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COLUMN: Biden vs. Trump: Is this really the best we can do?

Austin Collier, Reporter March 4, 2024

For those who have somehow remained unaware, there is a presidential election this year, and if you are like me, it probably does not come as a surprise that it is shaping up to be a rematch of the last...

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COLUMN: iPhones vs. Androids: A guide to losing all your friends

Khushi Arora, Reporter February 20, 2024

We’re a month and a half into 2024, and things have been pretty chill. There’s absolutely nothing controversial going on anywhere So, I’m going to fix that by using the old-as-time tradition of...

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COLUMN: Was our childhood really that great, or is the world just exponentially worse now?

Khushi Arora, Reporter February 6, 2024

With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, I want to talk about what’s on all our minds — our childhood. Or at least that’s the case for those of us who are single and blame our upbringing...

Birds fly past the State Capitol in Frankfort, Kentucky, on Friday, October 13, 2023. Photo by Aidan Thompson

COLUMN: Punishing the homeless is not helpful, and legislators should know better

Austin Collier, Reporter February 3, 2024

Kentucky’s General Assembly is back in session for 2024, and they are courting controversy once again. Perhaps the most eye-catching bill being considered is House Bill 9, which seeks to define unconscious...

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COLUMN: Being an Indian immigrant on campus

Khushi Arora, Reporter January 27, 2024

Constantly converting from dollars to rupees. Using too many syllables to pronounce aluminum. Strange accents (yours, not ours). The mind of an Indian immigrant on campus is always churning, but not...

The United States Capitol peaks out through fall foliage on Oct. 28, 2022, in Washington, D.C. Photo by Carter Skaggs | Kentucky Kernel

COLUMN: How to be a Congressional Republican for dummies

Ethan Wallace, Reporter January 16, 2024

During the era of the Dual-Monarchy, violence was nothing short of routine in the legislative process. Brawn was as necessary for the passage of any action as brain. Mark Twain called it the “customary...

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COLUMN: Beshear’s re-election was historic, but national democrats shouldn’t get their hopes up

Ethan Wallace, Reporter January 10, 2024

The night of Nov. 7, 2023 was a good one for Kentucky Democrats — Buddy Wheatly, Pamela Stevenson, Kim Reeder, Michael Bowman and Sierra Enlow notwithstanding. Gov. Andy Beshear’s re-election became...

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COLUMN: A year in film and a look into the next

Gracie Moore, Digital Editor January 3, 2024

The movies that came from 2023 shaped and seized pop culture entirely. Between “Barbenhiemer,” the revival of the Hunger Games series on the big screen and immediate cult classics, there was a movie...

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Movie review: The ‘Hunger Games’ prequel could revive the dystopian genre

Peyton Keyes, Reporter November 20, 2023

I am not ashamed to admit I spent countless hours trying to perfect Katniss Everdeen’s iconic braid in middle school. The key word in that sentence is “trying.” The “Hunger Games” trilogy...

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Track review: Dua Lipa offers more of the same sweat-soaked pop on ‘Houdini’

Gray Greenwell, Features/Copy Editor November 13, 2023

There may not be an active pop star as consistent as Dua Lipa, who's spent the past four years churning out some of the industry's slickest, most infectious hits. In 2019, the now 28-year-old British-Albanian...

COLUMN: The many labors of Susan Lamb: Insights from an afternoon spent with Lexington’s county clerk

COLUMN: The many labors of Susan Lamb: Insights from an afternoon spent with Lexington’s county clerk

Ethan Wallace, Reporter November 7, 2023

Standing outside the county clerk’s office building on East Main Street, I was approached by a man who spoke little English asking for directions to the desk where he could register his new vehicle....

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear speaks on Monday, Oct. 23, 2023, before the fourth gubernatorial debate. Kentucky Lantern photo by Matthew Mueller

Editorial: We endorse Andy Beshear

Editorial Board October 24, 2023

As students, we hope to have our voices heard, rights protected and a healthier future for the state of Kentucky, and Gov. Andy Beshear is the best fit to do so. In an unanimous decision of 15-0, the...

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