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Time to ‘bow’ out: How bows are trending and why we should be wary of their presence

Jennifer Sadler, Reporter January 31, 2024

We are all familiar with bows. They encase the gifts we receive on birthdays, holidays and special occasions. If you grew up with long hair, it’s likely a parent, sibling or friend tied bows at the...

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Preteens should not be in Sephora

Peyton Keyes, Reporter January 29, 2024

Online makeup gurus have the power to influence online users and sell out even the most expensive of products. However, an unexpected group is being influenced more so than others by the makeup and...

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COLUMN: Being an Indian immigrant on campus

Khushi Arora, Reporter January 27, 2024

Constantly converting from dollars to rupees. Using too many syllables to pronounce aluminum. Strange accents (yours, not ours). The mind of an Indian immigrant on campus is always churning, but not...

Students walk through campus on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024, at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Abbey Cutrer | Staff

Warranted outrage: Pleas for snow day are met with silence

Chase Myers, Reporter January 25, 2024

Winter has once again outstretched its burning hand to greet us in the new year — not with triumphant horns or glasses raised to the heavens, but with a harsh cough and familiar indifference. It leaves...

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Help yourself: Why self-help books aren’t worth the time

Jennifer Sadler, Reporter January 23, 2024

We’re living in an era of self-care. Videos detailing tips and tricks for skincare regimens, fragrances that will last the longest, exercise routines and healthy diets have been circulating around...

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Stop stereotyping Appalachian accents

Peyton Keyes, Reporter January 21, 2024

In the gift shop of some museum in Washington, D.C. that couldn’t pique the interest of my 6th-grade brain, I started a conversation with another shopper. She seemed sweet — a local who wanted to...

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Getting over the holiday blues

Kennedy Parker, Reporter January 18, 2024

Yet again, we’ve reached another dreaded January in Lexington, Kentucky, where the days seem to drag on and the city is under a perpetual cloud of coldness.  Everything goes from presents, candy...

The United States Capitol peaks out through fall foliage on Oct. 28, 2022, in Washington, D.C. Photo by Carter Skaggs | Kentucky Kernel

COLUMN: How to be a Congressional Republican for dummies

Ethan Wallace, Reporter January 16, 2024

During the era of the Dual-Monarchy, violence was nothing short of routine in the legislative process. Brawn was as necessary for the passage of any action as brain. Mark Twain called it the “customary...

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Daylight saving time should be permanent

Peyton Keyes, Reporter January 14, 2024

If you happened to be up at 1:59 a.m. on Nov. 5, you may have noticed something. Instead of the clock turning to 2:00 a.m., it was suddenly 1:00 a.m. again. No, you did not time travel. Instead, you...

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The jokes weren’t funny at the Golden Globe Awards

Gracie Moore, Digital Editor January 12, 2024

The 81st Golden Globe Awards took place on Sunday, Jan. 7, and they were filled with plenty of amazing nominations and historic wins, but juvenile jokes and low blows captured attention that should have...

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COLUMN: Beshear’s re-election was historic, but national democrats shouldn’t get their hopes up

Ethan Wallace, Reporter January 10, 2024

The night of Nov. 7, 2023 was a good one for Kentucky Democrats — Buddy Wheatly, Pamela Stevenson, Kim Reeder, Michael Bowman and Sierra Enlow notwithstanding. Gov. Andy Beshear’s re-election became...

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COLUMN: A year in film and a look into the next

Gracie Moore, Digital Editor January 3, 2024

The movies that came from 2023 shaped and seized pop culture entirely. Between “Barbenhiemer,” the revival of the Hunger Games series on the big screen and immediate cult classics, there was a movie...

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