By Dwight Lacy Black Panther Party co-founder Bobby Seale led a group of 30 fully-armed activists into the California General Assembly in May 1967 in opposition of legislation targeting the party that would prohibit the carrying of firearms. The same man who helped start the controversial group dedicated to advancing black people will be speaking [...]
Continue reading …College students from across the state protest proposed cuts to higher ed Gov. Steve Beshear told Kentucky college students who were rallying with homemade signs and painted faces in the Capitol yesterday that there is not enough money for higher education in the state budget. “First, higher education has to be one of the top [...]
Continue reading …Student Government is out of money set aside to fund campus groups after approving eight Senate special projects at last night’s meeting. Three of the projects accepted amendments to lower the amount of the requests, and the Senate approved $10,608 overall — several hundred more than what the committee had available. According to a summary [...]
Continue reading …By Ben Hyatt Students from several campus groups stood up for the voting rights of former felons at a forum last night in the Student Center. After watching a 10-minute clip of how one former Rhode Island felon changed his state’s views on the voting rights, students said they wished Kentucky would follow suit. Kentucky [...]
Continue reading …By Erin Nuckols Students and faculty can view a total lunar eclipse tonight from the MacAdam Student Observatory where telescopes will be on hand for the astronomical event. “It is perfectly timed, beginning mid-evening and ending about midnight,†said Timothy Knauer, director of the MacAdam Student Observatory, which opened in January. “Unfortunately, it will be [...]
Continue reading …On her first day as an intern in Frankfort, Brittany Dowell was asked to come up with a few good legislation ideas as a learning exercise. She came back to Rep. Dwight Butler the next day with the beginning of a bill that’s on its way to becoming law. “I’m so excited,†said Dowell, a [...]
Continue reading …By Paul Mattingly A panel of academics gathered last night to answer the question: Is political Islam destabilizing the world? The answer seemed to have more to do with Americans as panelists of the event agreed that the United States needed to vastly change its policies in the Middle East for relations between Islamic states [...]
Continue reading …By Todd Bivins Allison Esterle prefers bottled water to tap because of its convenience and portability. “I don’t think there’s a difference between tap and bottled water,†said Esterle, an elementary education freshman. “It’s just easier to drink bottled water.†But one national organization is working to change that perspective among college students. The Food [...]
Continue reading …Student Government is hoping to have more students than ever in Frankfort voicing concern about the proposed budget cuts to state universities at this year’s Higher Education Rally. Tomorrow’s event will focus on the negative effects the budget cut could have on students in Kentucky, said SG Chief of Staff Chris Crumrine. The cuts will [...]
Continue reading …By Leticia Janes Beauty, food and dancing are part of the focus of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc.’s annual Total Body Takeover week that kicks off today. “AKA has always focused on promoting good and healthy practices among women,†said Sade Jackson, public relations officer for AKA. “This year we still wanted to promote that [...]
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