Students looking for a new way to get a buzz may have to cross state lines if a proposed law passes the state Senate. A bill that would ban Alcohol Without Liquid, a machine that vaporizes alcohol and mixes it with oxygen, passed a Senate panel last week. The machine produces a mist that over [...]
Continue reading …By Wesley Yonts Class means more than just grades for UK agriculture students — it also means sharing the success and hardships of farmers in the community. Students majoring in the new sustainable agriculture program will have the opportunity to participate in an experiential learning project that promotes a system of farming known as community-supported [...]
Continue reading …Demolition of Ingleside Mobile Home Park for a new student housing complex is free to continue after the developer obtains a city permit, said Fayette Circuit Judge James Ishmael on Thursday. Ishmael lifted a temporary restraining order against Lexington developer Neal Evans that prevented him from razing any homes in the park until he obtained [...]
Continue reading …By Courtney Lacy A group of landscape architecture students is using lessons learned in the classroom to save time and money for Kenton County, Ky., with hillside development plans. The 14 students began the project in January as a requirement to graduate from the architecture program and are working with the Northern Kentucky Area Planning [...]
Continue reading …UK Classics Professor Ross Scaife died of cancer Saturday, leaving behind an impact on the lives of his friends and family and on Internet studies in the humanities. Scaife, 47, died in his Lexington home Saturday after fighting cancer for more than a year. He taught in UK’s Department of Modern and Classical Languages, Literatures [...]
Continue reading …It won’t be a debate, but students will have the opportunity to have questions answered by Tyler Montell, the sole candidate for Student Government president, and his running mate Grant Mills. The Greek Political Action Committee is holding their annual forum tonight at 7 in the Worsham Theater in the Student Center. The event is [...]
Continue reading …Students who wake up with a big purple toilet in their yard are probably not hallucinating — they just may help fund the cure for cancer. The traveling purple toilet has been a major fundraiser across the country for the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life. This year, the UK Relay Committee decided to take [...]
Continue reading …By Susannah Marlowe With the stress building up over the end of the semester and approaching finals, many students would rather not be reminded that taxes are due in less than a month. But unlike those final papers and projects, it’s okay to get a little help from another student on tax returns. Nine UK [...]
Continue reading …By Laura Chandler Interior design students have learned plenty about designing rooms and rearranging spaces. Before graduating in May, the students in the senior interior design studio class will use their skills to help blueprint and remodel the lives of others in the community. Throughout the semester, the class has discussed issues facing the homeless [...]
Continue reading …By Rebecca Sweeney After months of revamping a task force, UK President Lee Todd has appointed members of a new Sustainability Advisory Committee formed to lead the university in managing and conserving natural resources. Prior to forming the permanent committee, the Environmental Task Force existed from December 2002 through 2004 and the Sustainability Task Force [...]
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