Earth & Environmental Sciences Awards Luncheon of 2013

The Daily Planetoid LexWire Edition

Saturday, April 27, 2013 From our chief correspondent

Yesterday, in the annual awards ceremony of the  department of Earth & Environmental Sci. at University of Kentucky, a caricature of Tiku Ravat was unveiled.  Comments on his facebook page say that the likeness is spot on. The famed cartoonist Dr. Steven Greb of Kentucky Geological Survey portrayed Tiku Ravat following the departmental tradition of mocking past chairs.  His and the other’s hand in this event was greatly appreciated by Ravat and his friends. 

In the same ceremony, the famed novelist, the National Book Award winner (The Color Purple), the Pulitzer Prize winner and a noted feminist Alice Walker was awarded one of three Outstanding Teaching Assistant Awards.  Ms. Walker sent in her stead, Ms. Walker, to receive the award. She said she greatly appreciated the honor.

The award ceremony also….

Retraction

Monday, April 29, 2013 Editor-in-chief

In the last Saturday’s edition of the Daily Planetoid’s LexNews section, we misreported the Outstanding Teaching Assistant award to the famed novelist of The Color Purple Ms. Alice Walker. It has been brought to our attention that the error was made by Prof. Ravat, who during a last minute rush made the switch, and Ms. Alice Walker does not really deserve this award.  We are told that the real winner of the Outstanding Teaching Assistant award is Ms. Laurel Walker.  Prof. Ravat has since issued a statement acknowledging the error and he also apologized to George White who may have been blamed for his mistake. We are presently interviewing (waterboarding) Prof. Ravat to extract additional information related to this incident. Dr. Greb of Kentucky Geological Survey said he is thinking about how to add the absent-mind of Prof. Ravat to the caricature.