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Students walk out of the Gatton Student Center on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023, in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Brady Saylor | Staff

Editorial: Attendance should only be 10% of overall grades at UK

Editorial Board February 28, 2023

Absences add up quickly, and with the usual two or three absences allotted for individual classes, they can be gone quicker than one might think. Because of this, the overall impact attendance should have...

Rebecca Oliphant poses for a portrait on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023, at the Gatton School of Business and Economics in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Travis Fannon | Staff

Humans of UK: Dr. Rebecca Oliphant gives students a global perspective through travel

Liberty Gilbert, Reporter January 30, 2023

Rebecca Oliphant, or as her students know her, Dr. O, hasn’t always had a passion for traveling. She didn’t go on any trips abroad in college or do much traveling at all until she was about 40 years...

Vendela Norris, a freshman broadcast journalism major, sits in a hammock on Friday, April 9, 2021, outside William T. Young Library in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Jack Weaver | Staff

Why switching majors is actually a good thing

Alexis Harmon April 28, 2022

I came into college thinking I was going to end up becoming a psychiatrist. I was a psychology major who was excited to learn about people and the way we think.What I didn’t take into consideration is...

Assigned readings: Helpful or harmful?

Assigned readings: Helpful or harmful?

Brooklyn Kelley April 21, 2022

Minds are much like bodies — what we put in them matters. In a college setting, this can be difficult to control, especially when assigned readings have so much to do with a grade in a course.Assigned...

Kentucky Wildcats guard Sahvir Wheeler (2) drives to the basket during the UK vs. Tennessee SEC Tournament semifinal mens basketball game on Saturday, March 12, 2022, at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida. Photo by Michael Clubb | Staff

Live Updates: Kentucky vs. Tennessee in SEC Tournament Semifinals

Jack Weaver March 12, 2022

No. 3 seed Kentucky will take on No. 2 seed Tennessee in the SEC Tournament Semifinals at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida at approximately 3:30 p.m. EST.The winner will advance to the SEC Tournament finals...

Fallen leaves collect under a row of trees outside of William T. Young Library on Friday, Oct. 30, 2020, in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Jack Weaver | Staff

Looking back at fall 2021

Editorial Board December 2, 2021

The fall 2021 semester has not passed without its challenges, but the feelings associated with it are vastly different — and far better — than the last.Following three semesters that were radically...

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Fall break is a step in the right direction, but more is needed

Editorial Board October 29, 2021

UK was a ghost town this weekend. There were likely more squirrels than human beings on university grounds. A lost but not forgotten feeling filled the corridors of every hallway and wind tunnel on campus...

Director of the School of Journalism and Media, Dr. Erika Engstrom, poses for a portrait on Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2021, at Blazer Dining in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Michael Clubb | Staff

Humans of UK: Dr. Erika Engstrom makes her presence known

Gillian Stawiszynski September 9, 2021

This is Humans of UK, inspired by the Humans of New York Instagram series by photographer and author Brandon Stanton. This series dives into the individuals of UK as well as their stories, strifes and...

A masked student studies in the William T. Young Library during the first day of classes for the fall 2020 semester on Monday, Aug. 17, 2020, at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Michael Clubb | Staff

Zoom classes: Soon to be a memory or here to stay?

Shawn Clancy April 19, 2021

In a post-COVID world, should UK still offer a greater amount of online and hybrid classes than they did pre-COVID?Ask any student or professor about “zoom fatigue” and I guarantee you’ll receive...

A masked student studies in the William T. Young Library during the first day of classes for the fall 2020 semester on Monday, Aug. 17, 2020, at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Michael Clubb | Staff

Academic adaptations extend beyond classroom during COVID-19

Emily Girard April 6, 2021

As UK closes out its third semester during the COVID-19 pandemic, remote learning has come to encompass more than just online class. A student success workstream, which managed UK’s switch to remote...

Students take notes in Jill Day’s History & Philosophy of Physical Education & Sport class on Friday, Feb. 5, 2021, at White Hall Classroom Building in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Jack Weaver | Staff

Modality numbers alter little from spring

Haley Simpkins February 8, 2021

Spring 2021 is the third semester marked by COVID-19, and that means another semester of mixed course modalities.Across the university this semester, 40 percent of course sections are traditional in-person...

Madison Webster, a junior biology and neuroscience double major, loads a cart while moving in on Saturday, Jan. 23, 2021, at University Flats in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Jack Weaver | Staff

Back for more with high hopes, say students ahead of new semester

Natalie Parks & Jack Weaver January 25, 2021

 It was a long six weeks.When students left campus at the end of last semester - most just before Thanksgiving - they still had to contend with finals week. Then, they faced down an unusually long winter...

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