University Of Kentucky Approves New $7 Million Industry-Funded Dorm Named After ‘Coal’
University Of Kentucky Approves New $7 Million Industry-Funded Dorm Named After ‘Coal’
A group led by Alliance Coal CEO Joseph Craft recently proposed donating $7 million to the University of Kentucky for a new dorm for the men’s basketball team. The catch, however, is that the dorm would have to be named after Craft’s true love: coal. The proposed change sparked intense protests from local environmentalists and students. One professor said that as universities become “models for new energy sources,” putting “coal” on a prominent building could “make it difficult to attract top students and faculty members to the university.” Last night, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow and Dave Zirin, sports editor for The Nation, discussed the controversy. Watch it:
This afternoon, the University of Kentucky Board of Trustees voted 16-3 to approve the proposal for the new dorm, which will be named the “Wildcat Coal Lodge.” Significantly, two of the “no” votes were from faculty representative Ernie Yanarella and Student Government President Ryan Smith, who said he opposed the motion “as a voice for the student body.”
Students in the audience were reportedly not allowed to speak at the meeting. After the vote, people began chanting, “Move forward, not backward,” forcing the trustees to temporarily recess. More on the events at the meeting:
The vote set off shouts from about 30 protesters, mostly students, who attended the meeting.
“Big Coal is about to go down, and the university’s going down with them,” said Cor de Jong, who described himself as “a Lexingtonian and a basketball fan.”
A statement from students was passed out to board members moments before the vote. “They did not read our statement,” said Katie Goldey, a senior majoring in international studies. “They weren’t even given a chance to read it.”
Ironically, because the building costs more than $5 million, it is required to “meet the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design standards.”
The coal industry has been taking a greater “public role” in the University of Kentucky lately. While Craft has already donated millions of dollars and has a basketball practice facility named in his honor, this is the first time that coal is being specifically recognized. Last weekend, however, there was a “students only” basketball practice “sponsored by Joe Craft and the Friends of Coal.”
The battle over America’s clean energy future is increasingly being fought on college campuses. As Greenwire reported recently, environmentalists are turning to student activists to get the word out about dirty coal, while American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity — the coal industry’s biggest lobbying group — “spent the summer sending activists to 264 cities in eight states, where they attended community events and visited college campuses.” More here and here on efforts to get dirty coal off U.S. campuses.
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Could be worse. Could have been endowed by the fertilizer industry.
October 27th, 2009 at 6:34 pmWell, I can pretty much guess a new tradition of dorm pranks could be in the future for this hall.
My guess is any signage gets constantly stolen or vandalized.
October 27th, 2009 at 6:35 pmUniversity Of Kentucky Approves New $7 Million Industry-Funded Dorm Named After ‘Coal’
– - I wish upon the Wildcats basketball program another Billy Gillispie. And nice job of throwing legendary Wildcat coach Joe B. Hall under the bus and the dorm.
October 27th, 2009 at 6:38 pm$7 million for a dorm to house basketball players?
And just the men?
What a waste.
Maybe they can use coal ash in the concrete.
October 27th, 2009 at 6:41 pmWill the building be heated with dirty coal so that the basketball team and entire student body can choke and cough every day?
October 27th, 2009 at 6:41 pmA dorm for just basketball players probably violates the Equal Protection clause.
October 27th, 2009 at 6:43 pmThey should name the building the “Wildcat Coalition Lodge”.
That way it still has the word “coal” in it, but won’t look like it’s promoting a filthy, unhealthy source of energy.
October 27th, 2009 at 6:45 pmThis dorm may also be a violation of Title IX.
October 27th, 2009 at 6:47 pmShould have just called it “Black Lung Disease”…more to the point.
October 27th, 2009 at 6:49 pmUltimately it will be just another embarrassing anecdote to relate on campus tours. Our university is so starved for cash they let this one be named after “coal”.
October 27th, 2009 at 6:59 pmGreat point.
