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The Student News Site of University of Kentucky

Kentucky Kernel

Construction workers inspect a gas leak at a construction site alone Rose Street in front of the Chemistry-Physics Building on Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022, in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Jack Weaver | Kentucky Kernel

Campus construction: The everyday struggle of a college student

Delaney McGuire, Reporter September 9, 2022

Within five minutes of stepping onto UK’s campus, you are most likely to be greeted by the sounds of heavy construction equipment and high-frequency power tools. Construction has become a daily occurrence...

Construction near the Funkhouser building is obstructing common walkways used by students on campus. Photo by Emily Laytham

Construction near Funkhouser building means detours for students

Emily Laytham August 31, 2018

It looks like students hoping to cut through the Funkhouser parking lot on the way to their fall semester classes will have to cut their losses instead.Construction on central campus, which currently blocks...

Members of the UK Physical Plant Division watched as the parking lot and walkway outside Funkhouser was flooded with ankle deep water due to a broken water line on Wednesday, November 29, 2017 in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Arden Barnes | Staff

Broken water line caused ankle-deep flooding in walkway, parking lot at Funkhouser

Kernel News Staff November 29, 2017

Hundreds of gallons of water filled part of the parking lot and walkway in front of Funkhouser on Wednesday morning due to a broken water line. UK spokesperson Kathy Johnson said the water line that feeds...

Campus buildings experience brief power outage

Aayat Ali October 18, 2016

A number of buildings on south campus experienced a power outage Tuesday afternoon.The outage affected several buildings on campus such as the Funkhouser Building, the Sanders-Brown Center for Aging, the...

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