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Kentucky: Lee Todd

November 4, 2009 - 03:43 pm
NEWS FEED: Barefoot and Progressive

More on UK's midnight strike force against Wildcat Coal

By noreply@blogger.com (Media Czech)

Just got this in my inbox from the students responsible for the guerrilla sign shenanigans against Lee Todd and his Wildcat Coal buddies.
Midnight Activists Strike Against Wildcat Coal Lodge

In response to the naming of the new “Wildcat Coal Lodge” students staged a multi-banner drop for campus. This drop was intended to illustrate the corporatization of campus. For example, a banner reading “Your Ad Here” was hung at Memorial Hall.

Overall there were 6 banners and one poster throughout campus. These banners were hung at 4am and were removed by 5:30am.

The fact that they are no longer there illustrates that Student voices have been stifled yet again. Goodbye institute of higher learning, hello UK: corporate billboard.Here are the pics:






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November 4, 2009 - 01:57 pm
NEWS FEED: Barefoot and Progressive

UK students not going quietly on Wildcat Coal Lodge

By noreply@blogger.com (Media Czech)

Guerrilla activism, FTW.
Someone unhappy with the newly approved Wildcat Coal Lodge hung banners on the University of Kentucky campus early Wednesday, but few saw them because they were quickly taken down.

The theme: UK is for sale.

A banner across the pillars of Memorial Hall said, “YOUR AD HERE! Call: 257-1701.”

That’s UK President Lee Todd’s office number.

Another sign, over the Main Building, proclaimed it to be the “Ball Homes Building.” Mira Ball, who is the chairwoman of the school’s Board of Trustees, also is the chief financial officer of Ball Homes Inc.More signs, to come...

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October 27, 2009 - 01:36 pm
NEWS FEED: Barefoot and Progressive

The Wildcat Coal Lodge Fiasco

By noreply@blogger.com (Media Czech)

You know how well political/industry propaganda mixes with college athletics, right? Right?

Well, the giant Wildcat Coal Lodge fiasco hit national last night, with Rachel Maddow doing a segment on it:

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Yes, and this was on the same day that the KY Kernel, UK's STUDENT NEWSPAPER, allowed a crusty old coal industry hack to write an industry propaganda column for the paper, showing how giving Wildcat Lodge this stupid stupid name is like the greatest thing ever. (Though my friend Kim got to write a rational response)

But today, with no great surprise, the UK Board of Trustees

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