Or “Black Lung Dorm”
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Why do this at all? Does the dorm they are using now need to be replaced? Or is this just some excuse for a rich coal exec to spread his personal ideology?
October 27th, 2009 at 7:03 pmarmand says: He’s a ignorant reichwinger bigot.
we already know you are, moron.
October 27th, 2009 at 7:09 pmUniversities are becoming THE organ of corporate interests. No wonder our education is going so far downhill.
October 27th, 2009 at 7:11 pmHi, armand! How are you?
And why would I want to name it the “Obama Messiah Lodge”? Could you explain that to me? I’m not as bright as my fellow posters here, so please don’t use big words.
October 27th, 2009 at 7:12 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
So, will it be named :
“University (cough, cough) Men’s basketball (cough, cough) team Dormitory (haaaaaack)” ?
October 27th, 2009 at 7:17 pmOBTW, where are you getting your electricity to run your computer?
Niagara Falls.
And I don’t understand your answer. Why would I want to name it “Obama Messiah Lodge”? Please explain. Thank you.
October 27th, 2009 at 7:18 pmMakes me ashamed to have grown up in Lexington and gotten my undergrad from there! Basketball there is like the Holy Grail — this sponsor is untouchable by helping to sponsor the team.
October 27th, 2009 at 7:22 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
It’s not all so bad. Just think, the coal to heat the dorm could come from a mountaintop removal. The rock and other debris could be used to make the concrete and the tree’s could be used for the frameing.
Just make sure the mountaintop is level and the university can have a new practice field.
All the contaiminents that flow downstream are gifts to the town for free.
October 27th, 2009 at 7:26 pmI just watched an Aussie science show called catalyst which
showed how coal is being gasified without digging it up.
A seam of coal is injected with oxygen and water, and ignited. This produces a hydrocarbon which is then burned to
produce electrity.
The water forces out the gas, and the burning coal will extinguish by shutting off the oxygen.
This method produces half the GH gas than traditional coal
plants, and no mining.
It’s no solution, but something developing countries like China could try.
October 27th, 2009 at 7:28 pmI see now, armand. You just want to be a dickhead. Okay, I get it.
Have you ever heard any variation of the adage “Treat other people the way you would want them to treat you?”
You appear to want people to treat you like a dickhead, since that’s how you’re treating others.
I’ll try to remember that. Have a nice life. Good luck in prison.
October 27th, 2009 at 7:28 pmarmand says:
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Maybe one of you Liberal Progressives can give them the 7 million and you can name it the Obama Messiah Lodge or something like that.
October 27th, 2009 at 7:02 pm
Why don’t you and Dickhead Cheney give them the money , jackass ? Halliburton didn’t do anything for the boatload of money they received , anyway…………
October 27th, 2009 at 7:28 pmWell, we could name it:
Armand’s a Dick Lodge.
Why not?
October 27th, 2009 at 7:29 pmAs my father used to say, “money talks.”
One would think that the academia at an instution for higher learning would find a way to negotiate a deal on this, giving the donor the recognition he wants, without alienating their students and defying intelligent people across the country.
October 27th, 2009 at 7:32 pmThe states with a reputation for being backward continue to prove that reputation is valid.
mathazar,
Though I haven’t heard of it recently. I remember some time ago about an underground coal fire that covered dozens of square miles (perhaps hundreds) throughout the south that had been burning for somewhere around twenty years and they couldn’t put it out.
I’ll have to see if I can dig up some information on that, does it sound familiar to you?
October 27th, 2009 at 7:32 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
Kentucky once again proves it is one of the most backward states in the nation, and they have the gall to wonder why so many other states ridicule them.
Btw, I second Rich H’s motion.
October 27th, 2009 at 7:34 pmWingnuts like to refer to Obama as the messiah because they don’t have the morals to refrain from blasphemy.
