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Kentucky Kernel

The Student News Site of University of Kentucky

Kentucky Kernel

The Student News Site of University of Kentucky

Kentucky Kernel

 

Commonwealth attorneys not given enough funding

April 6, 2009

Public defenders do not have adequate funding to represent indigent clients.  Caseloads have increased to a size where the defenders do not have adequate time to spend on each client. By the end of May...

Coach’s contract pays for itself and fans should stop complaining

April 6, 2009

As you can probably guess from my name, I am not from Kentucky nor am I from the United States. I have been in Lexington for just about seven months as I continue my education at the university as a sophomore....

Todd must continue to be more accessible to students and faculty

April 6, 2009

UK President Lee Todd has been out and about lately – and some of us are kind of surprised.Since the firing of Billy Gillispie and the hiring of John Calipari, the president had a presence at the...

New coach’s salary doesn’t affect economy

April 5, 2009

This is written in response to Stacie Schultz’s opinion piece titled “Even for a fan, Calipari’s salary too much.” While it may be worthy to say that no single person...

Rules make sure slaughter in meat industry is humane

April 5, 2009

Upon reading the Kernel on Thursday, I felt compelled to respond to the content of Ryan Huling’s letter regarding animal slaughter. I have witnessed animal slaughter personally and am familiar...

UK Athletics’ revenues make Calipari’s pay check affordable

April 5, 2009

John Calipari makes a lot of money.There’s no denying $31.65 million is a lot of money. Then you tack on the bonuses for winning the Southeastern Conference Tournament, for NCAA Final Four...

Neighborhood facelift offers a real chance at economic development

April 2, 2009

With the help of Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government, residents of one area of town will be able to start making a better life for themselves.In a Thursday Kernel article, a section of Lexington...

Basketball coach given bloated salary while country is suffering from recession

April 2, 2009

I’m writing this on behalf of the UK employees who haven’t received a raise in two years and for the years past when we haven’t received one due to “budget cuts.”...

Peace with Palestine is possible, but Israel must make sacrifices

April 2, 2009

Column by Derek BrownOn Tuesday, Benjamin Netanyahu was sworn in as prime minister of Israel. Before the swearing in, Netanyahu pledged that his government would work towards peace with the Palestinians...

Calipari’s salary is unfair to Kentucky

April 2, 2009

President Todd,In a year where you and the Commonwealth’s leaders have blathered on about belt-tightening and budget cuts, how on earth do you justify paying Calipari more than any coach in...

Joker Phillips is named head coach of the UK football team at Commonwealth Stadium on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010. Photo by Adam Wolffbrandt

Twitter allows 140-character look into the lives of celebrities

April 1, 2009

RELATED STORY: Social networking site another distraction, stalking toolIn a world of social networking, nothing is quite like Twitter. In fact, these two sentences clearly fit into 140 characters.I know...

Meat-based diet source of health problems

April 1, 2009

In response to your article “Students struggle with eating well, dietitian says” on March 29, it was interesting to read about students’ experiences reducing their consumption of...

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