3:00 PM I anxiously waited for my mom and sister to text me back. My older sister was going to come with us to the protests but she abruptly (and reasonably) decided she didn't feel safe going anymore. I was now trying to convince my mom to still let me go but with some swift words from my dad and sister, she didn't seem to have a problem with it. 3:15 PM I wish I could say my mom picked me up at this time but, no, of course, she didn’t. As I waited for her and my Lamplighter colleagues, Mike and Sloan, and I geared up with cameras, mics, and SD cards. Mrs. Turner, my adviser, said “If you, in your heart, feel un...

President Donald Trump held a campaign rally in Downtown Lexington on Monday, Nov. 4. He hoped to convince supporters to vote for Matt Bevin in the 2019 Kentucky gubernatorial race and campaign for the 2020 presidential election.  While many student journalists would be flocking to such a rally with dreams of writing the perfect news story, we decided not to attend because even though the experienc...