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PDS on the Rhetoric of Blogging: Ideas and Advice

Posted in Lexington, tagged , , , on November 6, 2009 | 2 Comments »

I’ve been asked to share my experience with blogging to instructors at the University of Kentucky.  What better strategy than to go meta and write a blog post about blogging?  In a year (allegedly) the University of Kentucky Writing Program will spearhead a significant curricular shift, which is part of the university’s larger general education [...]

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The New(est) Dispensation of Kentucky’s Domain of Greed, Power, and Corruption

Posted in Capitalism, Economics, Lexington, Media, News, Politics, Sports, tagged , , , , , on October 27, 2009 | 13 Comments »

My institution, The University of Kentucky, continues to receive national media coverage for the embarrassments that take place on campus and in its administrative meetings.  Our latest shameful news is that the University Board of Trustees met today to discuss whether or not they would accept Joe Craft’s proposed gift of $7 million and the [...]

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Adventures at Rupp Arena

Posted in Lexington, tagged , , , , , , , on March 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Yesterday I took a trip down to Rupp Arena and took some mental notes of my journey there.  The details and times might be a bit spotty.
3:30 PM – It’s a cold Saturday afternoon in Lexington, and everyone’s attention turns to Rupp Arena, where the revered University of Kentucky Wildcats will take on LSU.  It’s [...]

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An Evening with the Mountain Keepers

Posted in Environmentalism, Lexington, Politics, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on February 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

On April 9, the University of Kentucky Writing Program is sponsoring “An Evening with the Mountainkeepers,” the germinal event in the WP Community Engagement Series.  The festivities begin at 6 PM in the UK Student Center Ballroom.  It’s a free event that is open to the public.

The fundamental premise behind this event is that public [...]

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More Trouble at My Old Kentucky Home

Posted in Lexington, News, Politics, tagged , , , , , on October 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

The University of Kentucky community is reeling once more after another shameful incident on campus, which calls attention (yet again) to our institution’s horrid record of racial equality.  Early this morning UK police discovered an effigy of Barack Obama hanging on a tree near Rose Street and the William T. Young Library.  Within hours, the national media [...]

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The Myth of the Student Athlete

Posted in Lexington, Sports, tagged , , on December 31, 2007 | 5 Comments »

I just finished watching the Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl, in which the University of Kentucky barely squeaked out a win against a depleted Florida State University.  I’ve been somewhat out of the loop, so I was amused to find that almost half of the FSU team didn’t make the trip because they were busted [...]

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