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Students fill their plates in Champions Kitchen on Friday, Aug. 19, 2023, in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Travis Fannon | Staff

The do and don’ts of UK Dining

Gray Greenwell, Features Editor August 21, 2023

There are a host of things you can avoid doing as a student at the University of Kentucky.  You can sleep in and skip class, you can put off doing your laundry for two weeks and you can ignore your...

Students wait in line at restaurants in the Gatton Student Center on Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. Photo by Michael Smallwood | Kentucky Kernel

Tired and hungry: Students should be able to use meal swipes at campus restaurants

Bailey Darbro, Reporter January 25, 2023

University of Kentucky sophomore Nya Shackles takes 15 credit hours and works 36 hours a week. After her shift is over, she heads to Champions Kitchen for a meal, but the lines are out the door.  Like...

New students watch a video during the Wildcat Welcome Ceremony on Friday, Aug. 20, 2021, at Kroger Field in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Jack Weaver | Staff

Five things a UK freshman learned in their first month

Riley Stull September 19, 2021

1. You need to invest in good shoesWalking at least three miles a day is a given on UK’s campus. If you don’t have decent shoes, your feet will never recover. Walking from the Jacobs Science Building...

Five things a UK freshman learned in their first month

Riley Stull September 17, 2021

1. You need to invest in good shoesWalking at least three miles a day is a given on UK’s campus. If you don’t have decent shoes, your feet will never recover. Walking from the Jacobs Science Building...

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Quarantine Depression Diaries: Another school year, another transition

Ryder Noah From August 10, 2020

This is the final installment of Ryder's "Quarantine Depression Diaries" column. You can find the other installments here. About a month ago, I had a dream where I was back on campus in the student center....

Plates heaping with post-consumer food waste wait to be cleaned at the Fresh Food Company. According to CKUK’s website, 40% of post-consumer food is wasted each year in the United States. Photo by Sarah Michels | Staff

UK Dining, student groups seek to eliminate food waste one plate at a time

Sarah Michels April 1, 2019

Each year, 1.3 billion metric tons of food, about one-third of all food produced globally, is wasted, data gathered by the United Nations shows. That’s about 358 pounds of food waste for every person...

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9 tips for eating healthy in UK dining halls

Meghan Daniels October 23, 2018

College dining halls hold a lot of stigma about unhealthy eating, but is it really true? Sure, there are unhealthy options like your everyday pizza bar and southern comfort food, but those aren’t all...

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