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ROCK huddles to finish the roller derby practice on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025, at The Yard in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Sydney Yonker | Staff

The community behind the Roller Derby of Central Kentucky program

Melanie Schouppe, Reporter February 13, 2025

As the chilly air swirls outside on a Sunday afternoon, warm greetings fill the air inside the practice building while the members of the Roller Derby of Central Kentucky (ROCK) catch up before they...

Tim and Ellie Harman, owners of High on Art and Coffee, pose together for a portrait on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025, at their coffee shop in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Christian Kantosky | Assistant Photo Editor

Local coffee shop sets a new standard for love in Lexington

Nick Tenhundfeld, Reporter February 13, 2025

Outside of downtown Lexington sits a small coffee shop, serving love and kindness one cup at a time. High on Art and Coffee owners Tim and Ellie Harman create everyday impacts for their customers through...

Mark Cornelison steps out from the tent with a tin sheet used for a photo on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2025, at Greyline Station in Lexington, Kentucky. His daughter, Elsie, sits and waits for Cornelison to finish working. Photo by Christian Kantosky | Assistant Photo Editor

Going back in time through photos: How a former photojournalist appreciates the past

Adah Hufana, Staff Reporter February 11, 2025

The act of taking a photo today is simple. Whether it be through a camera or a phone, one press of a button and a picture is taken. It’s a process that has been refined over the years since the...

Photos of Alexandria Landgraf and Wesley Omerso are posed on a table on Thursday, Jan. 31, 2025, at Blazer Dinning, in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Cara Raiford | Staff

A string connects them: Couple proves that love defies distance

Sylvia Freire, Reporter February 10, 2025

A string, stretched at its greatest lengths, holding two ends together. Regardless of its length, the strength of this string holds them together.  The string holding them together was their connection....

Illustration by Akhila Nadimpalli

The art and soul of theater: A backstage look

Kiana Alpaca, Reporter February 10, 2025

A stack of shoes sits near the entrance, dark walls, bright lights, a ballet barre and mirrors cover the wall.  Voices sing the same song in chorus, dance numbers are practiced and actors memorize...

Maddie Wiser and Ava Akers pose with their letters during the Letters of Love event on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, at the Don and Cathy Jacobs Building in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by CallieThompson | Staff

Spreading love through the art of handwritten letters

Laura Silva, Reporter February 10, 2025

Love comes in different shapes, colors and formats – and letters.  With colorful crayons and papers spread on the tables, students drew an orange heart, a heart bouquet, pink coquette bows, colorful...

Illustration by Akhila Nadimpalli.

The University of Kentucky is becoming too expensive

Sammy Wynn, Reporter February 6, 2025

College is a massive milestone in a young adult’s development. It's the first taste of freedom our parents give us, and nothing controls us anymore except one thing—money. The constant billing never...

President of the Horse Racing Club Sydney Richmond updates the club on current events during the University of Kentucky Horse Racing Club meeting on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025, at William T. Young Library Room B-108C in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Sydney Yonker | Staff

UK’s Horse Racing Club gives students guidance on working in the ‘Horse Capital of the World’

Hannah Piedad, Reporter February 1, 2025

On what is normally known as the loudest floor of the William T. Young Library, one room, B- 108C, is almost completely engulfed in silence as students look to a lone speaker at the front of the room. Recounting...

Dorian Hairston reads his work during the Last Monday Reading Series on Monday, Jan. 27, 2025, at Kentucky Native Cafe in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Sydney Yonker | Staff

Kentucky poets speak at the Last Monday Reading Series

Sammy Wynn, Reporter February 1, 2025

Bustling conversations sweep around the delicately lit greenhouse as faces, old and young, find their place among the maze of plants. A single woven chair rests at the front of the crowd, a towering...

A member of the Rock Climbing Club looks over at other members climbing on the wall during the weekly club meeting for the UK Rock Climbing Club on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024, at Johnson Center in Lexington, Kentucky.  Photo by Matthew Mueller | Photo Editor

UK Rock Climbing Club scales new heights

Abigail Wright, Reporter December 9, 2024

Hands stretched and fingers splayed, climbers reach for the next handhold, some with practiced ease, while others carefully calculate their next move. The wall is covered in holds of various shapes...

The James W. Stuckert Career Center sits idle while the rain falls on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, on the campus of the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky. Photo by Christian Kantosky | Staff

Free professionalism resources attainable for wildcats

Courtney Mysliwiec, Reporter October 24, 2024

The Stuckert Career Center, located on Rose Street, offers free resources that enhance professionalism skills as students begin internship processes or job applications after graduation. Whether students...

Evangelist Christian preacher Cindy “Sister Cindy” Smock Speaks to students at Memorial Hall outdoor amphitheater at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky, on Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. Photo by Matthew Mueller | Staff

PHOTOS: Sister Cindy visits University of Kentucky campus

Evangelist Christian preacher Cindy “Sister Cindy” Smock visited the University of Kentucky's campus to speak to students on Monday, Oct. 7, 2024, at Memorial Hall outdoor amphitheater in Lexington,...

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