October 27th, 2009 at 7:36 pmarmand says:
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October 27th, 2009 at 7:33 pm
Which makes plenty of sense , nitwit ; seeing as how Kentucky has been synonymous with the progressive movement ……
October 27th, 2009 at 7:36 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
I don’t know, Dick Lodge and Armand seem to go pretty well together.
October 27th, 2009 at 7:37 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
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Well, we could name it:
Armand’s a Dick Lodge.
Why not?
Why not? I think “The Rich is an idiot Lodge” sounds better.
It fits your post.
October 27th, 2009 at 7:36 pm
Claims the colossal moron who is arguing that a Progressive should donate money to an institution whose elected representatives include Jim Bunning and Mitch McChinless ….
Good call ………
October 27th, 2009 at 7:40 pmarmand says:
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October 27th, 2009 at 7:33 pm
Which makes plenty of sense , nitwit ; seeing as how Kentucky has been synonymous with the progressive movement ……
There you go. You run with that one. You can have a cookie drive or something.
October 27th, 2009 at 7:38 pm
I believe the “Smack The GOP Backing Pansy Around” would be much more interesting and gather a shitload more money , tool….
October 27th, 2009 at 7:42 pmarmand says:
“OBTW, where are you getting your electricity to run your computer?”
Two 40 watt photovoltaics.
October 27th, 2009 at 7:42 pmHey, thanks for showing up, Armand. Frankly, things have been a bit stale without Olby Sucks around. I think he and Keith Olbermann finally made that love connection!
So, if you could be a sport, just spout out the GOP talking points that Olby Sucks left for you.
Way to go, sport. We expect big things out of you as Olby Sucks’s stand-in.
October 27th, 2009 at 7:44 pm“Why not? I think “The Rich is an idiot Lodge” sounds better.”
“The Jerk Store called – they’re running out of YOU!”
October 27th, 2009 at 7:45 pmI just looked up the coal fire (damn my comp. updates, I can’t post the link). It’s around Centralia, PA (which no longer exists) and Ashland. Seems the fire’s been burning since 1962.
You kind of have to look with skepticism on anything the coal industry proposes.
October 27th, 2009 at 7:47 pmarmand,
Where is the cave you live in? KinTucky?
Incest much?
October 27th, 2009 at 7:49 pmIMHO the money should be going to a hospital to treat all the people that suffer from having worked in Coal Mines.
October 27th, 2009 at 7:50 pm“Where do you live?”
“Black Lung House.”
*cough*
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armand says:
OBTW, where are you getting your electricity to run your computer?
October 27th, 2009 at 7:16 pm
Hydroelectricity. How about you?
October 27th, 2009 at 7:57 pmarmand says:
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October 27th, 2009 at 7:53 pm
Being opposed to a basketball dorm building including the word COAL” in the title , now indicates a “lack of support” towards that particular university ?
Talk about tortured thinking and logic ; boy , you are way outta’ your league here.
Run along before you get squashed……..
October 27th, 2009 at 7:58 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
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MCMetal says:
I believe the “Smack The GOP Backing Pansy Around” would be much more interesting and gather a shitload more money , tool….
Of course you do. Most small minded idiots would.
October 27th, 2009 at 7:57 pm
Thanks for letting us all know that you fully support it ….
October 27th, 2009 at 7:59 pmarmand, do you need a time out?
There’ll be warm milk and cookies if you can breathe slow and deep for 10 minutes.
Otherwise we’ll have to get out the white coat with the very long sleeves.
October 27th, 2009 at 8:00 pmarmand says:
October 27th, 2009 at 8:02 pm“Right! I really believe that one.”
Excellent.
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Eh, just punt the troll. It’s good exercise.
It’s standard practice for millionaire “philanthropists” to name dorms after themselves or family members; dragging industry into it is just tacky.
Speaking of tacky… (O/T but speaks volumes)
http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/oct/28/williams-is-republicans-ready-to-lead/
Remember Armstrong Williams? The schmuck caught taking payoffs from the Bush administration to right pro-admin columns?
Rarely is the question being asked, Is Our Republicans Ready To Lead?
