Column by Zach HesterI’m eating Corn Pops, drinking a PBR and in hindsight, I’ve outcoached Billy Gillispie, Tubby Smith and Rick Pitino for some 15-odd seasons now. I sit high...
When a state government is staring at a bank account balance $456 million in the hole, it’s hard to know where to start making up for it. Maybe cuts to the operations budget would work, maybe...
Column by Joe GallensteinThis week the Kentucky state Senate, led by Senate President David Williams, has actually passed a tax increase. Given the state of our budget, this is not a bad thing, but it...
The column in Friday’s Kernel, “Coal mining industry given bad reputation, actually restores land,†had a sickening effect on me as a reader. I am sure that the author of this piece...
Column by Tim RileyThere are two outlooks when it comes to the idea of happiness. The first holds that it is simply a series of fleeting moments. The other says that it is a more permanent state of mind....
Column by Seth ThomasAlas, the leadership of our fine university has proposed a campus-wide tobacco ban. I would say smoking ban if it were not for the ban on chewing tobacco as well, which I’m...
The Dead Week proposal is not an attempt to avoid the hard work or challenges of the real world; it is an attempt to keep demands within reason. I know many people in the working world who are applauded...
Column by Derek BrownOver the past few weeks, Capitol Hill has played host to an age-old political debate. While etching out the specifics on President Obama’s proposed economic stimulus package,...
I don’t feel safe on campus and I’ll tell you why I don’t. First off, like the Kernel’s article stated on Feb. 9, — â€Police patrol Cat’s...
Column by Joe WhiteBjorn Westergard’s column in the Feb. 3 Kernel is typical of the lack of education and downright misrepresentation by many well-intentioned people. I will attempt to clarify...
The Dead Week bill has been passed through the Student Government Senate, but its ride is far from over (And the path is not well worn, nor will it be easy to break in).There was little opposition for...
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