I am writing this in response to Tim Riley’s Sept. 8 article entitled “Never fear, you can find true love.†This article struck me as both amusing and comforting. As a single female on UK’s campus, trying to find the “right†person for a relationship can seem overwhelming, and many times near impossible. Especially when […]
Continue reading …In the past two years, six of UK’s college deans have resigned from their positions. That number could breed indifference among some since UK has over 18 colleges within the university. But when the roll call of the colleges without deans is shown, things end up looking a lot worse than before. Five colleges are […]
Continue reading …Column by Jordan Covvey Sex is always an interesting topic. It has been used to sell everything from alcohol to perfume, it has been the theme underlying law suits, federal and state legislation, and is inevitably the subject of a very awkward discussion between a teenager and his or her parents. What started out many […]
Continue reading …Column by Duke Gatsos Look up, see … blue? When I walk through campus with my head up, what I usually see are faces turned the other way, downcast glances, headphones or telephones. I have informally conducted an impromptu survey of how friendly UK is of late. On a rough scale, perhaps one of every […]
Continue reading …The statistics are a frightening reality. Every minute 1.3 women are sexually assaulted in the United States, according to the National Center for Victims of Crime. One in nine women have been sexually assaulted in Kentucky, according to the National Violence Against Women Prevention Research Center, and one in three women will become victims of […]
Continue reading …On Saturday, the UK football team had another dominating performance, beating Norfolk State. 38-3. There were many positives in the game, including a great display of athleticism by true freshman Randall Cobb and another stifling defensive performance. However, those things are a moot point due to a truly disappointing and embarrassing display of classlessness by […]
Continue reading …UK Dining Services asked students what they wanted out of their meal plan; students answered and a new meal plan was born. Only the new system — with a fixed number of meals per week — seems worse, and less compatible with students’ needs than the old one. In Friday’s Kernel, Scott Henry, director of […]
Continue reading …Column by Wesley Robinson One of the first things I thought people were taught is to clean up after themselves — apparently I had some kind of special training only a privileged few receive. I say this because since leaving home and coming to college, I have seen more and more unnecessary messes. I expected […]
Continue reading …Column by Tim Riley Recently, an international business school known as INSEAD published a study on what they call the “value heuristicâ€. It states that a person always perceives that what’s valuable must be scarce, even when put in a situation where this is clearly not true. Simply put, you always think that you can […]
Continue reading …I am writing this in response to Karen Lightbourne’s Sept. 4 column regarding campus diversity. Although diversity among faculty is important, expecting every teacher to be an exact representation of the subject they teach negates the goals of diversity all together. If we resign ourselves to the idea that only someone who has experienced a […]
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