard | Staff It must have been the hardest three points of their lives. The UK women’s basketball [...]

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UK Hoops looking at LSU as a must-win game

When the UK women’s basketball team looks at obstacles to overcome as they fight to become a Southeastern Conference power, few teams loom larger than Louisiana State. After losing to the Tigers three times last season, including a 66-49 loss that ended the Cats’ SEC tournament run, the Cats will be out for revenge when [...]

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UK Hoops’ streak cooled in loss

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UK Hoops’ streak cooled in loss

Sophomore Victoria Dunlap drives to the hoop during UK’s 52-45 loss against Mississippi State on Sunday at Memorial Coliseum. Dunlap recorded her sixth double-double in the loss. Photo by Allie Garza | Staff Just when it looked like the recent hot streak of the UK women’s basketball team had carried over into another game, it [...]

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Cats find their groove over break

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Cats find their groove over break

Although temperatures dropped and snow fell over Winter Break, the problems facing the UK women’s basketball team seemed to liquefy. UK head coach Matthew Mitchell jokingly said that “something in the water” might be the culprit for his team’s slow start earlier this season, but those days are now all but forgotten. After starting the [...]

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The best ‘Potter’ of them all

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Version:1.0 StartHTML:0000000180 EndHTML:0000008258 StartFragment:0000002592 EndFragment:0000008222 SourceURL:News:Summer%202007%20Stories:072607:design:Potter%20review1.doc By Azra Drljevic adrljevic@kykernel.com If you haven’t finished reading “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,” we suggest you don’t read this review as it may contain some spoilers. With the release of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,” the final book of the Harry Potter series, those who were [...]

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Hands-on project supports men against violence toward women

By Azra Drljevic news@kykernel.edu Gentle hands are coming together on campus to take a stand against violence against women. Men Against Violence and Rape at UK (MAVAR@UK) started the project “These Hands Don’t Hurt” to raise awareness about violence against women. Different MAVAR@UK members took turns asking men who walked by the Starbucks at the [...]

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Panel examines interracial relationships

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By Azra Drljevic news@kykernel.com Interracial relationships are more prevalent in today’s culture than the past and that is why they need to be discussed, according to Mahjabeen Rafiuddin, director of Student Diversity Engagement. The subject will be examined in a panel discussion titled “Breeding Between the Lines” tonight at 7:30 in room 206 of the [...]

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By Azra Drljevic news@kykernel.com The “oldest surviving American music” will be featured on campus tonight in a documentary. The UK Appalachian Center will be sponsoring a film about sacred Harp singing, “Awake, My Soul,” along with a discussion tonight at 6 in the Niles Gallery in the Lucille Little Fine Arts Library. Sacred Harp singing [...]

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Heart Ball to raise money for childhood obesity

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By Azra Drljevic news@kykernel.com Black ties and $200 plates will come together tomorrow night to raise funds to help prevent childhood obesity. UK HealthCare’s Kentucky Children’s Hospital is hosting the American Heart Association’s Central Kentucky Heart Ball tomorrow at 6:30 p.m. at the Griffin Gate Marriott Resort on Newtown Pike. The annual black-tie fundraiser, which [...]

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