I woke up today in a condo in Florida, excited and ready to go to the beach with my mother. A few hours later, I was sobbing in my bed, scared for my life.
Sure, the news coming out of the Supreme Court...
I used to abhor Thanksgiving. For a holiday marketed as some fantastic feast, I couldn’t fathom why turkey was the star of the show. I personally preferred ham, and I could never understand why anyone...
Despite heavy delays due to the pandemic, the 2021 film adaptation of Frank Herbert’s “Dune” has arrived. There’s no time to waste, and fear is the mind-killer.Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune” is...
We are approaching two years of this pandemic, and it’s been hard on everyone. Thankfully, though, between the vaccine and empathy from UK, it feels like things are improving.Spring 2020 is a blur, one...
Let’s get one thing straight: people die all the time, but the deaths that stick with us the most are those of our loved ones, friends and idols. This is especially true if their deaths come out of nowhere...
Is there such a thing as ethical media piracy? Let me ask you this: of the streaming services you use, how many of them do you personally pay for?It’s a tale as old as time: the main goal of entertainment...
Let’s take a break from defending multi-millionaire celebrities for a while. Astroworld, Travis Scott’s festival in Houston, left hundreds of attendees injured and eight families grieving the death...
Fair warning: if you need to file an open records request to get information from UK anytime soon, you may want to start thinking about a Plan B. The University of Kentucky’s open records office is...
COVID-19 has taken many yearly traditions from us, and with the closing of the Kentucky Theatre, live showings of the “Rocky Horror Picture Show” are one of them.While you could just watch the “Rocky...
The idea of this small artist spotlight series is to bring light to artists of all genres in Kentucky, and occasionally beyond, who make amazing music, but don’t get the recognition that they deserve. Tayo...
Forget toothbrushes in the fridge, ice down the toilet or spoons under pillows: even if these rituals made it snow, the University of Kentucky has decided we won’t be having snow days.“Students enrolled...
This is the final installment of Ryder's "Quarantine Depression Diaries" column. You can find the other installments here. About a month ago, I had a dream where I was back on campus in the student center....
