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Ashlee Bell, a junior marketing major, pays for parking outside William T. Young Library on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023, in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Samuel Colmar | Staff

Students can park for free using SGA coupon program

Owen Chesemore, Reporter February 10, 2023

UK’s Student Government Association is restarting its parking coupon program, giving students free parking in campus visitor lots. The service provides all UK students with up to 15 hours of free...

William T. Young Library is surrounded by ice-covered trees following an ice storm on Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021, at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Jack Weaver | Staff

This sad girl winter, let’s look for the little joys in life

Karrington Garland, Opinions Editor February 3, 2023

Sad girl winter is setting into my spine. I’m not a fan of cold weather. And I like to take snow in doses, never lasting more than an hour in the harsh cold it sets upon us.  Unless I can admire...

Books rest on shelves on Monday, Oct. 10, 2022, at the William T. Young Library in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Abbey Cutrer | Kentucky Kernel

Banning books serves no good

Kristen Roberts, Reporter October 20, 2022

Books deemed controversial or offensive are being banned and challenged in schools all across the country; approximately 1,600 book titles have been banned in the U.S. within the last year, according to...

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

Willy T is still standing: Libraries during COVID

David Bowlin March 2, 2021

Many people expect libraries to be quiet, but few have seen a library that’s dead silent.However, since the advent of COVID-19, a lot have things have changed in the University of Kentucky’s libraries....

Two UK students sled down the slope in front of William T. Young library during a a spontaneous gathering for the first snow fall of the year. Photo by Jack Weaver | Staff

Tradition returns with impromptu midnight sledding on library lawn

Natalie Parks January 28, 2021

There is a certain magic that comes with the first snow of a good year; a magic that does not fade with age, nor one that can be tainted by a looming pandemic.Wednesday's snowfall in Lexington brought...

A possible passageway to Narnia, on the hard-to-get-to second floor of the Little Lucille Fine Arts Library

The Chronicles of the Fine Arts Library

Luke Schlake January 26, 2021

If one happens to venture to the far side of the Fine Arts Library second floor, they will discover a nondescript door labeled “Narnia."The extreme plainness of the door juxtaposed with its magical...

One of nearly a dozen photographs of green lights around Kentucky during the early days of COVID, to honor those lost in the pandemic. 

A glimpse into history: UK Libraries’ COVID project looking for student submissions from 2020

Sarah Michels January 5, 2021

The New Year’s Eve countdown is always full of excitement and hope. Billions revel in the relief of a fresh page, a new start in which the mistakes and tragedies of the previous year can be carefully...

A group of UK students walks in front of White Hall Classroom Building on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020, at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Jack Weaver | Staff

Freshmen focus on positives, adjust expectations in altered first semester

Haley Simpkins October 27, 2020

In today’s post-pandemic world, life as a college freshman is much different than what UK’s class of 2024 expected it to be when they applied last winter.Late night study sessions at the library, eating...

A student studies in the library in the UK Law Building on campus on Friday, September 6, 2019 in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Arden Barnes | Staff

The $53 million UK law building is open for students

Amanda Bryant September 11, 2019

University of Kentucky law students now have a new place to call home.The estimated $53 million UK College of Law building, located beside Memorial Hall and under renovation since the summer 2017, is open,...

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The legends of UK: Why campus folklore is important

Brianna Stanley September 5, 2019

At UK, the library is sinking, there’s a foot-stabber on the loose and the Whitfield stump wants to steal your soul – or so they say.Here is a brief background on some of the legends you may hear during...

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After a prolonged search, UK Libraries announces new dean

Emily Laytham June 1, 2019

UK has found its new Dean of Libraries following the decision’s initial postponement to the fall semester.July 15th will mark Doug Way’s first day as the new Dean of Libraries, according to a UK Now...

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