October 27th, 2009 at 8:05 pmBetter to be a whiner than a dickhead.
October 27th, 2009 at 8:05 pmFellow progressives:
Free speech dictates that we allow the discussion of “clean coal.” Coal companies employ thousands of folks in the country. To say they’re not allowed a seat at the table is just plain anti-American.
Don’t you think it’s possible that a way will be found to use clean coal?
October 27th, 2009 at 8:05 pmThey could call it the “armand lodge” and fill it with crap.
October 27th, 2009 at 8:06 pmarmand says:
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armand says:
“OBTW, where are you getting your electricity to run your computer?”
Two 40 watt photovoltaics.
Right! I really believe that one.
October 27th, 2009 at 7:58 pm
Seriously : who gives a flying fu(king shit what you believe , tool ?
You are one of the moronic wonders who believed a lifelong failure and unintelligible fool , would actually make a great “war president” , even though he’s an AWOL coward.
You also amazingly believed an even more ignorant cretin who is a former beauty pagent contestant was eminently qualified to be an ill 72 year old’s irregular heartbeat away from the highest elected office in the land , when she isn’t even intelligent or competent enough to be president of the Wasilla PTA.
Pipe down , you monumental imbecile……….
October 27th, 2009 at 8:06 pmAnd quit whining.
October 27th, 2009 at 8:06 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
armand says:
I believe that one also. I’m getting mine from a Ram Induction ION Photon generator.
October 27th, 2009 at 8:05 pm
Good, I make it a habit to be truthful.
October 27th, 2009 at 8:07 pmarmand says:
Zooey says:
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armand says:
OBTW, where are you getting your electricity to run your computer?
October 27th, 2009 at 7:16 pm
Hydroelectricity. How about you?
I believe that one also. I’m getting mine from a Ram Induction ION Photon generator.
In other words your wife’s dildo.
October 27th, 2009 at 8:08 pmArmand,
Go finish your homework and take out the garbage like your mother asked.
October 27th, 2009 at 8:08 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
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October 27th, 2009 at 8:02 pm
“Geniuses” all believed that George W Bush would make a great “war president” and “great leader” , eh , dipshit ?
BTW
Aren’t you the pansy that’s whining that a progressive should pony up the $7 mill for the basketball dorm building , jackass ?
October 27th, 2009 at 8:09 pmI believe that one also. I’m getting mine from a Ram Induction ION Photon generator.
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October 27th, 2009 at 8:09 pmHave you checked the dilithium chamber? Look the point is to use as little resource as possible. I encourage you to explore freeganism and to do all you can do to reduce your impact. I used to refuse to pay that portion of my power bill that was equal to the portion my company received from the hydroelectric damns that flooded and toxified indigeneous lands in Canada. It was the right thing to do. The answer lies in changing our spoiled brat ways….
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armand says:
noseeum says:
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armand, do you need a time out?
There’ll be warm milk and cookies if you can breathe slow and deep for 10 minutes.
Otherwise we’ll have to get out the white coat with the very long sleeves.
I see that your small mind has nothing to add.
Typical.
Your small mind has nothing to offer. Typical
October 27th, 2009 at 8:10 pmWhen the big coal industry is involved their is no debate….just read the 14 points of fascism for the coal industry.
October 27th, 2009 at 8:12 pmarmand says:
Levi the Oracle says:
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Armand,
Go finish your homework and take out the garbage like your mother asked.
Another small mind with nothing to add.
Vous vous répétez.
October 27th, 2009 at 8:12 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
:)
October 27th, 2009 at 8:13 pmAnother small mind with nothing to add.
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October 27th, 2009 at 8:13 pmAnd who decided that you were capable of judging? Actually all the Armands I ever met were sort of pompous and full of false confidence. Does it come with the name?
armand says:
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I’m getting mine from a Ram Induction
October 27th, 2009 at 8:05 pm
Yeah ……..Courtesy of Jeff Gannon …….
