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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...

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Please check yourself

Amy Tesfayesus May 31, 2020

(Deep breath) Whew. Here we go. The state of our country this past week is a magnifying glass, much-needed so people can stop squinting to see what’s wrong with how we treat black people in America. It’s...

Nicole Funk is a UK alumna who now works as an Educational Resource Coordinator VISTA with the Food Literacy Project. Photo provided by Nicole Funk.

Oppose Senate Bill 1, a UK alum’s perspective

Nicole Funk February 4, 2020

Right now in Kentucky state legislature, Senate Bill 1 is being reviewed. The bill proposes that anyone in Kentucky who works for a federal agency will be accountable for pointing out people who they think...

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Editorial: 2019 should be the year of the migrant

By the Editorial Board January 14, 2019

2018 was hailed by many as the Year of the Woman, empowered by the first major party female presidential campaign and the #MeToo movement. In record numbers, women across the world used their voices to...

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Tear gas used on migrants shameful; other solutions possible

November 30, 2018

Tear gas filled the air as mothers and children fled, choking and screaming, from U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Agents on Nov. 25.Unarmed civilians headed to the U.S. border for asylum, for the unalienable...

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Remember Columbus Day; remember we are all immigrants

By the Editorial Board October 8, 2018

This Columbus Day, let us as a campus community work to end the national immigration divide by focusing on our roots. No matter how long our families have been in this country, nearly every American has...

Immigrant faculty members get ready to pose for photos in a quad by Bradley Hall at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Ky., on Friday, March 24, 2017. The meeting was put together to show how immigrants are essential to higher education, especially at UK. Photo by Joshua Qualls | Staff

Departments show international faculty appreciation

Sydney Momeyer March 27, 2017

The political climate of the U.S. has shifted significantly since the election of President Donald Trump and personally changed the lives of many immigrants across the country, including in the world of...

Travel Ban

Caught between two homes

Kat Manouchehri February 2, 2017

On Jan. 27, Trump signed an executive order that halted the issuance of visas, barred refugees, and detained immigrants and citizens traveling from Syria, Iraq, Libya, Iran, Sudan, Somalia and Yemen.Universities...

Trump election poses threat to undocumented students studying abroad

Madison Rexroat December 15, 2016

President-elect Donald Trump’s negative stance on immigration is clear, but what is unclear is how any reforms might affect undocumented students protected by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals...

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