Adderall: the study drug
By Tyler Hembree
The use and misuse of the prescription drug Adderall has become extremely popular among today’s college students to help them study and achieve deadlines faster than they normally would without the pill. Usually, when you think of the use of drugs on a college campus, you probably think of the students falling asleep in class, red-eyed, and failing miserably. Interestingly enough, those students may not be the ones using the highly popular “study drugs.” More likely it’s the students excelling in their classes with straight A’s. Continue reading
Kentokyo Mini Con coming to Lexington Green
By Casey Vazquez
Anime, short for Japanese animation, includes much more than just animation. It has its own subculture of fans. Bluegrass Otaku (BGO) is home to Lexington’s anime, manga, and gaming community. The group holds monthly anime viewing and gaming events to bring together fans. In 2012, Bluegrass Otaku (BGO) was able to bring over 200 people to its mini anime convention at Joseph-Beth bookstore in Lexington Green. This year the Kentokyo mini con, which will be held on Saturday, April 27 at Joseph-Beth, is expected to host even more attendees. Like its 2012 version, the convention was planned and organized by members of BGO who share an unconditional love for anime and everything that comes with it. The event will be free and open to the public. Continue reading
Bike fix-it station installed on Cooper Campus
By Jenni Link
Bike repair station in action on Cooper Campus. Photo by Ebony Nava.
Thanks to funding from the the University of Kentucky’s Bicycle Advisory Committee, a free-standing bicycle repair station was recently installed on BCTC’s Cooper Campus. Available around the clock at no cost to users, the station is located on the west side of the Oswald Building, near the E Lot bike racks. It includes a repair rack, step-by-step instructions for repairing flat tires, and the following basic tools: Continue reading
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Lextran Routes: from Masterson Station to Cooper Campus
Lextran Masterson Station bus stop. Photo by Eric Wilson.
By Eric Wilson
I’m currently a full time staff member at Bluegrass Community and Technical College (BCTC) and a regular rider of Lextran. I live in Lexington’s Masterson Station suburb, 7 miles from the college’s Cooper Campus, with my wife Amber and little girl, Elise. I began riding Lextran round trip from Masterson Station to BCTC in 2011 when my car was under repair, and have continued riding ever since. Continue reading
“Interestingly tasteful” BCTC Soul Food Cook-Off
By: Tiffanie A. William
Staff Volunteers preparing for Soul Food Cook-Off. Photo by Tiffanie A. William.
On the final Tuesday in February, all ages and ethnicities of students, faculty, and staff lined up along the hallways of the Cooper Campus Oswald Building for the “BCTC Taste of Soul Food Cook-Off,” an event one student described as “interestingly tasteful.” The cook-off was organized by Chassity Holliman, the adviser for BCTC’s “Step Up” Program, who, along with other staff members, brought BCTC a taste of soul food. The event was Continue reading
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ENLACE Meeting this Friday
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“Oh, don’t worry about Shakespeare. He’s just writing a first draft.”