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The Student News Site of University of Kentucky

Kentucky Kernel

The Student News Site of University of Kentucky

Kentucky Kernel

A student walks out of Boyd Hall on Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022, in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Jack Weaver | Staff

Boyd Hall front desk receives phone call repeating racial slur

Kendall Staton November 10, 2022

UK’s Boyd Hall front desk received a phone call earlier this evening repeating a racial slur on a loop, according to an email sent to UK’s resident advisors and residence life desk clerks on behalf...

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‘Weirdly enough, it is a good time:’ A night in the life of a UK dorm desk clerk

Pedro Fonseca November 13, 2019

As the nights go by at the University of Kentucky, while many are asleep, there are some students, desk clerks and resident advisers who stay awake at the front desk at the dorms.“I know some desk clerks,...

The outside of the University Inn on Tuesday, July 30, 2019, in Lexington, Kentucky. Due to the housing shortage in UK’s campus housing, some UK students have been relocated to the Hub On Campus Lexington and the University Inn. Photo by Mark Cornelison | UKPhoto

UK manages short-term housing for students displaced by dorm shortage

Addison Lander September 4, 2019

UK students are still feeling the effects of a summer dorm overbooking that left hundreds of students displaced.Nearly a month and a half after university officials announced that the dorms were overbooked,...

Champions Court I was renamed Francis Jewell Hall.

Resident Advisors bring sense of family to dorm life

Cathryn Perini September 20, 2017

Dorms are a college student’s home away from home, and game nights are an essential in this household.Resident Advisors are required to plan events, also called “programs,” for their residents.RA's...

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