Hundreds of Kentucky state university students rally against higher education budget cuts - the Republic, Columbus, IN.

Hundreds of students from Kentucky's eight public universities rallied in the Capitol Rotunda Tuesday to protest proposed budget cuts in higher education. Student body presidents from the universities and state lawmakers spoke to a boisterous crowd that Michah Fielden of the University of Kentucky, chairman of the Board of Student Body Presidents, described as the largest student rally in Frankfort "in modern times."