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Learning how to jump without looking down: Words from a graduating editor

Gray Greenwell, Copy Editor April 27, 2024

There’s an image of myself from my freshman year of college that’s remained plastered to the folds of my brain since. In it, I sit with my parents on the bed in my newly-decorated dorm room as we...

Illustration by Akhila Nadimpalli

Senioritis is real

Peyton Keyes, Reporter April 9, 2024

In less than one month, I’ll be graduating college. I’ve spent 16 years of my life in school, and I’m almost finally free. I’ve thought about how this would feel for years. The one thing...

New students form the shape of the state of Kentucky during the Wildcat Welcome Ceremony on Friday, Aug. 20, 2021, at Kroger Field in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Jack Weaver | Staff

‘What college is supposed to look like.’ Sophomores adjust to new college experience

Sophia Shoemaker and Rayleigh Deaton September 5, 2021

As in-person classes, full-capacity stadiums and other college traditions return to UK, the class of 2024 finds itself in the strange position of having what feels like a second freshman year. On Sept....

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