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The Student News Site of University of Kentucky

Kentucky Kernel

The Student News Site of University of Kentucky

Kentucky Kernel

Kayla Walker, left, and Molly Godbey kiss during an anti-LGBTQ demonstration outside White Hall Classroom Building on Wednesday, March 8, 2023, at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Travis Fannon | Staff

Anti-LGBTQ evangelists spark controversy on campus

Laurel Swanz, Staff Reporter March 9, 2023

Two evangelists, who declined to give their names, attracted large crowds to the lawn by White Hall Classroom Building on Wednesday, March 8.  They held a sign that read “HOMO SEX IS SIN” on one...

Kentucky Wildcats forward Oscar Tshiebwe (34) gestures at guard Kareem Watkins (25) during introductions before the Kentucky vs. Auburn mens basketball game on Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023, at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky. Kentucky won 86-54. Photo by Jack Weaver | Staff

‘If you have faith, you have everything.’ Oscar Tshiebwe finds God on and off the basketball court

Samantha Money, Assistant Sports Editor March 7, 2023

Going from growing up in a hometown over 7,000 miles away to finding a home in Kentucky basketball, Oscar Tshiebwe traveled to America with very little English but a lot of faith in God. Discovered...

Pulse, a Christian evangelist group, hosts a “revival” on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2023, at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Jack Weaver | Staff

‘People are hungry.’ Christian organization hosts revival at Rupp Arena

Bryce Towle, Reporter March 2, 2023

Pulse, a Christian evangelist group, hosted a “revival” at Rupp Arena on Feb. 24. When doors opened, floods of people came in and participated in worship, prayer and music during the service.  The...

Crowds gather to worship on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023, in Hughes Auditorium at Asbury University in Wilmore, Kentucky. Photo by Abbey Cutrer | Staff

‘It just felt like holy ground.’ Asbury University revival draws hundreds

Bryce Towle and Nate Lucas February 24, 2023

A crescendo caused crowd members in the chapel to hold their arms and heads to the sky. A baby held by their mother reached their arm out, too, as if they were mimicking others.  As the song that...

Crowds gather to worship on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023, in Hughes Auditorium at Asbury University in Wilmore, Kentucky. Photo by Abbey Cutrer | Staff

PHOTOS: ‘It just felt like holy ground.’ Asbury University revival draws hundreds

Abbey Cutrer February 24, 2023

Crowds gather to worship on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023, in Hughes Auditorium at Asbury University in Wilmore, Kentucky. Asbury has become a site for a non-stop worship service since Feb. 8. The university...

Rabbi Litvin

Rosh Hashanah, Jewish holidays at UK are open to the curious

Rick Childress September 10, 2018

Observant students on Monday and Tuesday may wonder why a man in a black hat who is probably short of breath is running around campus vigorously blowing into a ram’s horn.Curious students are encouraged...

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