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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 shower inside Holmes Hall at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky. Editors note: Holmes Hall was not affected by the shortage. Photo by Jordan Prather | Staff

Parts of some UK dorms have lacked adequate hot water for months

Natalie Parks March 5, 2020

At first, Ashley Konen didn’t think anything was wrong.New to Kentucky and new to UK, Konen had never lived in an apartment or dorm-style housing before. So when her shower water would not heat up, she...

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,...

The Hub offers off-campus housing with added luxuries

Bryce Stiff April 25, 2019

The Hub apartment complex, the newest off campus housing near the University of Kentucky, will open in August 2019.The nationwide off campus student housing company is adding Lexington to their list of...

Members of the UK administration and Lexington Mayor Jim Gray are joined by LGBTQ advocates on Oct. 12, 2018 to unveil UKs new Dinkle-Mas Suite for LGBTQ Resources.

UK unveils newest concrete home for its LGBTQ Wildcats

Jacob Eads October 13, 2018

You could call it a “homecoming." UK took a material step towards campus inclusivity Friday by cutting the ribbon on its newest center for LGBTQ resources.From its inception, the new Dinkle-Mas Suite,...

Kasey Considine, a senior ISC and business double major and Kappa member, unpacks her boxes and suitcases in her new room in the new Kappa Kappa Gamma house on Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2018 on UK’s campus in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Arden Barnes | Staff

There’s no place like home: Kappa Kappa Gamma moves back into renovated house

Akhira Umar August 21, 2018

After more than a year, the women of Kappa Kappa Gamma were able to move into their newly renovated house.The Kappa house, located at 238 East Maxwell St., was a staple of the Kappa Chapter and had been...

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