October 27th, 2009 at 8:14 pmThis place is too full of small minded idiots tonight. Not a decent comment in the bunch. You whiners should go suck your thumbs in the crib for a while. You bunch of babies. :-)
Bye.
— Sure dipshit. Run away. It’s cool most can’t handle me successfully…
October 27th, 2009 at 8:14 pmarmand says:
This place is too full of small minded idiots tonight. Not a decent comment in the bunch. You whiners should go suck your thumbs in the crib for a while. You bunch of babies. :-)
Bye.
If you say so.
October 27th, 2009 at 8:14 pmIt appears we have a new Sergeant at Arms on TP.
Snap to, people!
October 27th, 2009 at 8:14 pmAwwww, we’ve disappointed him…
October 27th, 2009 at 8:15 pmkevinwatts2 says:
“Don’t you think it’s possible that a way will be found to use clean coal?”
“Perhaps you meant to ask “Is it possible to find a way to cleanly use coal.”
If so, yes, I believe it is possible.
October 27th, 2009 at 8:18 pmAnd the coal industry has every right to come to the table and discuss it.
Nothing makes me more proud than being “FLAGGED” by a moronic, cave dwelling, knuckle dragging, mouth breathing, piss soaked, sh|t stained, covered with puke, flunky like you.
Thanks for the honor and reward. I love it!!
October 27th, 2009 at 8:19 pmZooey says:
Awwww, we’ve disappointed him…
No, his wife’s Ram Induction ION Photon generator is broken. He has to go back to work until she gets a new one.
October 27th, 2009 at 8:19 pmGosh, thanks for correcting my grammar noseeum. I’m in your debt.
Is it possible for you guys to tone down the snark tonight? Probably not.
Oh well.
October 27th, 2009 at 8:23 pmBye armand.
October 27th, 2009 at 8:23 pmYour next appointment is in 2 weeks.
If you have a crisis in the meantime, call 1-INE-EED-HELP
Is it possible for you guys to tone down the snark tonight?
October 27th, 2009 at 8:24 pm—
Why
“Is it possible for you guys to tone down the snark tonight?”
How many watts can you handle?
October 27th, 2009 at 8:25 pmUntil you show up with a new troll name…’tard loser…
October 27th, 2009 at 8:28 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
Looks like someone took out the garbage and did his homework after all.
October 27th, 2009 at 8:34 pmIf you folks represent the future of progressives, we’re in deep trouble. You hurl the curses and potty-brained invective like it’s candy. And rather than debate, you insult.
October 27th, 2009 at 8:35 pm—
whatever. clean coal?
Kevinwaats2,
The game is troll bashing. When we spot a wingnut troll, we show it no mercy. If you don’t like how we bash trolls, perhaps you can go to http://www.disney.com, might be more your speed.
October 27th, 2009 at 8:35 pmarmand is back under a new name…just like I predicted.
It’s impossible for stupidity to travel far from home.
October 27th, 2009 at 8:36 pmkevinwatts2
October 27th, 2009 at 8:37 pmWhat is it that you want? I’ll debate you about anything I am qualified to debate. What I will not do is announce that somehow I am the knower of the future and the judge of how others should conduct themselves. I will leave that stupid shit to you….
besides who hurls candy? Is that some sort of mixed metaphor?
October 27th, 2009 at 8:40 pmAs many hint above, note that this is an exhorbitant dorm for the sports team. Any question if the firr-raff science geeks will have anything anywhere near as posh ? Sure shows where Kentucky’s priorities are (like many big sports schools).
October 27th, 2009 at 8:46 pmIf the coal industry really wants to build a dorm and name it after coal (would anthracite be an acceptable name)
May I suggest they take an existing mine and hollow out some rooms underground ?
Truth in advertising, you know.
October 27th, 2009 at 8:47 pmAwww, you guys made armand cry and go home. Way to go! What a little pecke*wood.
