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The Student News Site of University of Kentucky

Kentucky Kernel

The Student News Site of University of Kentucky

Kentucky Kernel

Evangelists cause controversy from an on-campus demonstration on Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023, at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Travis Fannon | Staff

A time and place for free speech

Taylor Moon, Reporter September 5, 2023

While free speech zones may be important on campus, there's a right and wrong way to voice your opinion. We’re all given the right to exercise free speech, with the University of Kentucky being no...

Incoming 2023-2024 Editor-in-Chief Hannah Stanley poses for a photo. Photo by Abbey Cutrer | Staff

Letter from the editor

Hannah Stanley, Managing Editor April 28, 2023

If you asked me freshman year if I would ever be editor-in-chief of the Kentucky Kernel, I would’ve laughed in your face with it quickly followed by “I could never do that.” Well, three years...

2021-2023 Kentucky Kernel Editor-in-Chief Rayleigh Deaton poses with her graduation stole and the Kernel historical marker at the University of Kentucky on March 29, 2023. Photo by Michael Clubb | Staff file photo

Final thoughts and boundless thanks

Rayleigh Deaton, Editor-in-Chief April 28, 2023

I wish I could go back in time and get a coffee with my younger self. Specifically, a coffee at the William T. Young Library Starbucks on Feb. 4, 2021, with sophomore year Rayleigh. That was the...

Lets acknowledge female film directors more

Let’s acknowledge female film directors more

Gracie Moore, Reporter April 26, 2023

Tarantino. Nolan. Kurbick. Hitchcock.  Male directors have dominated the film industry for years with blockbusters like “Pulp Fiction” and “Psycho.”  I’ve been trying to gain a deeper...

Daisy Jones and The Six: A fictional 70s band you want to hear on Spotify

Daisy Jones and The Six: A fictional 70s band you want to hear on Spotify

Quézia Arruda Cunha, Reporter April 24, 2023

Bell-bottom pants, maxi dresses, peasant blouses and ponchos are all items in the closet I created for myself when I was reading “Daisy Jones & The Six” by Taylor Jenkins Reid.  Reid is also...

The Last of Us. Image from HBO.

‘The Last of Us’: The downfall of humanity

Quézia Arruda Cunha, Reporter April 22, 2023

“The Last of Us” is a promising HBO Max series that premiered in January 2023 and was written and created by Neil Druckmann and Craig Mazin, based on the video game of the same name that was released...

Ethan Staten, a freshman electrical engineering major, studies on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023, at the William T. Young Library in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Brady Saylor | Staff

Burnout: not a requirement for college students

Quézia Arruda Cunha, Reporter April 17, 2023

You need to arrive before everyone else. You need to finish before everyone else. You need to give your all completely to be successful. I always heard these phrases throughout my childhood. I always...

Lewis Honors College at the University of Kentucky on Friday, Jan. 29, 2021, in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Jack Weaver | Staff

Why I Love the UK Honors College (And You Might Too)

Luke Schlake, Reporter April 17, 2023

People don’t really “love” institutions anymore, and if loving an institution is out-of-style, complaining about one is equally in-style. And I get it.  There is a group of students that is less-than-enamored...

Kentucky Kernel News Editor and senior Kendall Staton poses for a portrait on Tuesday, April 11, 2023, at Gatton Student Center in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Carter Skaggs | Staff

Screaming goodbye to the Kentucky Kernel

Kendall Staton, News Editor April 14, 2023

I first realized my words were not always welcomed in August of my eighth grade year.  The boy who sat next to me in my first class of the day asked me to speak only so he could use my words against...

Taylor Swift Night is held at Manchester Music Hall on April 1, 2023, in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Gracie Moore | Staff

Mirrorballs and bejeweled outfits: Manchester Music Hall hosts enchanting ‘Taylor Swift Night’

Gracie Moore and Jennifer Sadler April 10, 2023

On Saturday, April 1, Lexington’s Taylor Swift fans crowded into Manchester Music Hall to scream her biggest hits and dance like they were 22.  “The Taylor Party” is a dance party hosted at music...

Brendan Fraser stars in The Whale.

‘The Whale’: Beyond the body

Quézia Arruda Cunha, Reporter April 10, 2023

This movie review contains spoilers. The curtains are closed. There is no light through the window. Just a man and his own war. “The Whale,” a 2022 film directed by Darren Aronofsky, tells the...

Under cover of brightness: New horror movies set in daylight branch out from convention

Under cover of brightness: New horror movies set in daylight branch out from convention

Gracie Moore, Reporter April 4, 2023

Film has many genres and subgenres. Comedy ranges from slapstick to satire and science fiction travels from dystopias to the supernatural. But the horror film genre seems to be the most extensive of...

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