Thursday, October 16, 2008

University of Kentucky

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RNC Student Arrest Roundup

A number of student journalists and activists were arrested Monday. more >>

Kentucky Photographers at GOP Convention Released From Jail

Two students and an adviser were arrested Monday and faced preliminary charges of rioting. more >>

Save Squirrels From Electrocution, Then Eat Them for Dinner

Suicidal squirrels have caused four power outages in two months all over the University of Kentucky campus. more >>

Empty Holsters Make a Point but Are Still a Fashion No-No

Every student activist's dream? Exercising First and Second Amendment rights. more >>

Why Students Don't Vote: Silly Governmental Outreach Events

No surprise that a mock gubernatorial election doesn't spur student interest in voting. more >>

‘Stop, Drop, and Roll’ Is So 20th Century

Smoke machines aren't just for raves and fancy frat parties anymore. more >>

Trail Mix

A student at the University of Minnesota is starting a deaf club to help the deaf community overcome "communication challenges," the Minnesota Daily reports. more >>

A Generation's Defining Moment

In an anniversary year that isn't even a multiple of five, colleges (and their newspapers) across the nation commemorate the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon six years ago. more >>

Kentucky Concedes Thanksgiving Defeat

How considerate of the University of Kentucky to approve a one-day extension of Thanksgiving break. Officials are eliminating class (which no one attends, anyway) the Wednesday before the holiday, the Kentucky Kernel reports--in theory giving "students time with their family as well as a chance to be better prepared for finals. more >>

Trail Mix

The audience at a student play to debut at Brown University tonight will be very dazzled--and also swarmed by 30,000 fruit flies, the Brown Daily Herald reports. "There's not a lot of people who, if something happened to you, you would want them to raise your children," the Indiana University men's basketball coach, Kelvin Sampson, told the Daily Student. more >>

Trail Mix

The University of Kentucky will update a war memorial with the names of 565 Kentuckians who have died as a result of war. It's the first time names have been added since the end of the Vietnam War, the Kentucky Kernel reports. more >>

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