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UK’s coal-fired heating plants creating smog, polluting air

I would urge all UK students and Lexington citizens to observe the two coal-fired heating plants on UK’s campus. You won’t miss them. They are the buildings with the not-quite-high-enough smokestacks churning out the blue-grey smog.

The university’s latest public relation push in support of UK’s tobacco-free status asserts that, “By all indications, this initiative has been successful in creating a healthier environment …” I wonder, according to whom?

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Wildcat Interest Group supports all UK students

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The recent editorial piece displayed the Wildcat Interest Group in a light that is not correct or representative of the work being done.

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Every piece of food you put into your mouth is a choice, every time you pass the gym and say “maybe I’ll start next week” is a choice, every time you rationalize the dessert is a choice.

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This letter is a response to a Nov. 17 column titled “UK’s ‘Cardboard Village’ mocks homeless realities.”

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I am a recent graduate of the University of Kentucky. This past week, I was honored to receive my diploma in the mail. There was, however, one thing missing this year that was not last year: a free copy of my official transcript.

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If you didn’t get a chance to read the article, “In days of divorce, gay marriage on sidelines no more,” let me summarize the introduction for you: Because Kim Kardashian’s marriage lasted 72 days, gay marriage should be legal.So, Kim Kardashian is the spokeswoman for all those against gay marriage? That’s a little insulting.

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If you are able to temporarily cast aside your rage about the police brutality towards Occupy protesters, you will notice that while the protesters are preaching nonviolence, they certainly are not practicing what they preach.

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This letter is a response to an Oct. 26 article titled “Energy alternates make Middle East irrelevant.” Simply increasing U.S. oil drilling, which would only allay about 3 percent of our foreign energy needs, would do almost nothing to world oil demand and price.

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As a senior preparing to graduate in spring 2012, I consider the building of new dorms “good news.” The location for the new dorms needs to be reconsidered.

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