October 27th, 2009 at 8:54 pmLooks like we broke another troll.
TP, could you please get a few trolls that are NOT made of spun glass?
October 27th, 2009 at 8:55 pmkevinwatts2 says:
October 27th, 2009 at 8:33 pm
Have I missed your debate topic…?
October 27th, 2009 at 8:57 pmHi Zooey,
I think Watts wanted to brouch a subject, then decided he wasn’t up to the task.
It seems some people think we can just burn the coal underground without ill effects. I suggest they look at what happened to Centralia, PA for reference.
October 27th, 2009 at 8:59 pmIf you people are the future of futurism then futurism is in trouble.
October 27th, 2009 at 9:00 pm
armand says:
Bye
But will it be forever? Sadly, probably not.
kevinwatts2,
If you wish to have a rational discussion, there are plenty of people here willing to do that. armand was never serious.
October 27th, 2009 at 9:03 pmRich H says:
October 27th, 2009 at 8:59 pm
Hi Rich.
Then I wonder why he took the time to post his pissy little missive.
October 27th, 2009 at 9:04 pmOctober 27th, 2009 at 9:07 pm
armand says:
This place is too full of small minded idiots tonight.
In search of “like minded” fools like your “small minded idiots” from olbermann watch again patsy? LOL! ;)
October 27th, 2009 at 9:15 pmarmand says:
Another small mind with nothing to add.
Yes you are patsy! LOL!
October 27th, 2009 at 9:16 pmWhere did all the lame asses go?
October 27th, 2009 at 9:23 pmMy night is complete: I got to shut down 2 of Armand’s comments.
On topic: the money would be better spent cleaning up the coal industry’s messes.
October 27th, 2009 at 9:37 pmIf you people are the future of futurism then futurism is in trouble.
Heres a thought for you. Your android sex surrogate will be smarter than you.
October 27th, 2009 at 9:39 pmFine. Go ahead and build it and name it after coal.
But only if the entire building is run off of solar power.
October 27th, 2009 at 9:58 pmMany years from now when it is unearthed after generational attention spans, they will wonder… What did they worship and why?
October 27th, 2009 at 10:02 pmI hope they plan on building a “Coal” parking garage as the new building is going to eat up many a parking space on a campus that already has no place to park.
I wonder if part of this is being funded by the states “Friends of Coal” license plates.
October 27th, 2009 at 10:06 pmOh my, it seems we’ve disappointed kevinwatts2 and now he doesn’t like progressives any more. What shall we do?
October 27th, 2009 at 10:11 pmShayne, we’ve disappointed better concern trolls than kevinwatts2, and we’ve managed to get over it. ;)
I’m off to bed, goodnight!
October 27th, 2009 at 10:27 pmAnother Beck disciple turned murderer:
October 27th, 2009 at 10:52 pmA man stabbed and bludgeoned his sister and her husband to death in El Cerrito in 2006 because he thought the couple were too liberal, were raising their children wrong and because they hadn’t invited him over for Christmas, a prosecutor told jurors Tuesday.
I dont think coal is his true love but what he gets for mining it.
They should call the dorm and team Green Backs or Moolah.
October 27th, 2009 at 11:38 pmOooooo…
Sleazy!
October 28th, 2009 at 1:13 amLet’s see, now, the P.E. majors get a dorm named for coal, while the science majors get the shaft?
Can you picture future prospective students on the campus tour, with the tour guide pointing out the basketball dorm, “And this is our famous Coal Hole, home of the newly named Kentucky Bituminous Anthracites basketball team.” It’s sure to draw top-notch students from all over.
October 28th, 2009 at 1:33 amIf this tactic catches on I can predict the University of Iowa naming their athletes dorm the Corn Hole.
October 28th, 2009 at 1:34 amSince the Army Mule is the mascot of West Point, their new athletic dorm would naturally be called the Ass Hole.
October 28th, 2009 at 1:36 amA few points, since unlike the vast majority I actually live in Kentucky.
