Archive for October, 2006
Lawyer calls for more reporter protection
More protection is needed for journalists in an age where they are “under siege.”
That’s what Lucy Dalglish, the executive director of the Reporters Committee on Freedom of the Press, said last night during “The State of the First Amendment,” sponsored by UK’s First Amendment Center.
Students and faculty came to hear Dalglish discuss the past, present [...]
$400-plus raised for Ag. Dean scholarship
Yesterday, patrons of the Chevy Chase Cold Stone Creamery heard something in addition to the typical, “Would you like a sample?”
Every customer was also asked, “Are you here to support the Dr. Larry Turner Scholarship?”
The student organization Educators of Family and Consumer Sciences (EFACS), in association with the College of Agriculture and its subsidiary the [...]
Ag. dean scholarship hopes to raise funds with ice cream
The Dr. Larry Turner Scholarship Fund
will be getting some help from the community again today - this time from ice cream.
The Educators of Family and Consumer Sciences, a student organization in the College of Agriculture, will be at the Chevy Chase Cold Stone Creamery to raise money for the fund.
Turner, who died in the Flight [...]
Local politicians address Staff Senate
K Staff Senate’s October meeting became host to a forum featuring 12 local politicians yesterday.
Those speaking included Lexington Mayor Teresa Isaac, her opponent Jim Newberry and other city council members and state representatives.
Each speaker was given 15 minutes. James Keller, candidate for the state senate’s 12th district, which includes Lexington, was the first of the [...]
Student receives grant to study in Ethiopia
On Sunday, Trace Lasley was finally able to say “Tadiyaas” to Ethiopia.
Tadiyaas is an informal greeting in Amharic, the official language of Ethiopia.
Lasley, a fifth-year senior majoring in economics, history and philosophy, is one of the recipients of the National Security Education Program’s (NSEP) Boren Undergraduate scholarship. The scholarship allows students to study abroad in [...]