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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

Students watch as Donzella Lee gives a speech during the Kentucky Fairness Rally on Feb. 15, 2023, at the Kentucky State Capitol in Frankfort, Kentucky. Photo by Samuel Colmar | Staff

‘It’s literally going to kill someone.’ Seeking safe spaces at UK in light of Kentucky’s SB 150

Casey Sebastiano, Reporter March 15, 2023

As Kentucky legislators debate a bill determining the fate of LGBTQ individuals in schools across the commonwealth, groups at the University of Kentucky are working to make campus more inclusive. Senate...

The Kentucky State Capitol on Friday, Jan. 29, 2021, in Frankfort, Kentucky. Photo by Michael Clubb | Staff file photo

Capilouto responds to proposed Kentucky bill that would allow guns on campus

Laurel Swanz, Staff Reporter March 7, 2023

UK president Eli Capilouto announced that he is opposed to House Bill 542, which would prevent Kentucky higher education institutions from banning guns on campus. Sent via campus-wide email on March...

A person walks up the ice covered step of the Kentucky State Capitol on Friday, Jan. 29, 2021, in Frankfort, Kentucky. Photo by Michael Clubb | Staff.

Legislature overrides governor’s vetoes as 2021 session ends

Callie Justice April 9, 2021

Tuesday, March 30, was the last day of Kentucky’s General Assembly, the legislative session for the state’s House of Representatives and Senate. The final two days of the session were busy as lawmakers...

Electoral College disregards direct influence

Dalton Stokes March 30, 2017

The United States of America is a country of the people, for the people and by the people. Those are some of the country’s most heeded words in its history.The Electoral College undermines this notion....

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