"The decision marks a careful line in the sand for UK: 'The University may find The Kernel's ORA requests burdensome and intrusive or even ill-advised but the University is not authorized to decide what public records must be disclosed and what records can lawfully be withheld.'

"That's an important ideal in our state: That although the University of Kentucky is a vastly powerful and important flagship institution, it is still accountable to the public whose tax and tuition dollars brought it into being and operate it still."