Even though UK BookExchange was left out of this year’s Student Government budget, it might receive some funding from SG. Sen. Jackie Colgate sponsored a Senate special project that requested $1,485 for the BookExchange, a service that connects local students who want to sell and buy textbooks directly to and from one another. Last year [...]
Continue reading …Student Government is holding a contest to design a memorial for students who have died during their time at UK. The contest was an idea that the SG University Relations Cabinet had last year. The memorial would be a way to bring the university community together, said Executive Cabinet Secretary Madison Young. “It will be [...]
Continue reading …For Todd Cox, there is no such thing as a typical day at the office. “I may have a day where I’m working with Student Government on an event and the next I’m working to make sure student groups are re-registered,†Cox said. “It’s what I expected and more.†Cox is the first Student Government [...]
Continue reading …UK President Lee Todd kicked off the statewide See Blue Tour, a more than 15-city bus tour of the state asking Kentuckians to embrace the Top 20 Business Plan, at yesterday’s second annual State of the Campus address. In front of a crowd gathered outside the Main Building and in the Patterson Office Tower Plaza, [...]
Continue reading …Student Government unanimously passed eight pieces of legislation at last night’s full Senate meeting, two of which were the first special Senate projects ever. One of those projects, sponsored by Sen. Kate Mudd, will provide $735 to Alpha Kappa Alpha to host a “Pink Goes Global†event. Mudd said she is excited about her project. [...]
Continue reading …Free food may be an incentive to attend, but Student Government President Nick Phelps said the main attraction at today’s State of the Campus address is President Lee Todd. “The things President Todd is doing directly affects students,†Phelps said. “It’s not every day you get the opportunity to be so close to him.†Students [...]
Continue reading …City council hears much opposition to extending sale hours People poured out of church vans and into the Lexington Government Center yesterday to speak out against the proposed ordinance that would allow alcohol sales on Sundays. The Urban County Council held a work session that ended with a public hearing for community members to voice [...]
Continue reading …At a Student Government committee meeting last night, seven student organizations’ funding requests were approved. One request, however, was not approved. The Appropriations and Revenue Committee tabled, or delayed voting on, a Senate special project to provide funds for a “Support the Troops†event. A&R Chair Jesse Parrish tabled the request because there was not [...]
Continue reading …When budget cuts were needed, Student Government President Nick Phelps looked to the past. Phelps studied SG budgets from the last six years to determine where to trim funding. “We examined where the money went and how it was used,†Phelps said. “We were looking to see if the money was spent wisely.†Last year [...]
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