Late Night Film Series (LNFS) Presents: The Town
The Late Night Film Series is presenting the film “The Town” tonight, January 26 from 10 p.m. – 12 a.m.
The show is free and will be shown in Worsham Theater in Student Center Addition on Ave of Champions.
New Resource Center for UK Education Abroad
With a newly remodeled Resource Center, the Education Abroad Office is inviting all students and staff to the third floor of Bradley Hall. Information about education abroad programs and scholarships will be available today from 8AM to 6PM, with students sharing their own travel experiences. 
Free food and prizes will be available.
The Muslim Student Association is conducting a lecture Thursday Jan. 26 at 7p.m. titled “Understanding the Misconceptions of Islam: Jihad and more.”
The lecture will take place in the Grand Ball Room of the UK Student Center and will feature Abdel Rahman Murphy as the guest speaker.
Dinner will be provided.
For more information contact: Humza Qureshi at (859) 699-6370 or Aqsa Qureshi at (859) 699-6558
UK Hoops Action: Women’s Basketball Takes On Alabama
The women’s basketball team will be taking on Alabama Sunday.
The Wildcats look to continue their winning ways at 2 p.m. in Memorial Coliseum.
UK is undefeated in conference play so far this year.
Photo provided by UKNOW
An Appalachian Studies Lecture Series is beginning at the Student Center Theater on Friday, January 27th from 3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. The Lecture Series is focusing on, “Place Matters.”
Mary Gray’s lecture is titled, “There are no gay people here: Expanding the boundaries of queer youth visibility in the rural United States.” The event is free and open to the public.
UK’s ‘Sexperts’ talk communication with games, giveaways
A group of University of Kentucky students who promote sexual health and education are offering a “quickie” presentation Thursday night as part of K Week 2.
According to the K Week 2 — also called K2 — calendar, the Sexperts will give the presentation, called “Quickie with the Sexperts,” and offer a contraception version of the game Taboo. They also will distribute “Sex in the Sack” bags to attendees.
The event is 4 to 5 p.m. in Student Center room 230 and is free.
Workshop to shed light on stalking
Photo provided by UK Public Relations
The UK Violence Intervention and Prevention center will host a training lecture for the UK community about stalking.
The training session will include TK Logan, Ph.D, a national expert on the issue and a professor in the Department of Behavioral Science, College of Medicine and the Center on Drug and Alcohol Research.
The event coincides with Stalking Awareness Month.
Logan and Melanie O. Matson, director of the Violence Intervention and Prevention Center, published an op-ed column in the Kentucky Kernel, the University of Kentucky’s student newspaper, about the problem of stalking at colleges.
Logan said in the article that about one in six women have been stalked or frightened by stalking, according to a random household survey by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The study said much of that stalking was through unwanted text messages or phone calls.
The article was the first in a series of three to be published on the issues of stalking.
The event takes place on the lower level of Frazee Hall today at 4:30 p.m. The event will continue until 6 p.m. The workshop is free and open to students, faculty and staff.
New student staff onboard at Bluecoastlive: Spring 2012
A new group of students will be staffing the Bluecoastlive site as Spring Semester 2012 kicks off in Lexington.
Eleven University of Kentucky students will plan, report, edit and produce the multimedia report on this site as part of JOU 499: Multimedia Convergence.
Thanks for your patience on the hiatus and we look forward to covering campus and Lexington news for you!
Parking at BCTC rumor debunked
Since at least 2005, there has been a rumor floating around the Cooper Drive campus of Bluegrass Community and Technical College (BCTC) as well as at UK about the University reclaiming their property on which BCTC stands, tearing down the three buildings, and constructing a new parking lot.
Once upon a time, BCTC was known as Lexington Community College (LCC) and was the last remaining college under the supervision of the University of Kentucky Community College System. Control of BCTC was handed over to the Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS) in 2004. However, UK still owns the property on which the BCTC Cooper Campus stands.
BCTC already has plans to build a new campus at the corner of Newtown Pike and West Fourth Street, where Eastern State Hospital was located before it was demolished in February, according to a report by the Lexington Herald Leader on Feb. 3, 2011.
As a 2009 graduate of BCTC, I heard this rumor about a new UK parking lot first hand, from the first day. The rumor is still circulating.
Felicia Reynolds, a first semester student at BCTC, also heard the rumor the first day of class in the fall.
“It’s not like a big deal, everyone knows the campus is moving. Most of the students I hear talking complain about the longer commute. What UK does with its property after BCTC leaves is their business, but people still say they are tearing down our college to make more room for UK students to park. I’m new here, so I don’t know where this all started.”
Current BCTC students park in “C-6″ lot, between Commonwealth Stadium and the three buildings that comprise BCTC at Cooper Drive. Many UK students park wherever they can and hope they have followed all the rules to avoid booting or towing. Lack of adequate, convenient and cost-saving parking is a MAJOR issue at UK. Past issues of the Kentucky Kernel are a testament to that.
According to the UK Parking and Transportation Services website, “Freshman and sophomore commuters are eligible for Stadium (K) parking only. Due to limited availability of parking spaces, juniors, seniors, graduate, and professional students will be given first priority for available commuter (C) spaces. Other students with special needs will be considered as space is available.” Commuters must also “live outside a one-mile radius from campus”.
Where there is smoke (for years), there is fire, right? Not necessarily, according to Chrissie Tune, Senior Marketing and Promotions Specialist for UK Parking and Transportation Services.
“I’ve been here for seven years, and the idea of putting a new lot where BCTC is has never been discussed. After BCTC vacates the property, the buildings will be repurposed for the University’s uses. There are no plans to demolish it.”
The origins of the rumor are still unknown. It was most likely wishful thinking by a “fed up with no parking” student. However, the rumor of more parking for UK students at BCTC campus has been officially dispelled.
That’s it. End of discussion. There will be no new parking lot or structure when BCTC moves to their new location.
The SAFECATS service
SAFECATS is a service at the University of Kentucky, which offers students a safe way around campus at night.
The service is available Sunday through Thursday from 8:30 p.m. to1:30 a.m. (except during official University holidays, breaks or during the summer). Students who want an escort to ensure a safe walk home or to their carcan call (859) 257 -SAFE (7233) or students can go to the SAFECATS desk set up at night in the William T. Young Library lobby.
The University Police Department contracts with the Flying WildcatsBooster Club, a student organization comprised of Air Force ROTC cadets to operate SAFECATS.
Dave Weathers, a sophomore at UK and Air Force ROTC, is currently in his second year working for SAFECATS. Weathers said the service saw a huge increase last year when crimes reported on campus were at an unusual high. Since then the action has leveled off, but it did help get students aware that the service exists, said Weathers.
Four escorts are on duty each night with two SAFECATS stationed in the library and two at Barker Hall. These SAFECATS escort home an average between 15-20 individuals/groups each night, said Weathers. Golf carts are the preferred mode of transportation the SAFECATS use when taking students around campus, but once winter hits all escorts are on foot.
To become a SAFECAT, ROTC students first undergo a preliminary background check, before the police department trains them. Students can feel especially safe with their escorts as they carry a police issued radio- that connects to the University Police dispatch.
