By Taylor Moak

Lexington has been painted blue.

Saturday morning 39 student organizations participated in the “Paint the Town Blue” Homecoming event.

Organizations painted a window either at a campus building or a local business with a “Viva LexVegas” theme.

The goal of this event is to help the university connect with the Lexington community and to help student organizations publicize themselves while competing for Homecoming points, said Bryce Moffett, director of traditions for the Student Activities Board.

“(It) is good for Lexington to see what is going on at UK,” Moffett said.

Student organizations could have begun painting as early as Saturday at 8 a.m. The final projects have to be completed by Monday at 8 a.m.

Some teams, like service fraternity Alpha Phi Omega, worked on their window on Saturday afternoon. Alpha Phi Omega painted the windows of Tolly-Ho Restaurant with casino cards and the saying “Cats Cash In.”

Other organizations did not begin working until Sunday.

Marty Dunning, a member of Phi Kappa Tau fraternity, worked on his fraternity’s window at Raising Canes on Sunday afternoon.

Dunning said for their window, the organization wanted to mesh a Las Vegas theme with a Lexington theme. Dunning said he planned to paint “trademarks of the city,” including Rupp Arena and Commonwealth Stadium.

Student organizations could request three primary colors of paint to use on their window. In addition to the three primary colors, each team received a can of black paint.

The judging starts at 9 a.m. Monday. Points will be awarded based on how well the window represents the “Viva LexVegas” theme.

The windows will be on display until Friday afternoon.