UKPD was dispatched to William T. Young Library following “a dispute between two students over a personal property item,” according to Strategic Communication Associate Director Dani Jaffe.  On...

University of Kentucky students sled down 'the bowl' outside of William T. Young Library during the first snow of the year on Jan. 15, 2024, in Lexington, Kentucky.

It’s nigh time we admit that William T. Young Library sometimes just isn’t all that.  Sure, it’s big, it’s beautiful and it has a Starbucks (which accepts Flex dollars, mind you). It’s a...

William T. Young Library, affectionately known as “Willy T.” by the campus community, celebrated its 25th birthday on Monday, April 3.  The building has been a center of both social and academic...

Sad girl winter is setting into my spine. I’m not a fan of cold weather. And I like to take snow in doses, never lasting more than an hour in the harsh cold it sets upon us.  Unless I can admire...

On a snow day last year, UK student Alex Fields slipped on ice and cracked his phone.Tuesday, as the first snow of the school year covered the ground, Fields and other students around UK’s campus aimed...

He whistles on his way out of Willy T, his honeyed hoots echoing off the marble floor. A worn-thin cardigan hangs around his hips the way bedsheets wrap over the corners of a mattress. He holds the door...

There are three kinds of long boarders on campus: ones who can ride, ones who shouldn’t, and ones who can’t ride yet.Last week, I saw a woman skirt into a Qdoba parking lot, cut-off Nirvana shirt and...

While students are busy studying for their classes, unassuming pieces of history are looking down at them from the walls of Willy T.Most UK students are in the midst of heavy studying for midterms, much...

Is it better to study sitting at a desk with headphones in or surrounded by 10 of your closest friends? Contrary to popular opinion, the answer might be both.Most students prescribe to the “meshing hypothesis”...