Journals

The University of Kentucky offers a variety of choices to students. The choices range from a number of dining options, residence halls, and athletic facilities to student organizations, religious groups, Greek-letter organizations and intramural competitions/campus recreation.

Greek-letter organizations

Social organizations

There are 14 sororities and 25 fraternities that serve the University of Kentucky in Lexington.

Sororities

Name	Chapter Founding Year	Notes
Alpha Chi Omega	1966	Closed since 1976
Alpha Delta Pi	1941
Alpha Gamma Delta	1908
Alpha Kappa Alpha	1975
Alpha Omicron Pi	1982
Alpha Phi	2009
Alpha Xi Delta	1908	Closed since 2004
Ceres	1997
Chi Omega	1914
Delta Delta Delta	1923
Delta Gamma	1962
Delta Phi Mu	2008
Delta Sigma Theta	1975
Delta Zeta	1923
Gamma Phi Beta	1966	Closed since 1982
Kappa Alpha Theta	1945
Kappa Delta	1910
Kappa Kappa Gamma	1910
Phi Sigma Rho	1999
Phi Sigma Sigma	1952	Closed since 1957
Pi Beta Phi	1962
Phi Mu	2011	In colonization (2011)
Sigma Alpha Iota	1967
Sigma Gamma Rho	????
Sigma Kappa	1989	Closed since 2010
Tau Beta Sigma	1984
Zeta Phi Beta	1983
Zeta Tau Alpha	1924	Closed since 1992

Fraternities

Name	Founding year	Notes
Alpha Epsilon Pi	1972	Inactive
Alpha Gamma Rho	1920
Alpha Phi Alpha	1965
Alpha Phi Omega	1933
Alpha Sigma Phi	1917	Recolonization planned for 2015 - 2016 Academic Year
Alpha Tau Omega	1909
Beta Theta Pi	1990	Recolonized Fall 2010
Delta Chi	1914	Inactive
Delta Sigma Phi	1994
Delta Tau Delta	1924
FarmHouse	1951
Kappa Alpha Order	1893
Kappa Alpha Psi	1981
Kappa Kappa Psi	1984
Kappa Sigma	1901
Kappa Upsilon Chi	2007
Lambda Chi Alpha	1930
Omega Psi Phi	1980
Phi Beta Sigma	1990
Phi Delta Theta	1901	Closed since - 2014
Phi Gamma Delta	1958
Phi Kappa Psi	1988
Phi Kappa Tau	1920
Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia	1922
Phi Sigma Kappa	1926
Pi Kappa Alpha	1901	KICKED OFF - 2014
Pi Kappa Phi	1996
Pi Lambda Phi	1949	Inactive
Sigma Alpha Epsilon	1900
Sigma Alpha Mu	1915	Inactive
Sigma Chi	1893
Sigma Nu	1902	Inactive
Sigma Phi Epsilon	1933
Sigma Pi	1973
Tau Kappa Epsilon	1951	Inactive
Theta Chi	1968	Reactivated 2010
Triangle	1920
Zeta Beta Tau	1942	Inactive

Honor societies

Omicron Delta Kappa

Campus dining

Name	Location	Notes
Blazer Cafe	Blazer Hall	Dining Hall
Commons Market	Kirwan-Blanding Complex	Features Starbucks and a dining hall.
Intermezzo	Intermezzo at the Patterson Office Tower.	Features sandwiches and drinks.
K-Lair	Central campus near Haggin Hall.	A fast-food establishment.
Lemon Tree	Second floor of Erikson Hall.	Features upscale salad and entree options.
Ovid's	William T. Young Library	Features more upscale food choices, housing a Starbucks cafe.
Student Center	Student Center	Features Chick-Fil-A, Starbucks, Subway, Sbarro, and Panda Express.

There are also two convenience stores, located at Blazer Hall and at the Commons Market.

The meal plans for on-campus students no longer utilize a declining-balance system, similar to a debit card. In 2005, a new "all you can eat" plan was initiated to the disfavor of 84.9% of the student body. The cheapest meal plan for on-campus students is $949 per semester, extending upward to $2,013 per semester. These plans also include $300 in "flex dollars" which can be used at all on campus dining locations, convenience stores, and also starbucks.

Students can also use their Plus Account to eat at a few select off-campus restaurants, such as McDonald's or Fazoli's.

