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Kentuckians on probation

A look into Kentucky’s court-supervised class

Andrew Critchelow
May 8, 2017

A Q&A with Bassh’s Jimmy Brown

Andrew Critchelow
May 1, 2017

Local web series premiers pilot episode

Andrew Critchelow
April 24, 2017
Amanda Crawford (left) and Robert Tobias (right) of the band Former Friends of Young Americans perform at the Bands for Refugees on Saturday at Tidballs. Local bands played at Tidballs to show support for refugees, with all profits going toward the International Center of Kentucky.

Local artists perform to raise money for refugees

Kalee Chism
April 19, 2017

Nationally-recognized humorist to visit WKU

Andrew Critchelow
April 19, 2017

Campus Poker Walk encourages students to be active

Kalee Chism
April 17, 2017
Eric Thomas, 21, is the founder of Hillside Drum Company, a company that produces Cajon hand drums. Thomas said he began making drums when he broke one he currently had and was thinking of a less expensive way to replace it. Thomas is a senior majoring in marketing with a music minor.

WKU student creates drum company

Andrew Critchelow
April 17, 2017
Jean Secrest, of Bowling Green is the board of director for the Humane Society. Secrest brought down a few of the dogs from the Humane Society for National Volunteer week. Students walk by petting the dogs, making toys for the dogs out of shirts, and hearing about other upcoming events throughout the week.

WKU kicks off volunteer week with dogs

Andrew Critchelow
April 17, 2017
In Flux is a group of artist who are students at WKU. The artwork is featured at SKyPAC in their main gallery. They are the WKUs league of sculptors. The artist consist of many skills including painters, illustrators, ceramicists, printmakers, video artist, and photographers. Art director Jessica Snodgrass helped guide the students when she can and has been working their for 2 and half years as the art director.

New exhibit celebrates WKU’s artistic community

Andrew Critchelow
April 10, 2017

Event Calendar

Andrew Critchelow
April 5, 2017
Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Human Rights for Honors College, Dr. Sam McFarland, is currently working on an American Psychological Association Task Report that will go to the American Psychological Association to inform individuals about human rights.

Former professor hones on human rights

Kalee Chism
April 4, 2017
Melanie Evans, coordinator for judicial affairs, Gary Ransdell, and Student Government Association president Jay Todd Richey, listen as attorney general Andy Beshear gives a speech at the sexual assault prevention month event on March 27, 2017 in Downing Student Union. This event was held to kick off the month full of events that raise awareness for sexual assault, and for Ransdell and Beshear to speak out about the prevention of sexual assault and the actions they are taking to help with that. 

Event raises awareness of sexual assault

Andrew Critchelow
March 27, 2017

A Q & A with novelist Silas House

Andrew Critchelow
March 22, 2017

Q & A with indie forefather, musician Calvin Johnson

Andrew Critchelow
March 20, 2017

New club on campus encourages political debate

Kalee Chism
March 20, 2017

Q & A with indie forefather, musician Calvin Johnson

Andrew Critchelow
March 9, 2017

International students join public speaking club

Andrew Critchelow
March 7, 2017
WKU Juniors Lyric Davis, from Kansas City, Mo. (left) and Durwan Green, from Dallas, Texas (right) perform a duo interpretation of Things Never Said by Charles Murray during the Black Excellence Exposition hosted by WKU Forensics on Feb. 28. The piece aimed to highlight the plight of domestic abuse experienced at higher rates by African American women.

Forensics team celebrates black excellence

Kalee Chism
March 6, 2017

Spooky Tales from WKU’s Residence Halls

Andrew Critchelow
February 28, 2017

Housing Blues? Here’s 5 Albums to Help

Andrew Critchelow
February 28, 2017

Read-in commemorates black history

Kalee Chism
February 23, 2017
Selena Travis, 12, and her mother Vella Mae Travis, 43, focus on their instructor, Kevin Taylor, at the Womens Self Defense Workshop at Kentucky Grapplers on February 18th, 2017. I think its important for every woman to know how to protect themselves, said Vella Mae Travis.

