As a member of Kentuckians for the Commonwealth, a grass-roots organization dedicated to progress in Kentucky, I was thrilled to go over to disadvantaged neighborhoods in the West Side last semester to register voters.

For months, the pounding bass drum beats, the acrid spray paint, the soft steps and words permeated the neighborhood wedged between Veterans Memorial Parkway and Old Morgantown Road. Tuesday night, they finally crossed the tracks. The youth art program Kaleidoscope exhibited its multimedia performance called Voices4Justice last night at Broadway United Methodist Church before an audience of about 50.

Syleethia Holesome was at church one Sunday, absently listening to her friends, when her eyes wandered to a house across the street. It looked old and run-down. She had always assumed it was condemned. Then she saw a little girl come out of the house and start to play.

On Friday, local opthamologist Rand Paul watched his 8-year-old son William sink two free throws. His wife Kelley couldn’t believe she missed it. Last week, Rand Paul had to miss his 11-year-old-son Duncan’s basketball game. So Kelley took over his coaching duties.

When I came back to my room this morning, I wasn’t wearing pants and the door was locked. I had taken a shower and my roommate locked me out. Simple mistake. Happens all the time. I would ride the (hopefully empty) elevator downstairs, grab a key, and open my door.

“We shall overco-o-me, we shall overco-o-me, we shall overcome some da-ay-ay,” the marchers sang, forming pockets of warm steam in the cold air. Other marchers had sung this song before – in Montgomery, Ala., Washington, D.C. and Selma, Ala. But unlike Selma, there were no armed state police waiting at the end of this march.

Teressa Rerras said she was intimidated as she walked into the Warren County courthouse Tuesday to interview citizens for broadcast for WKCT-AM. Rerras, a senior from Norfolk, Va., said the courthouse’s atmosphere was charged with electricity and anticipation as candidates and citizens waited for the results of Tuesday’s election.

The Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority and the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity prayed and got focused one last time. Their months of effort preparing for the Homecoming step show was nearing its end. All that was left to do was perform. The step show took place at 8 p.

Jamie Nelms leaned over her baby’s crib Thursday night, cooing and patting her so she could sleep. Eight-week-old Audrey wanted no part of it. She stayed wide awake, giggling and smiling. Nelms’ husband, Jerrod Nelms, called through the open door, “You’ve got residents hanging out of windows.

Scottsville sophomore Robbie Scott sometimes relieves stress by ramming his modified wheelchair into other people. Scott plays quad rugby, a full-contact sport for people in wheelchairs who have lost some functionality in all four limbs. He participated in an exposition match of quad rugby that Student Disability Services hosted on Oct.