Religion and life-philosophy

Religious organizations

Listed below are some of the most popular, active, and/or relevant groups on the University of Kentucky's campus. For a more complete list of registered religious student groups refer to the University of Kentucky's Official Organization Database.

Jewish faith

• Jewish Student Organization/Hillel Foundation

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Christian Student Fellowship Building

Christian faith

• Baptist Campus Ministries
• Christian Student Fellowship
• Catholic Newman Center
• Fellowship of Catholic University Students
• Wesley Foundation

Islamic faith

• Muslim Student Association

Bahá'í faith

• Baha'i Association

Buddhism

• Buddhist Studies Group
• SGI Buddhist Student Association

Non-religious philosophy groups

• Secular Student Alliance

Campus recreation

The university provides several facilities for unwinding from the daily campus grind. The Johnson Center, a two-story structure located at South Campus, features basketball, volleyball, badminton, racketball, and wallyball courts, along with weight-lifting facilities, and rock climbing walls. It is also the home for some group fitness classes utilizing a large aerobics studio.

The Lancaster Aquatic Center, located next to the Johnson Center, opened in 1989 and features 10 lanes for lap swimming and has shallow space for other water activities.

The Seaton Center features facilities for basketball, volleyball, badminton, jogging, squash, table tennis, and racquetball.

Residence halls

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The North Campus residence halls, with downtown Lexington in the background.

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The Kirwan-Blanding residence halls complex.

Name	Location	Notes
Baldwin Hall	South Campus	Constructed in 2005. Co-ed.
Blanding I, II, III, IV, Tower	South Campus	This, along with the mirror-image Kirwan complex, is home to nearly 5,000 students, most of them freshmen. The Blanding Tower is 23 stories tall. All buildings are currently co-ed.
Blazer Hall	North Campus	Female-only dorm.
Boyd Hall	North Campus
Central Hall I & II	Central Campus	Opened in Fall 2013.
Champions Court I & II	North Campus	Under construction, will be completed by Fall 2014.
Donovan Hall	Central Campus	Female-only dorm.
Greg Page Apartments	South of Commonwealth Stadium
Haggin Hall	Central Campus	Male-only dorm. Demolished 2013. A new dorm scheduled to have the same name will be built at the site and will open in 2014.
Holmes Hall	North Campus	Co-ed dorm, although it has been female-only and male-only at different times in the past.
Ingels Hall	South Campus	Constructed in 2005. Co-ed.
Jewell Hall	North Campus
Keeneland Hall	North Campus	Co-ed dorm. Organized into two-room suites, with a bathroom in between.
Kirwan I, II, III, IV, Tower	South Campus	This, along with the Blanding complex, is home to nearly 5,000 students, most of them freshmen. The Kirwan Tower is 23 stories tall. Kirwan I is male-only; all others are co-ed.
Roselle Hall	North Campus	Constructed in 2005 and has yet to receive an official name. Co-ed.
Patterson Hall	North Campus	Co-ed dorm. Originally constructed as UK's first women's dormitory in 1904.
Smith Hall	South Campus	Constructed in 2005. Co-ed.
Woodland Glen I, II, III, IV, V	South Campus	Under construction, estimated to be completed by Fall 2014-2015.

The completion of New North Hall, Smith Hall, Baldwin Hall, and Ingels Hall mark the first time residential buildings were constructed on campus since 1979, when the Greg Page Apartments were completed, and the first traditional dormitories since the Kirwan-Blanding complex opened in 1967.

Campus safety

The university has suffered from a perception that the campus is unsafe. In a survey of 1000 female university students, conducted in spring 2004, 36.5% reported having been victims of rape, stalking, or physical assault while at the campus. Campus law enforcement statistics do not bear out these numbers, however, and it can be assumed either that many serious crimes go unreported or that the survey conclusions were erroneous.

In response to the survey, University President Lee T. Todd, Jr. launched an initiative in September 2005 titled the Campus Safety Imperative, which included a quadrupling of annual expenditures on safety. Todd specifically linked campus safety to the goal of becoming a top 20 public research institution, stating that "We will never make gains toward becoming a top-20 public research institution if our students are unsafe or if they lack a sense of physical security. It is part of our fundamental mission, then, to create a campus that provides a safe place to live, to work, and to learn."