The Kentucky Kernel
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The Kentucky Kernel is the daily independent student newspaper published for the University of Kentucky. [1]
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[edit] History
Preceded by several student newspapers — the earliest dating to 1892 — the first Kentucky Kernel was published Sept. 16, 1915. From 1908 to 1915, the University of Kentucky's student newspaper was called The Idea, but it became the Kentucky Kernel following a naming contest in 1915. The paper had become an eight-page weekly by 1923, and it became a Monday-Friday daily newspaper in 1966. In 1972, the Kernel formally established its editorial and financial independence from the University of Kentucky administration.
[edit] Distribution
The Kernel is distributed free on and around the University of Kentucky campus, with a circulation of 17,000 and readership of more than 30,000. [1] Its sole source of revenue is advertising. It is issued during the weekdays during the spring and fall semesters and weekly during the summer term, roughly 150 days in the calendar year. It technically is one of the largest-circulation newspapers in Kentucky.
[edit] Trivia
Several major American news media figures worked at the Kernel, including current Associated Press chief White House correspondent Terence Hunt, former National Geographic photographer Sam Abell, current Chicago Tribune Washington correspondent William Neikirk and current New York Times South African correspondent Michael Wines. Award-winning writer Bobbie Ann Mason also worked at the Kernel. The famous Disney-creator Don Rosa worked for the Kernel from 1969-1973. The Pertwillaby Papers series first saw print in the Kernel. These old strips have inspired many of Rosas later Disney-tales like: The Son of the Sun, Cash Flow and The Last Lord of Eldorado. Various issues were used as historical backdrops in the University of Kentucky's 100-year anniversary retrospective of University of Kentucky basketball.
[edit] Location
The Kernel operates out of the Grehan Journalism Building, which is located in central campus and also is the home of the School of Journalism and Telecommunications and the Department of Communication. The Grehan Building was completed in 1951 and named to honor Enoch Grehan, the founder of the school's Department of Journalism and one of its first faculty members.
[edit] Awards
In 2006, the Kentucky Kernel[1] won the Pacemaker award[2] from the Associated Collegiate Press after having been nominated for several years. Since 1927 and in its modern format since 1971,[3] the Pacemaker, given to four four-year college newspapers a year, is considered the Pulitzer Prize of collegiate news media.
[edit] Controversy
On October 5, 2007, the newspaper published an editorial cartoon that was considered racially insensitive to some students. [2] The cartoon depicted an African-American being auctioned off to fraternities and sororities in an attempt by the cartoonist to depict racial divide in the fraternity system. The paper officially apologized the next day, however, it has spawned some racial actions, including one where a noose was attached to a door of a black student's room. The incidents spawned a panel discussion on diversity. [3]
[edit] Alumni
Alumni of the University of Kentucky and the Kentucky Kernel connect via the Kernel Alumni web site.[4]
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