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As a student living in the dorms, all I ever hear about is how bad the Internet is. I feel this issue is being swept under the rug and desperately needs to be addressed. As an engineering student, I go to school six days a week. I have homework due online every night except for [...]

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No precaution should be ignored in time of danger

Even simple precautions, such as heading to the basement during a storm, seemed like a waste of my time before Friday. But after witnessing first-hand the serious damage from the storms this weekend, my attitude has changed.

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DanceBlue joins campus for one cause: the kids

If a single fact could serve as a testament to the caliber of students who attend UK, it would have to be this year’s DanceBlue fundraising total — $834,424.57.

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Day after reveals perseverance

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Day after reveals perseverance

Daybreak the day after a disaster is a time of shock. Once the sun rises, the debris and remains of what was before are exposed, and devastated people are left to pick up the pieces.

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UK should better prepare seniors for the real world

It doesn’t seem like many colleges and universities are recognizing this need to better prepare their seniors for well-rounded success.

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Time for students to unite  on important issues, tuition

It seems we become more vocal about the latest episode of Jersey Shore than “situations” in Frankfort, Ky., and for that I classify us as a silent generation. We cannot afford to be silent any longer.

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Contraceptive mandate an issue of religion

This issue has been, and regardless of what is otherwise said, will always be about religious freedom.

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Tragic loss of Alex Ehr

For the second time in as many weeks, I submit to this readership a statement on behalf of the Interfraternity Council. This time, however, it is with the heaviest of hearts. Yesterday evening, our student body suffered the loss of one of its own. Alex Ehr, 19 – diagnosed just six months ago – lost [...]

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Per a recent study on campus, two-thirds of you are not aware that UK still operates four coal-powered boilers in two locations on campus, and even fewer are aware just how antiquated they are.  Even for coal boilers, these things are dinosaurs — they were up and running before the Clean Air Act and were [...]

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Youth perceptions of capabilities must change

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Kentucky must invest in providing not only the best education to every student, but providing hope and encouragement that we all can achieve our dreams.

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