Student Government invited both candidates for governor to speak on campus tomorrow, but only one accepted. Steve Beshear, the Democratic candidate, will be speaking at the second annual Gubernatorial Forum tomorrow in the Worsham Theater at noon. His Republican opponent, Ernie Fletcher, will not participate because of other commitments, a representative from his campaign said.
Instead of joining masses of other students to cheer on UK football at Commonwealth Stadium, Andy Mains has spent his weekends housing tobacco in Northern Kentucky. Mains, an agricultural economics junior, and his brother Roy, a plant and soil science senior, travel home to Pendleton County every weekend to help out on their family's tobacco farm, one of the many farms affected by this year's drought.
Seven Student Government senators were nominated last night to serve on the Impeachment and Censure Committee, a move that was unrelated to the recent controversy over concert ticket resales, said Senate President Tyler Montell. "The timing could not be worse, but this is pure coincidence," Montell said.
America still has a long way to go in its efforts to dissolve racial turmoil, said a Harvard criminal-justice professor who spoke at UK last night. "Our history has taught us in order for us to understand where we are and where we're going, we are going to have to understand where we've been," said J.
UK is looking to spark some new interest in an old literary tradition. The Kentucky Women Writers Conference, the oldest event of its kind in the nation, is coming to Lexington again Friday and Saturday. "Our mission is to contribute to a world-class literary culture in Kentucky," said Julie Wrinn, director of the conference.