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I    _    Mary D. Mjdkiff: It’s All About Horses
· L Q     When Mary D. Midkiff ’8l AS realized most equestrians were female
  ”" but ride with equipment designed for males, she set out
Lge -· ` · to help women level the playing field.
By Linda Perry .
I   On the Cover: _  
Mélly   ,81 AS, proponent OI'   Lifc’S Lessons: V 2 .  . - l`·2f
physical fitness forfemale equestrrans, . . · A T
“ shares a moment with her horse, Hasan Davns Shares With Yauth t_\ » 2_ [ '
A Pledge. Hasan Davis ’96 LAW connects with students around _ 4 ’ 
I Phgtgj Tom ghoooy tqhe country by entertaining them with lessons in living }  
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‘ I By Kelli Elam E   y
16 In the Wake of Katrina and Rita: UK Almnni,
Students, Faculty & Staff Bring Relief to Gulf Coast
In the face ofa monumen- _, y .,.,2  A T. _  - .2:; J _ ..  
tal natural disaster, people ` ` ‘ l (2 ”'*"
I tethered to UK and the      
Commonwealth played Y     " I
y D E P A R T M E N T S meaningful roles during ·   ‘i‘V i Wi'-! t
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OPENING REMARKS 3 tha Stprm and m the m` . ` . -- *2;  l .
building process. E , · . ,,, · ,2 -
PRESIDENTIAL By Adam Sichko `.»-··i _ t `   [ii L . >_
I CONVERSATION 4   _ Lit 2 im ” '    
y RESEARCH 5 4@_$Ll@hXtra   E Q   Ye)
l UK BEAT 6 Mltead the journal kept by · . V I 3   E
. CLUB HOpp[NG 22 Capt. E. Dennis Bashaw ’86 PHA   _; 2 l g
I wrrtten durrng hrs two week   Q., · .! I
J COLLEGE VIEW 24 deployment to the Gulf Coast.
F UKALUMNI.NET 27
A CAREER CORNER 29     :·  E`. ·  
CLASS NOTES 32   -» — T S"  ;yii*r"”“  
M KERNEL GLEANINGS 43 , I 2  L.     A Come on in",
SPORTS 44 ·~ I »» -  ’  The BBSRB Marks Completion
BOOKMARK 47     . _   "   2 of Its Fil‘St Pl‘0lIliSiIlg Y€3l`
_ QUICK TAKES 48 .\% 44 "     ' The Biomedical Biological Sciences Research
E?. A   Building will be a year old in April and it`s already
l ‘ ~· ·  4 making a difference. It houses some of the Univer-
l sity of Kentucky’s leading researchers —— around
I 400 faculty, staff and students — whose work brings
UK millions of dollars in federal funding to UK.
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