By Taylor Moak UK will welcome home one of the Commonwealth’s own for a forum Thursday. David Parrott, originally of Jeffersontown, Ky., a suburb of Louisville, is one of four final candidates for the university’s vice president of student affairs position. In his cover letter to the members of the search, Parrott said, “the prospect [...]
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By Tilly Finley Students who come out to play Thursday night have the opportunity to help Lexington school children have a little fun. The PLAE foundation will host its first fundraiser Thursday at DeVassa Bar & Grill. The PLAE foundation hopes to raise money to construct one of many safe playgrounds for elementary schools in [...]
Continue reading …Kernel Editorial As a rule, when UK falls behind other Kentucky colleges, people start to notice. This is no different with the recent findings that UK Law students are passing the bar exam — a mandatory test given to any lawyer wishing to practice law in a certain state — at a lower percentage rate [...]
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Column by Austin Hill Juliana McDonald, a professor in the Anthropology department, has a sign on her door that reads, “Don’t forget what it’s like to be the dish washer.†This statement could not be more true, especially when one wants to think upon how a situation could be worse. The hardest workers in the [...]
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Patrick Patterson is the leader of the UK men’s basketball team. But recently, he hasn’t been the player UK fans have grown accustomed to. Patterson has scored zero points in the second half in each of UK’s last three games, and has only taken four shots in the three second halves combined. His overall points [...]
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Column by Noha El Maraghi There is an astronomic problem with parking at UK. No, people like me are not disgruntled commuters who don’t know how to park. We can’t all be. You may think this is another rant about something or another, but contrary; it is an opinion that many share on this campus [...]
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By Roy York Halftime of most UK men’s basketball games is a time to catch up on other scores and highlights, grab a bite to eat or check out the dance team. But at Two Keys Tavern, bartenders are busy mixing a sea of blue drinks. The fanfare surrounding John Wall has infiltrated the Lexington [...]
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Column by Wesley Robinson Normally I fall on the opposite side of most journalists when it comes to why the industry is dying. To me, journalism started killing itself when it shunned the Internet, continued expansion/conglomeration and neglected the change in the way people seek information. Had there been more of an initial interest in [...]
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