Currently, China is ruling the world. Most recently, South Africa refused the Dalai Lama a visa to attend a peace conference to be held in Johannesburg. The country is hosting the 2010 World Cup, and their...
Homeless people are people too.The Lexington community doesn’t just contain UK students and doesn’t just contain those who have a home to go to every night.The people you see on...
I have been around coal for as long as I can remember, but I never really questioned coal mining until I came to college.My grandfather died of complications related to black lung, even though the company...
Surface mining in its active phase is ugly.Everyone seems to agree on that, from the coal company executives to the UK students who intern there and especially to the university’s anti-coal...
Column by Zachary KiserIn the spirit of Finals Week, let’s take a quick informal quiz. Can you name the last three winners of the Academy Award for Best Actor? What is the name of Miley Cyrus’...
Column by Can we stop blaming Facebook for everything? I mean, seriously, it would be nice for little ol’ Facebook to be able to mind its own business and be the social networking tool it was...
Column by Jacob SimsNot long ago, I literally laughed out loud when I read an article about a county judge overturning a ban on saggy pants. Riviera Beach’s ordinance banning saggy pants —...
Although I found the idea of it nothing short of laughable, I was not shocked to discover P.F. Chang’s voted “Best Oriental Cuisine†in Monday’s edition of the Kernel....
Any female student who has been to the Kentucky Clinic since 2007 has probably experienced the same thing. Whether they’ve been in to receive treatment for a common cold or for a yearly physical,...
I don’t often use flabbergasted in a meaningfully descriptive way, but I was truly flabbergasted by Tim Riley’s column on April 27. I found his statements not only sexist, but immature,...
I have to register my disappointment with the Kernel’s flow of commercial advertisement for local bars, dance clubs and improper ads that include sexual annotations. What makes these ads even...
