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While I consider Black History Month to be a noble and relevant educational endeavor, it is truly the present day chronic health crisis affecting African Americans, especially cardio-vascular disease, that I am most concerned about.

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I am going to write what every single member of a fraternity at UK is thinking: The Office of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs does not appreciate anything that we do and they exercise double standards.

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From one UK to another: Heading to a highland hoedown

This past month, I had the opportunity to participate in one of Scotland’s most fun (and sweaty) traditions — a ceilidh.

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Incarcerating youth: An American injustice

We teach our youth the “golden rules:” For the 2,600 people serving a life without parole sentence in a U.S. adult prison for crimes they committed while under age 18 these lessons no longer apply.

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There is a lot of misunderstanding about stalking; it is important to understand what stalking is and what it is not.

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It seems the horrible output of harmful materials spewing out of the power plants on UK’s campus has taken its toll on students. I got a chance to talk to one of these “sludge people” …

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Event to teach common American misperceptions of Islam

This semester the Muslim Student Association is making an active effort in disbanding some of the misconceptions that are still perceived by many Americans about Islam.

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Age is nothing but a number: Youth vote matters, too

Legislators constantly tout our generation as the generation that will have to pay for the mounting debt our nation is taking on. The entitlement issues we face are inevitably something our generation will come together on. For those in power, it’s time to listen.

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Not every Cats fan is a ‘friend of coal’

Because of this deep reverence for the university and its teams, I want UK to be the best in every area — both on and off the court. That’s why I, and many students on campus, have been urging the university to ramp up its investments in clean energy options that will mean cleaner air for Kentuckians and make UK a leader in the SEC.

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On Jan. 24, the United States Senate will vote on whether to censor the Internet. If the bill passes the Senate and then the House, popular websites and companies such as Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, and Google will face shutdown if they do not control users and remove links and content the entertainment industry finds objectionable. [...]

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