Local martial arts school hosts self-defense workshop

Andrew Critchelow
February 21, 2017
Drew Rogers, tests the maturity of a wine in his home in Smiths Grove, Ky. where he and his wife, Jessica, are fermenting wines for their business Bluegrass Vineyard. I lived in France for a semester in high school and got an appreciation for it,” Drew said.

Local winery prepares to take on the spring season

Kalee Chism
February 16, 2017
Sumner Franklin (on left), from UK, takes a punch to the face from Miguel Brarzey, from WKU, at the Sigma Chi Fraternity Fight Night in the Sloan Conventions Center on Feb. 10, 2017. Franklin ended up winning the match.

WKU fraternities throw blows for cancer research

Andrew Critchelow
February 14, 2017

Event Calender

Andrew Critchelow
February 9, 2017
Martha Sales talks to attendees of the first chapter of her presentation series titled Loving While Black on Tuesday in DSU. Just because youve been a victim, doesnt mean you have to stay one. said Sales. The series will discuss the importance of real love and what it takes to have healthy relationships.

Students talk about love at ISEC event

Andrew Critchelow
February 8, 2017
Community members hold candles at the Bowling Green Massacre Remembrance Gathering Feb. 3, 2016. Organizer Justin Swindle, 27, said it all began as a joke with friends. It somehow got super popular, Swindle said, so we tried to make it matter by collecting donations. Donations will be given to the International Center of Kentucky.

Bowling Green residents commemorate ‘massacre’

Andrew Critchelow
February 7, 2017
Allison Taylor, mother of a 3-year-old son, poses in Bowling Greens Town Square. Allison is currently raising funds through a go-fund-me profile to start a food truck for her Little Fox Bakery. Allison worked at Spencers Coffee as their baker for 3 years, and has now decided that its time to go out on her own. Allison wants to broaden the horizons of the Bowling Green food scene, through her unique and innovative recipes. Allison noted that there arent many food trucks out and about currently. Bowling Green has been changing rapidly and I think it needs that, she explained.

Local bakery brings a new addition to the Bowling Green food scene

Kalee Chism
February 7, 2017

WKU online programs recognized in annual ranking

Andrew Critchelow
January 31, 2017

WKU professor bares his bones in new book

Andrew Critchelow
January 31, 2017

Skeleton’s Lair reopens for its winter event

Andrew Critchelow
January 26, 2017
**BATCH CAPTION** Chris Karraker, owner of Blue Holler brewery, has been working at his business for two years. We try to do a fundraiser every month because its the community that keeps us alive so we try to give back, said Karraker. ** END OF BATCH CAPTION**

Brewery supply serves up fundraiser for non-profit

Andrew Critchelow
January 26, 2017

Luncheon opens discussion on gender and women’s studies

Kalee Chism
November 14, 2016
Luke Akridge, 27, a WKU computer science major and web developer for WKUs IT Department, attends an ASL costume party on Tuesday, October 25, 2016.

ASL organization hosts deaf culture event for Halloween

Kalee Chism
October 26, 2016
Princeton junior Kate Hart, left, and Bowling Green junior Cindy Gomez apply stickers onto Tell City, Indiana, sophomore Mercedes Mendez at the Hispanic Heritage Festival on Thursday, Oct. 13, at Centennial Mall. The stickers resemble face paintings traditionally worn on Day of the Dead, a Mexican holiday celebrated every October. Mendez takes pride in her Mexican heritage and said she wants to share her culture with others. 

HOLAS hosts annual festival, brings diversity and education

Kalee Chism
October 17, 2016

Bring Back the Music: an old-time jam session

Kalee Chism
October 12, 2016

Professor publishes book on the colonization of Hawaii

Kalee Chism
September 26, 2016

Theatre department kicks off semester with Shakespeare

Kalee Chism
September 21, 2016
Versailles freshman Rebekah Alvey, left, Loretto freshman Kelly Peterson, center, and Owensboro freshman Sophia Blair, right, take a picture in front of the Before I Die wall during the Happy Daze event hosted by ATO on Friday, Sept. 9 outside of Downing Student Union.

