While the majority of my friends were lying by the pool, going to parties, and having lazy days on the couch; I spent the greater portion of my summer working hard in a city I had never even stepped foot in until my move-in-day. And I loved every minute of it. Ed Matthews, Brad Luttrell, [...]

1. Silver Jews, “Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea” 2. Calexico, “Carried to Dust” 3. Walkmen, “You and Me” 4.Sigur Ros, “Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust” 5. Stereolab, “Chemical Chords” 6. Beck, “Modern Guilt” 7. Sic Alps, “A Long Way Around to a Shortcut” 8. Margot & the Nuclear So and So’s, “Daytrotter Sessions” 9. Daedelus, [...]

Marketing freshman Jeff Harley sits on the steps in front of the Funkhouser Building to read a map of campus on August 27, 2008. Photo by Everett Cislo | Staff

Sabrina Hounshell//Kentucky Kernel After opening their envelopes with their bid invitations, English education freshman Kaycee Hill hugs materials and textiles freshman Devin Herv during Bid Day at Memorial Hall on Friday, August 22, 2008. Allie Garza//Kentucky Kernel With Bid Day festivities beginning shortly, many girls were having difficulty finding a place to sit at Memorial [...]

By Azra Drljevic news@kykernel.com Interracial relationships are more prevalent in today’s culture than the past and that is why they need to be discussed, according to Mahjabeen Rafiuddin, director of Student Diversity Engagement. The subject will be examined in a panel discussion titled “Breeding Between the Lines” tonight at 7:30 in room 206 of the [...]

By Azra Drljevic news@kykernel.com The “oldest surviving American music” will be featured on campus tonight in a documentary. The UK Appalachian Center will be sponsoring a film about sacred Harp singing, “Awake, My Soul,” along with a discussion tonight at 6 in the Niles Gallery in the Lucille Little Fine Arts Library. Sacred Harp singing [...]

By Azra Drljevic news@kykernel.com Black ties and $200 plates will come together tomorrow night to raise funds to help prevent childhood obesity. UK HealthCare’s Kentucky Children’s Hospital is hosting the American Heart Association’s Central Kentucky Heart Ball tomorrow at 6:30 p.m. at the Griffin Gate Marriott Resort on Newtown Pike. The annual black-tie fundraiser, which [...]