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Former NBA player and Kentucky basketball player Rex Chapman speaks during SpeakBlue with Rex Chapman on Wednesday, March 29, 2023, at the Singletary Center for the Arts in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Brady Saylor | Staff

SAB and SGA present ‘Speak Blue’ featuring Rex Chapman

Kristen Roberts, Reporter April 5, 2023

UK’s Student Activities Board collaborated with the Student Government Association to present their annual ‘Speak Blue’ event, on March 29 which featured former UK and NBA basketball player Rex Chapman. Chapman...

Lizzy Hornung, left, and Jason Marcus were named the 2023 student body president and vice president on March 8.

SGA disqualifies unofficial student body president and vice president winners, names new official winners

Kendall Staton and Natalia Garcia March 9, 2023

The UK Student Government Association (SGA) disqualified student body president-elect Isaac Sutherland and vice president-elect Mallory Hudson one week after they were named the unofficial winners of the...

‘To highlight BHM for 28 days does not do us justice.’ Campus reflects on Black History Month

LaNasia Mason, Reporter March 6, 2023

Black students, staff and faculty at the University of Kentucky spent the entire month of February celebrating their community.  Recognized by the U.S. as Black History Month since 1976, February commemorates...

Isaac Sutherland, left, and Mallory Hudson answer questions during the SGA Presidential and Vice Presidential Debate on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023, at the Gatton Student Center in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Travis Fannon | Staff

‘I have been disappointed by this institution.’ Student body president hopefuls face off in debate

Courtney Suber, Reporter February 24, 2023

UK’s Student Government Association hosted the 2023 presidential and vice-presidential debate in the Worsham Cinema in the Gatton Student Center on Feb. 21. Dean of Students, Trisha Clement-Montgomery,...

Illustration by Akhila Nadimpalli

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...

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...

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We are journalists, not publicists

Editorial Board March 3, 2020

The Kentucky Kernel, like any other independent newspaper, is a part of the fourth estate. While we cover all newsworthy government actions and events, we are a distinct entity. We serve as watchdogs...

Students flood the sidewalks during class change on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2018 in Lexington Ky. Photo by Jordan Prather | Staff

SGA announces plan to tackle sexual assault awareness, advocacy on campus

Emily Laytham February 11, 2020

UK's Student Government Association has announced a tentative plan to further promote consent culture on campus.A Monday night tweet stated that SGA will grow their "relationship with the VIP Center"...

SGA presidential candidate Juwan Page speaks to the attendees of the Page-Azad All Call on Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019, at the MLK Center in the Gatton Student Center in Lexington, Kentucky. Page and Azad announced their candidacy for SGA president and vice-president on Tuesday night. Photo by Jordan Prather | Staff

Write-in candidates for SGA hold forum to hear students’ voices

McKenna Horsley February 28, 2019

Candidate for Student Government Association president and 2018 homecoming king Juwan Page said that his team has probably had less than seven hours of sleep combined in the past 24 hours. Nevertheless,...

Juwan Page and Lidya Azad are write-in candidates for SGA president and vice president. Used with permission of their campaign. 

A third pair enters SGA election as write-in candidates

Jacob Eads February 27, 2019

Just hours before the polls opened for the 2019 SGA election, a third ticket entered the race to be UK’s next student government president and vice president. Juwan Page and Lidya Azad announced their...

Running mates Michael Hamilton and Kat Speech at the SGA presidential debate on Tuesday, February 26, 2019 in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Natalie Parks | Staff

Annual SGA debate features Hamilton, Speece; Lovett, Flood opt out

Emily Laytham February 26, 2019

The annual debate between Student Government Association presidential and vice presidential candidates was scheduled to occur Tuesday evening. The event was attended by only one of the candidate duos: incumbent...

Presidential candidate Michael Hamilton and Vice Presidential candidate Noor Ali participated in the Student Government Association election debate on Monday, February 19, 2018 in Lexington, Ky. The SGA Presidential election will be held on Feb. 21 and 22. Photo by Arden Barnes | Staff

SGA leadership focusing on visibility, accessibility this year

Kelly Benzenhoefer September 28, 2018

Over halfway through serving her term as UK Student Government vice president, Noor Ali reflected on her experience so far and opened up about current and future projects.“It keeps me busy, but I also...

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