Alpha Tau Omega’s philanthropy week offers Happy Daze

Kalee Chism
September 12, 2016
Bowling Green senior Patrick Neumann is the captain of the WKU Shooting Sports club.

Shooting team ready for first competitions

Kalee Chism
September 7, 2016

Cirque, orchestra show coming to Bowling Green

Kalee Chism
August 24, 2016

Omega Psi Phi set to unveil new monument

Kalee Chism
August 22, 2016

The best 3 albums of April

Andrew Critchelow
May 5, 2016

Running Club sprints off to a start this semester

Kalee Chism
April 21, 2016

Listen to This – Three albums to be excited about this year

Andrew Critchelow
April 21, 2016
Jessie Houk, a freshman at WKU, danced during Greek week Spring Sing with her sorority Alpha Omicron Pi in their performance of Hogwarts. The girls choreographed and preformed the dance on stage in front of a huge crowd in E.A. Diddle Arena on April 17, 2016. Lex Selig/HERALD

Greek Week starts on high note with Spring Sing

Kalee Chism
April 19, 2016
Chiochella

Chi Omega to host Coachella-themed philanthropy event

Kalee Chism
April 7, 2016
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March’s top three new releases

Andrew Critchelow
April 7, 2016

Shopping for a good cause

Kalee Chism
March 29, 2016
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Residence halls collaborate to host carnival

Kalee Chism
March 29, 2016

Three albums to listen to when you’re home alone

Andrew Critchelow
March 28, 2016
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Three of February’s best album releases

Andrew Critchelow
March 24, 2016
(Above: One of the photos displayed in the gallery)Charlie Long moved to Frankfort with his wife when he was 20 and went to school to be a barber. After 50 years, he still works in the same barber shop in the Eastwood Shopping Center in Frankfort, Kentucky. Matt Lunsford/HERALD

Mountain Workshops gallery opens in Mass Media

Kalee Chism
March 1, 2016
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Listen to This: Three essential albums for Black History Month

Andrew Critchelow
February 25, 2016
Lacey Graham, 19, a Elizabethtown sophomore and broadcast major was crowned miss teen Kentucky United States. She got into pageantry when she was 16 and walked into a salon and the hair stylist recommended it. I was reluctant, At first I never thought I would do one but I did said Graham. Graham has won Miss Kentucky Fair and Miss Teen Kentucky United States. The scoring of Miss Teen Kentucky United States is 25 percent swimsuit, 25 percent evening gown, 25 percent interview and 25 percent on stage question. Graham was most nervous about the on stage question. Michael Noble Jr./HERALD

All Hail The Queen: Kentucky selects Hilltopper as pageant queen

Kalee Chism
February 18, 2016
Chuck Winstead, a freshman from Owensboro, is studying mechanical engineering. He and his dog Puck can be regularly spotted around campus or found relaxing in his dorm room playing guitar. Winstead has had two leader dogs since he has been on campus, a black lab named Topper and a yellow lab named Puck, which make his travels around campus much easier. Lex Selig/HERALD

Canine Companions: Service animals have diverse roles

Kalee Chism
February 16, 2016
Ms. Nowetu Luti, the Charge dAffaires of the Embassy of South Africa, speaks to a crowd at Grise Auditorium on the legacy of the late Nelson Mandela. The students here must pursue the goals of their country and of themselves...education is the best weapon. Gabriel Scarlett/HERALD

South African embassy official speaks at Grise

Kalee Chism
February 12, 2016
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Listen to This – January’s top three new release standouts

Andrew Critchelow
February 11, 2016
For the third consecutive year, WKU students attended the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, in mid-January. The students completed classwork before the trip and spent the six-day duration of the trip networking and attending film screenings. Photo submitted by Michael Corrigan

Winter term gives students firsthand experience with films

Kalee Chism
February 2, 2016
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Listen to This – Reflecting on a legend: 4 essential albums by David Bowie