1) We have some of the cheapest energy in the country thanks to coal.
2) Coal is awful. It is dirty, it has caused the raping of our landscape, illness in the people, and the oppression of generations of mountaineers.
3) This one is to fergus – UK has one of the best science departments in the country as far as public universities. Don’t even try to touch their medical school. You know nothing of what you speak. Best to keep your mouth closed if you don’t want your foot in there, dear.
4) UK had to lay off 80 faculty members this year, and freeze pay (yes, even for the administrators) because of budget cuts. Do you think, under those circumstances, that a donation wouldn’t be accepted no matter who it was coming from?
5) Lexington is solid blue. Good luck finding a Republican in Lexington. The University doesn’t give a damn about politics. They give a damn about keeping their school running and providing support to one of the biggest money and tourism draws in the state – basketball.
Bottom line – I have zero love for coal. I don’t care if there’s a clean way to use it, there’s no safe or environmentally sound way to mine it. But most of you here have managed to do little more than prove that you are completely ignorant of this state, the way coal is used, and how public universities function. Instead of a random knee-jerk attack on that of which you know nothing, try making some sense and speaking from a place of learning and experience.
October 28th, 2009 at 8:33 amIt is a sad commentary when a University needs to take money from a filthy rich, grandiose jerk who makes his money at the expense of our planet and future. He sits all fat and sassy, while doing his part to contribute to climate change.
October 28th, 2009 at 9:26 amLexington is solid blue. Good luck finding a Republican in Lexington.
I don’t know what crowd you run with, but I can’t swing a cat by the tail without hitting one.
October 28th, 2009 at 9:34 amJeez, Smidget, don’t get your panties in a bunch. All I said was that once again the jocks get the cream while the serious learning departments get the curds. I said nothing disparaging about UK’s science dept. Chill.
October 28th, 2009 at 12:26 pmfergus
No, what you said was that PE majors get the goods and the science majors get the shaft.
First of all, the basketball players aren’t, for the most part, PE majors. Most of them have an actual degree program that they are working on such as, oh I don’t know….PHYSICS. A large chunk of them are going into a medical field. You know how I know that? They publish information on the players because the community finds it interesting. Most kids are there to get an education, not to wind up in the NBA. This is the reality of all university athletics.
Second of all, just because the basketball players get a dorm doesn’t mean that the science department, or any other academic department gets the shaft. When someone donates money in the form of an endowment to a university, they don’t get to spend it however they want, they have to spend it as the donor specifies. That is out of the control of the university.
So excuse me for feeling the need to tell you just how pathetically wrong you are, and whether you felt like you insulted the university or not, you did.
October 28th, 2009 at 3:58 pmThis is nothing less than disgusting. Everyone on the planet knows at this point the damage that coal and other fossil fuels are causing to the environment, and yet we’re erecting buildings in its honor?! It just goes to show you that everybody has a price, even if their willing to show how unintelligent they are in the process.
They’ve done themselves a huge disservice by allowing themselves to sell out to the coal industry. Future students and faculty will no doubt take these actions into account before considering to becomes a part of this institution an it’s backwards policies. Way to join the going green movement guys.
October 28th, 2009 at 5:03 pmHello. Lighten up there. The University of Kentucky received a new dorm without using taxpayer funds. People ought to be happy. Who cares what the name is?
October 28th, 2009 at 5:22 pmarmandWWWWWWAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH
Maybe you can STFU you ignorant punkass troll. My GOD you are stupid
October 28th, 2009 at 7:56 pmArmandWWWWWAAAAAAAAAHYHHHHHHHH
You are an ignorant pile of dogshit. You have spent an entire thread PROVING you are an ignorant pile of dogshit. Why are you so PROUD of being an ignorant pile of dogshit?
October 28th, 2009 at 8:00 pmHey, Smidget, screw the University of Kentucky, whiney baby. They trashed themselves when they took the money and agreed to those terms.
October 28th, 2009 at 9:02 pm