wtf?????????

first, here's some info on the promise keepers. they believe in jesus christ as their saviour (no surprise there). they believe in teenage (well ALL age) abstinence if not married (no surprise there). they believe women should OBEY men (well, who doesn't?????????). and now it seems, they believe in the rape-the-earth-coal industry (why isn't THAT a surprise???). hmmmm now i'm wondering where all these promise keeper millionaires got their millions


Millionaires want ‘coal’ dorm for basketball players

By Gavin Dahl

Controversy is swirling around the University of Kentucky because a group of wealthy donors, known as the Promise Keepers, are offering $7 million to build a new dorm for men's basketball players. The donors want the word "coal" in the name of the new building.

Opponents say the school would be selling out to coal interests if student-athletes are forced to live in corporate-branded housing. UK graduate student Martin Mudd told the campus newspaper, "I think that it’s a bit perverse to name it after an industry that historically has cared very little about the plight of citizens it employs, people it employs and certainly the effects the industry has on people and ecosystems all down the line."..............

$7 million for UK basketball player dorm would put 'coal' in the name

By Andy Mead

Goodbye, Joe B. Hall Wildcat Lodge. Hello, Wildcat Coal Lodge?

A group of donors who have put up $7 million for a new residence for the University of Kentucky men's basketball team have required that "Coal" be its middle name.

On Tuesday, the board of trustees will take up a recommendation from UK President Lee T. Todd Jr. to approve what the agenda item describes as "the request." It already has been approved by the Committee on Naming University Buildings.

The new lodge is planned for what is now a parking lot just northeast of Memorial Coliseum.

UK spokesman Jimmy Stanton said the only donor the school has a formal agreement with is Joseph W. Craft III, who heads Alliance Coal and has given UK money in the past. The Joe Craft Center, a basketball practice facility, is named in his honor...........

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