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Kentucky Kernel

The Student News Site of University of Kentucky

Kentucky Kernel

The Student News Site of University of Kentucky

Kentucky Kernel

The not so ‘Fine Line’ between loving and hating Harry Styles

The not so ‘Fine Line’ between loving and hating Harry Styles

Nia Chancellor, Reporter March 15, 2023

It’s time we finally talk about it. What makes Harry Styles so popular? What makes his fans ride or die for him?  Is it his music, his looks or his personality? I think it's all of the above and...

Members of the Lexington community march in the MLK Freedom march on Monday, Jan. 16, 2023, in downtown Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Travis Fannon | Staff

‘A better day.’ Martin Luther King Jr. Day Freedom March held in downtown Lexington

Alexis Baker, Reporter January 17, 2023

Members of the Lexington community rallied for the annual Freedom March to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day Monday afternoon. This year’s march was the 50th anniversary of Lexington’s MLK Day...

Kylah Spring speaks at the March Against Racism on Monday, Nov. 7, 2022, at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Abbey Cutrer | Staff

‘Let this be a movement.’ Peaceful protest conducted for victim of racial violence on campus

Alexis Baker, Reporter November 7, 2022

Demonstrators gathered outside William T. Young Library Thursday evening to march in solidarity with Kylah Spring, a freshman UK student who was a victim of racial violence on UK’s campus. The event...

SGAs Director of Inclusion and Equity Kayla Woodson poses for a portrait on Friday, Jan. 29, 2021, at the Student Government Association office in the Gatton Student Center in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Michael Clubb | Staff.

Out of darkness, into light? College students on America’s future

Sarah Michels February 2, 2021

When COVID-19 arrived, it forced people to stay home. The usual distractions were taken away as restaurants and businesses closed, sports seasons abruptly halted and the world went quiet. Americans, looking...

UK students gather around the Bowman statue during a student led protest in response to the grand jury decision on the Breonna Taylor case on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020, at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Michael Clubb | Staff

Student org’s Breonna Taylor rally draws crowd

Jelyn Washington-Mays September 25, 2020

On Thursday evening, members of the UK and Lexington communities gathered on campus to memorialize Breonna Taylor, who was shot by police in her Louisville home six months ago.The university’s Black...

Facebook user Shawn McCollum was one of many longtime UK fans who said that they would no longer support the team after the mens basketball team shared a video supporting the BLM movement. 

More than athletes: Why UK fans should support the men’s basketball’s stand with BLM

Amy Tesfayesus September 4, 2020

Coach John Calipari and the UK men’s basketball team have decided that their time and influence won’t stop when they get off the court. Last month, an image circulated on social media featuring Coach...

Letter to the Editor: Black Lives Matter

Jacob Wilson November 9, 2017

Two hundred-fifty-eight African Americans killed by police in 2016, 39 percent unarmed, nine died in custody and the majority fatally shot. Thirty-four percent of the unarmed people killed that year were...

Council unanimously votes to remove Confederate statues from courthouse lawn

Alex Brinkhorst August 17, 2017

The 15 members of the Lexington City Council unanimously voted Thursday to move the statues of John Hunt Morgan and John C. Breckinridge from their current location at the former Fayette County Courthouse.The...

Trayvon Martin to receive posthumous college degree

Madison Rexroat May 9, 2017

Five years after Trayvon Martin was shot and killed at age 17, he will receive an honorary, posthumous bachelor’s degree in aeronautical science from Florida Memorial University.FMU, which was the school...

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Civil rights leaders advocate for Black Lives Matter

Tanquarae McCadney October 9, 2016

UK’s Martin Luther King Center’s latest episode of their “Convo Series” featured Bobby Seale, a co-founder of the Black Panther Party and Shaun King, writer and civil rights activist. King is also...

Oscar’s boycott encourages diversity

Paidin Dermody January 23, 2016

The 88th Academy Awards, also known as the Oscars, will take place Feb. 28, and there are several celebrities who won’t be in attendance this year.Will and Jada Pinkett Smith, Mark Ruffalo and Snoop...

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