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Students gather around the wildcat statue to speak during a student protest on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025, at the University of Kentucky in Lexington. Photo by Matthew Mueller | Photo Editor

Students ‘March for Justice’ against Trump’s latest executive orders

Sylvia Freire, Reporter February 13, 2025

Due to recent executive orders signed by President Donald Trump, University of Kentucky students joined in a “March for Justice” around campus. On Feb. 12 at 8 p.m., students got together at William...

VIDEO: Lexington residents ‘Rally for the People’ during peaceful protest downtown

Piper Renaud, Broadcaster February 5, 2025

Lexington residents on Feb. 1, protested outside of the Robert F. Stephens Courthouse Plaza in downtown Lexington. Protesters joined together to fight for the issues they most cared about such as immigration,...

Attendees hold sighs and fly flags during the rally for the people on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025, at Robert F. Stephens Courthouse Plaza in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Sydney Yonker | Staff

‘Rally for the People’ brings the Lexington community together

Hannah Piedad, Staff Reporter February 4, 2025

Residents of Lexington protested for multiple causes, including immigrant rights, LGBTQ+ rights and reproductive rights outside of the Robert F. Stephens Courthouse Plaza during “Rally for the People”...

Protesters march down Main Street holding up signs on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2025, in downtown Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Christian Kantosky | Assistant Photo Editor

People of Lexington unite to protest for immigrant rights

Adah Hufana, Staff Reporter January 28, 2025

Following a series of executive orders concerning immigration, signed during President Donald Trump’s first week in office, Lexington residents united in a protest for immigrant rights. People carrying...

VIDEO: Protest for immigration rights forms in downtown Lexington

Gabriella Mercedes, Assistant Broadcast Editor January 26, 2025

A protest for immigration rights formed in front of the Fayette County District Court on Jan. 26, 2025. People marched to raise awareness for the deportation raids happening across the country since President...

A man stands in protest for the lives killed in Gaza holding a sign that reads 'ceasefire now' on Nov. 7, 2023, in Frankfort, Kentucky. Photo by Matthew Mueller | Staff

PHOTOS: Pro-Palestinians protest at the Kentucky State Capitol

Matthew Mueller, Photojournalist November 10, 2023

Demonstrators gather on Election Day at the Kentucky State Capitol in Frankfort on Nov. 7 to demand a ceasefire in Gaza amid the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Gov. Andy Beshear speaks to a crowd of students on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023, outside the Gatton Student Center in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo Samuel Colmar | Staff

Beshear on-campus campaign stop met with Pro-Palestinian protestors

Casey Sebastiano, Staff Reporter November 2, 2023

Gov. Andy Beshear was met by supporters of Palestine protesting the Israeli - Palestinian conflict during a campaign stop on UK’s campus. Beshear was promoting early voting as a part of his Bus Tour...

The Kentucky State Capitol on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022, in Frankfort, Kentucky. Photo by Jack Weaver | Staff

Kentucky General Assembly overrides veto, passes anti-transgender legislation

Alexis Baker, Staff Reporter March 29, 2023

The Kentucky General Assembly overrode Gov. Andy Beshear’s veto of Senate Bill 150, which places a ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth, according to the Lexington Herald-Leader. The...

Z Frizzell, a freshman geoscience major, holds a nonbinary flag in response to an anti-LGBTQ on-campus demonstration on Wednesday, March 8, 2023, at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Travis Fannon | Staff

Drawing the line between free speech and hate speech on campus

Nia Chancellor, Reporter March 28, 2023

We’ve all seen the individuals and groups who come on campus and speak their two cents. Sometimes it's something harmless like the “moon landing man,” however, a good majority of the time it's...

Kayla Walker, left, and Molly Godbey kiss during an anti-LGBTQ demonstration outside White Hall Classroom Building on Wednesday, March 8, 2023, at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Travis Fannon | Staff

Anti-LGBTQ evangelists spark controversy on campus

Laurel Swanz, Staff Reporter March 9, 2023

Two evangelists, who declined to give their names, attracted large crowds to the lawn by White Hall Classroom Building on Wednesday, March 8.  They held a sign that read “HOMO SEX IS SIN” on one...

VIDEO: Students gather for March Against Racism on UK’s campus

November 8, 2022

Students gathered for a peaceful protest on Monday night, marching from William T. Young Library to the Bowman statue on UK’s campus. Kylah Spring, a Black student who was physically, verbally and racially...

Sophia Rosing's mugshot from the Fayette County jail website.

UK student charged with assault ‘withdrawing from UK’

Rayleigh Deaton, Editor-in-Chief November 8, 2022

Sophia Rosing, a UK student who is facing criminal charges of assault against a Black student, will be withdrawing from the university, according to her attorney. LEX 18 reported Tuesday morning that...

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