http://www.blaketyra.com Home of Various Oddities... Thu, 25 Dec 2008 10:37:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://www.blaketyra.com/2008/11/11/mans-greatest-achievement/ A group of UK students are bringing the past to the present as they discuss a trip they took to Holocaust sites in Poland last year. The Division of Student Affairs is sponsoring the presentation in the Small Ballroom of the Student Center today at noon. It is open to all ... http://www.blaketyra.com/2007/01/24/uk-students-discuss-visit-to-holocaust-sites/ William Turner, the associate provost for multicultural affairs, was awarded the Martin Luther King Jr. Citizenship Award Wednesday afternoon. In its fifth year, the award is given to a Kentuckian who "has exemplified Dr. King's principles of racial equality and nonviolent social change," according to the Kentucky State Commerce Cabinet's Web ... http://www.blaketyra.com/2007/01/16/administrator-receives-civil-rights-award/ My Letter: In order to end the violence in Darfur, one has to understand the motivations behind that violence ("Optimism Gap," October 30). To classify that violence as simple "genocide" is not doing the full situation justice. Sudan is a perfect example of "uneven development." This development, in large part, has led ... http://www.blaketyra.com/2006/12/01/the-new-republic-letter-to-the-editor/ Methamphetamine use is not just a drug problem. According to Assistant U.S. Attorney Hydee Hawkins, it's a "national epidemic," affecting otherwise law-abiding Americans and their children, and is the number one drug that law enforcement battles today. This was the focus of an hour-long symposium last night in the Small Ballroom of ... http://www.blaketyra.com/2006/12/01/seminar-points-out-far-reaching-meth-dangers/