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The scary realities of new AI technology

The scary realities of new AI technology

Jennifer Sadler, Reporter March 29, 2023

I’m sure we’re all familiar with artificial intelligence — from “Ex Machina” to “Her,” stories about the intricacies of AI and its horrifying potential have captivated audiences for years. Until...

Let’s take a look at George Santos’s fiction

Let’s take a look at George Santos’s fiction

Quézia Arruda Cunha, Reporter March 1, 2023

Fiction. I thought maybe I would never be able to correlate that word with politics.  George Santos to me is a screenwriter, a creator of his own fictionalized and idyllic world, and we are watching...

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UK offers free New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Vogue access to campus community

Grace Medley, Reporter February 15, 2023

University of Kentucky students and affiliates can access The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal for free with their university emails. The partnership with NYT was headed by UK Libraries, the...

McAfee Knob in Virginia, Mount Katahdin, Maine and the Grayson Highlands of Virginia are three of the multiple landmarks former Kernel editor-in-chief Will Wright encountered when he hiked the Appalachian Trail. On Feb. 20, 2020, Wright was named a New York Times fellow.

Kernel alum named a New York Times fellow

Hailey Peters February 20, 2020

A former Kernelite has been named a New York Times fellow. Will Wright, who served as the Kernel’s editor-in-chief in the 2015-16 school year will be joining the national staff at the Times this coming...

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Justice Thomas is wrong; NYT v. Sullivan shouldn’t be overturned

February 21, 2019

The New York Times reported on Tuesday that Justice Clarence Thomas has made a call for the high court to reconsider the precedent set by the 1964 New York Times v. Sullivan, a decision that makes public...

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New York Bill a necessary step forward for education

February 12, 2019

The New York Times reported on Feb. 1 that, after the passage of a new bill, New York is joining California and Colorado and will now allow its teachers to be evaluated based on a school district protocol...

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Gun control legislation is necessary discussion; so is mental health

Kellsie Kennedy January 14, 2019

Democrats in Congress announced early on that gun control would be a top priority for the newly sworn-in representatives– and that’s already begun.The New York Times reported that under a newly proposed...

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Why apologizing for sexual assault isn’t enough

October 23, 2018

The New York Times recently published a column entitled “Eight Stories of Men’s Regret” in which they shared eight men’s stories about their misconduct towards women during high school. Their...

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Seven UK law professors sign petition opposing Kavanaugh nomination

Jacob Eads October 5, 2018

Seven UK faculty members are among over 2,400 law professors who signed a letter addressed to the U.S. Senate calling for Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court to be overturned.The letter...

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Anonymous opinions not a new thing, crucial to free speech

September 6, 2018

After an anonymous person within the Trump administration wrote a New York Times opinion piece critical of President Trump entitled “I Am Part of the Resistance Inside the Trump Administration”,  several...

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The Statue I Celebrate

Sarah Ladd August 24, 2018

The New York Times reported Thursday that Alice Dunnigan, the first African-American woman to cover the White House, will get a 6-foot statue at the Newseum, a Washington museum that celebrates the press...

Lexingtonians gathered at Triangle Park in downtown Lexington, Kentucky to protest the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that was passed the morning of Saturday, December 2, 2017. Photo by Arden Barnes | Staff

Lexington activists protest Mitch McConnell, Senate tax bill

Rick Childress December 2, 2017

A small contingent of community activists quickly gathered for a "pop-up" protest in Triangle Park on Saturday afternoon to vent their frustrations over the early-morning passage of the Republican-backed...

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