UK scholars filling void in Vietnamese history
April 25, 2008
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Signs of war persist for Vietnamese man
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Story by Sean Rose | Staff
The Vietnam War has been under historians’ microscope since its beginnings. Even so, a full accounting of the war is lacking, said Lien-Hang Nguyen, assistant history professor.
There are many detailed histories written on the war from Americans’ perspective but there are few examining the Vietnamese experience.
It’s a void Nguyen is trying to fill with her own scholarship.
Much of the scholarship on Vietnam to come out of UK is thanks to George C. Herring, Nguyen said.
Herring, a renowned scholar of the Vietnam War, focused on U.S. foreign relations during his time at UK, where he taught from 1969 until retiring two years ago. He has published a critically acclaimed history of the war, “America’s Longest War: The United States and Vietnam, 1950-1975.”
Bridging past and present
April 25, 2008
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Signs of war persist for Vietnamese man
UK Scholars filling void in Vietnamese history
Students confront their country’s dark history
Story by Sean Rose | Staff
Photos by Kasha Stevenson | Staff
As a soldier in Vietnam, Peter Berres witnessed brutality he didn’t think Americans were capable of. Before his tour was over, he would unwillingly have a part in the darker side of the American occupation.
After returning to America, Berres went into teaching, fueled by a passion born from an unjust war. That passion would take him back to Vietnam with UK students, educating a generation living during a new American conflict about the true toll of war and what it means to forgive.
Signs of war persist for Vietnamese man
April 25, 2008
Also see:
UK Scholars filling void in Vietnamese history
Students confront their country’s dark history
Bridging past and present
Story by Sean Rose | Staff
Photos by Kasha Stevenson | Staff
The 58-year-old guide sat in the back of the thin boat and shook raspy, staccato laughter from his lungs.
It was an “infectious laugh,” said Peter Berres, a Vietnam veteran and an assistant dean for admissions and student affairs in the College of Health Science leading UK students on a trip examining the United States’ and Vietnam’s tangled histories.
Nguyen Thanh Nam had been guiding the group of UK students in Southern Vietnam for two days. He sat in the rear of a boat, crisscrossing the tangled channels of the Mekong Delta with Jeff Keith, a graduate student, and Will Stull, a political science senior.
Nguyen Thanh Nam, the group’s guide in Southern Vietnam and a former officer in the South Vietnamese Army, laughs as he talks to Peter Berres while riding in a van. Nguyen received military training while Berres was stationed close to Saigon, Nguyen’s home city.
Knowing some of Nguyen’s personal history along with Vietnam’s, Keith asked him why he was so cheerful.
The man, a father, husband and former officer in the South Vietnamese Army, gave a long answer.
Seniors relish final games as Cats
April 23, 2008
Story by Bobby Reagan | Staff
The 2008 campaign for the UK softball team is coming to an end, as are the careers of five seniors.
Starting today, the Cats (16-31, 3-19 Southeastern Conference) will host their final two opponents at the UK Softball Complex this season. UK will face Eastern Kentucky today at 5 p.m. before a three-game set with Georgia this weekend.
The Cats weren’t given much credit by SEC voters at the beginning of the season with most preseason polls picking UK to finish dead last in the conference. Much to the chagrin of the Cats, the polls have been right, as UK has posted just a 3-19 record in the conference.
Senior first baseman Ashley Dimkich slides into home plate during UK’s doubleheader loss to Louisiana State on April 9 at the UK Softball Complex. Photo by Elliott Hess | Staff
Football dominates UK’s 6th-annual CATSPY Awards
April 22, 2008
Story by Bobby Reagan | Staff
Throughout the year, the UK football team dominated the headlines for its season filled with dramatic wins and capped with its second consecutive Music City Bowl win. Last night, when all 491 students comprising every UK athletic team came together for the CATSPY Awards at Memorial Coliseum, it was the football team that once again stole the show.
The gridiron Cats proved to be the big winners of the evening, taking eight awards, including Team of the Year. Senior quarterback Andre Woodson was named the K-Association Male Athlete of the Year and head coach Rich Brooks won Coach of the Year.
Senior running back Rafael Little celebrates as he makes his way to the stage to receive his Blue Heart Award last night at the CATSPY Awards in Memorial Coliseum. The Blue Heart Award honors an athlete who overcame many injuries during the season. Photo by Britney McIntosh | Staff
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