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Demonstrators hold a banner outside White Hall Classroom Building during a rally organized by United Campus Workers of Kentucky on Wednesday, April 20, 2022, at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky.

Union holds rally on UK campus, demands wage and healthcare reform

Karley Keen April 20, 2022

United Campus Workers of Kentucky (UCW) rallied across UK’s campus in support of graduate student workers Wednesday afternoon. The march ended in a petition with over 600 signatures being delivered to...

College students in the United States face high poverty rates, including 36% of students being housing insecure and 36% of students being food insecure. Graphic made by Natalie Parks with Infogram.

College student stimulus payments: a Band-Aid, not a cure

Mihir Kale March 19, 2021

 While the incoming stimulus payments may be temporarily helping broke college students survive, a one-time check will never be enough to fix an unbalanced system. The “broke college student,” is...

Hannah Legris, candidate for the District 3 seat for Urban City Council, poses for a portrait on Columbia Avenue in Lexington, Kentucky, on Oct. 14, 2020. Photo by Emily Girard | Staff

City Council candidate Hannah LeGris aims for ‘open, accessible and transparent’ leadership

Emily Girard October 22, 2020

Hannah LeGris’s work in Lexington activism started while she was living off $9,000 a year. She worked with AmeriCorps VISTA, a domestic Peace Corps focused on poverty alleviation.“Because you’re...

Human health science sophomore Catherine Graham and nursing junior Rachel Hyder decorate a cake through Sweet Blessings, an organization that provides decorated cakes to families who cannot typically afford them. Photo provided by Alex Kerns

Nonprofit bestows ‘Sweet Blessings’ on children

Jefawn Evans April 28, 2016

[email protected] cakes are typically a part of any child’s birthday, and now with the help of Sweet Blessings, underprivileged children are blessed with the birthday cake of their dreams.Sweet...

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