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Students carve pumpkins outside of Champions Kitchen at "Big Boo Bash" on Oct. 23, 2024 at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky.

‘Big Boo Bash’ returns to Champions Kitchen for spooky season

Kelsey House, Reporter October 26, 2024

Champions Kitchen in the Gatton Student Center hosted their annual “Big Boo Bash,” a dining event created to celebrate the spooky season. University of Kentucky students attended the event on Wednesday,...

Students fill their plates in Champions Kitchen on Friday, Aug. 19, 2023, in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Travis Fannon | Staff

The do and don’ts of UK Dining

Gray Greenwell, Features Editor August 21, 2023

There are a host of things you can avoid doing as a student at the University of Kentucky.  You can sleep in and skip class, you can put off doing your laundry for two weeks and you can ignore your...

UK closed for expected inclement weather

UK closed for expected inclement weather

Kendall Staton, News Editor March 3, 2023

The University of Kentucky closed campus at noon on Friday, March 3, due to upcoming inclement weather, UK announced in a press release.  The National Weather Service issued a tornado watch and high...

Students wait in line at restaurants in the Gatton Student Center on Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. Photo by Michael Smallwood | Kentucky Kernel

Tired and hungry: Students should be able to use meal swipes at campus restaurants

Bailey Darbro, Reporter January 25, 2023

University of Kentucky sophomore Nya Shackles takes 15 credit hours and works 36 hours a week. After her shift is over, she heads to Champions Kitchen for a meal, but the lines are out the door.  Like...

Students wait in line at restaurants in the Gatton Student Center on Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. Photo by Michael Smallwood | Kentucky Kernel

OVERWHELMED: Students face lack of space and long lines in dining halls

Gracie Moore, Reporter September 9, 2022

With the record-breaking freshman class at UK, the university’s dining services are struggling to keep up with the need for space to hold the 6,000-plus new students, despite the expansion of the facility...

Champions Kitchen will open to students on Sunday, Jan. 7 at 2 p.m. Pushed-in high-top chairs sit at Champions Kitchen on Friday, January 5, 2018 in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Rick Childress | Staff

UK Board accepts $13.5 million gift from Gatton for student center expansion

Jacob Eads February 21, 2020

The UK Board of Trustees, Friday, accepted a gift of $13.5 million pledged by the Bill Gatton Foundation to fun an expansion to the campus’s student center. The expansion to the Gatton Student Center...

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‘Just having fun’: UK gears up to continue dining expansion

Jacob Eads August 21, 2018

Those within UK Dining are eagerly eyeing the start of the fall semester, itching to unveil their newest culinary transformations to the student body.Whether they’re making their maiden voyages onto...

Champions Kitchen will open to students on Sunday, Jan. 7 at 2 p.m. Pushed-in high-top chairs sit at Champions Kitchen on Friday, January 5, 2018 in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Rick Childress | Staff

New student center opens first phase with Residential Dining option; Blazer Dining closes

Rick Childress January 5, 2018

The first phase of the long-awaited new student center will be opening this weekend.Champions Kitchen, the new 750-seat residential dining option, will begin dishing out food to meal-plan students for...

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