The Kernel cartoonists are at it again. First the racial cartoon that stirred up the entire city of Lexington, not to mention the attention it received on campus. Then there were the Louisville church members that even protested. But surely that wasn’t enough for the Kernel to learn their lesson. Now, in the most recent [...]
Continue reading …I was among the small group that attended the student forum on proposed University Studies Program changes, and contrary to the article presented in Wednesday’s Kernel, I did not come out feeling positive about the proposal. Here I would like to highlight a few of my concerns with the proposal. First and foremost, I feel [...]
Continue reading …Editor’s Note: The Kernel Editorial Board recently sat down with both gubernatorial candidates during separate interview sessions regarding issues that are relevant to UK and its students. The following are the questions and answers from these interviews. The responses are paraphrased and are not direct quotes from the candidates. What is your opinion on UK’s [...]
Continue reading …By the time you finish reading this article, nearly 50 children from around the world will have died from hunger. By the end of the day 16,000 will have died, and six million by the end of the year. Every five seconds a child dies from hunger-related issues. According to ONE.org, 854 million people go [...]
Continue reading …On Saturday UK’s football team suffered their third loss of the season at the hands of the Mississippi State University Bulldogs. Even though the Cats are now No. 23 in the USA Today poll, I can only hope that fans will continue to support their Cats, but from what I saw at the Mississippi State [...]
Continue reading …In an Oct. 26 editorial, the Kernel Opinions Board stated that while they support free speech, they do not support concealed carry on campus. Students for Concealed Carry on Campus would like to thank the Kernel, as well as the university faculty, for recognizing the right to free speech. SCCC does not advocate arming any [...]
Continue reading …On at least two occasions the Kernel has characterized faculty concerns about the proposed USP revisions as opposition based on an “increase (in) instructors’ workload.†I believe this is an inaccurate and un-nuanced condensing of the issues that were raised by faculty at the three meetings held during the week of Oct. 22. At the [...]
Continue reading …Last week UK received a “C†for its sustainability efforts on the 2008 College Sustainability Report Card, released by the Sustainable Endowments Institute. The grade is fairly typical for large, research universities, as Vice President of Facilities Management Bob Wiseman pointed out in an Oct. 25 Kernel article. But clearly it is not impossible for [...]
Continue reading …ÂWe should not have published the editorial cartoon in Friday’s Kernel. A large part of the student body and the community was rightfully offended. Neither the cartoonist nor the editors at the Kernel intended for the cartoon to be hurtful. But our intentions are irrelevant. The cartoon unnecessarily hurt many of our readers, and I [...]
Continue reading …I am very upset right now. I have been listening to the many responses to my cartoon. I am upset because I have offended so many people on such a fundamental level. I am truly sorry, and I offer my sincerest apologies for the imagery and phrases employed in the cartoon. It was never my [...]
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