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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 UKPD officer writes a message to victims of violence in front of Whitehall on March 28, 2018. Photo provided by Emily Bonistall Postel.

Students lead UK to support victims of trauma with Clothesline Project

Rafael Silva March 29, 2018

In solidarity with survivors of trauma, UK students are pushing to create a culture intolerant to violent crimes.Students enrolled in professor Emily Bonistall Postel’s Sociology 439: Victimology class...

Campus groups to host #WeBelongUK

News Staff July 17, 2016

On Monday, the Martin Luther King Center, the Violence Intervention and Prevention Center and the Center for Graduate and Professional Diversity will host #WeBelongUK. An email sent out by the MLK Center...

Roofie cases underreported

Sarah Brookbank April 24, 2016

[email protected] light of the Campus Attitudes Toward Safety survey’s results, which found that many students on campus are sexually assaulted after being slipped impairing substances, the Kentucky...

Banners and signs are seen all around Take Back The Night event across campus. Wednesday, April 20, 2016 in Lexington, Ky. Photo by Joel Repoley | Staff.

UK’s survivors ‘Take Back the Night’

McKenna Horsley April 21, 2016

“UK unite! Take back the night!”UK students, faculty and members of the Lexington community chanted this and other phrases, such as, “However we dress and wherever we go, yes means yes and no means...

Seminar series focuses on keys to healthy dating

Christina Buswell February 16, 2016

[email protected] Wednesday the Violence Intervention and Prevention Center will host a series of four seminars every Wednesday from 2 to 3 p.m. in room 201 of Frazee Hall aimed at counseling individuals...

The Pleasure Principle

Nudity should not cause embarrassment between partners

Mellisa Estebo February 16, 2016

Listener question from Chris, UK student:“Two people are having consensual sex, and begin taking shots to the point of inebriation during sex. Does alcohol still void consent?”YES, YES, YES! According...

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