Andrew Critchelow
January 28, 2016
Andi Dahmer, a freshman from Louisville, was selected as one of the five candidates chosen to be in the Kentucky Derby Royal Court, a program comprised of a few girls selected from Kentucky and southern Indiana who serve as ambassadors for the festival. Dammer was chosen out of 28 finalists and 147 total applicants. Submitted Photograph from Andi Dahmer

WKU student selected as Derby Festival princess

Kalee Chism
January 26, 2016
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Listen to This – The seven best albums of the year

Andrew Critchelow
December 3, 2015
Olive Hill sophomore Alexandria Knipp has been accepted to a U.S. Foreign Service internship from the State Department. She will spend 10 weeks in Washington, D.C., this coming summer and 10 weeks abroad in the summer of 2017. She hopes to go to Iraq in the summer of 2017. Im interested in painting a different picture of American foreign policy abroad, Knipp says. Many countries feel America is trying to impose Western values and ideals on Arab nations. Matt Lunsford/HERALD

Student is crossing borders with an elite scholarship

Kalee Chism
December 1, 2015

Students are making waves with WKU athletics

Kalee Chism
December 1, 2015
Senior Austin Clark, 22, of Frankfort and Financial Planning poses a for a portrait on Friday 13, 2015 in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Clark suffers from Leber congenital amaurosis, an eye disorder that primarily affects the retina and specifically the tissue at the back of the eye that detects light and color. He was born blind, started taking braille classes in second grade. “Getting people to realize I’m not mentally challenged I’m fully capable of doing normal things,” said Clark when asked about his biggest challenges. Clark is thankful for his twin brother and service dog Almanor for getting him from place to place. Michael Noble Jr./HERALD

Visually impaired student lacks sight, not might

Andrew Critchelow
November 17, 2015
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Listen to This – Great albums released by Kentuckians

Andrew Critchelow
November 12, 2015
From left: Junior Jubilee Sneed from Glasgow, sophomore Morgan Stevens from Somerset, junior Ethan Corder from Charlestown, Ind., and sophomore Ethan Mitchell from Hendersonville, Tenn., play a game in which Sneed and Mitchell perform hand gestures for Stevens and Corder on Saturday in Gordon Wilson Hall. The game was part of the Happy Gas Improv special performance in honor of Ryan Kemp, a member who recently passed away.

WKU improv group honors fallen alumnus

Andrew Critchelow
November 10, 2015
Louisville sophomore Riley Morrissey performs Little Red Riding Hood during a dress rehearsal for Into the Wood on Tuesday at the Fine Arts Center. Shaban Athuman/HERALD

Students set to perform ‘Into the Woods’

Kalee Chism
November 5, 2015

Charity fest to bring warmth through song

Andrew Critchelow
November 5, 2015
Alex Lougz Gee Gee, left, jokes with his rap partner Matt Rosario Vicente at their engineer’s house during a recording session Saturday. Michael Noble Jr./HERALD

Rosario, Lougz Gee rap duo drop their first mixtape

Kalee Chism
November 3, 2015
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Listen to This – Three albums from October you should be listening to

Andrew Critchelow
October 29, 2015

Workshop series to support student involvement

Kalee Chism
October 27, 2015

Public welcomed to local farms throughout October

Kalee Chism
October 22, 2015
Bill Vincent plays his guitar during the Bluegrass Jams on Thursday, Oct. 15 at the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge in Bowling Green. Vincent has been participating in the jam session for the past two years. Shaban Athuman/HERALD

Barber, musician celebrates 50 years of business

Andrew Critchelow
October 20, 2015
Sophomore Brandy Neelly recently made it to the Top 15 on “American Idol” during the show’s Hollywood Week.” Since leaving the show, Neelly has become the lead vocalist of the Brandy Neelly Band and is learning how to balance her social life and school life as a musician.

From ‘American Idol’ contestant to college student, rising star settles on the Hill

Kalee Chism
October 13, 2015

Broadway musical to light up SKyPAC’s stage

Kalee Chism
October 8, 2015
Sophomore Maggie Sullivan from Louisville participated in the Study Away program in Washington, D.C. Photo Submitted by Maggie Sullivan

Study Away offers a nontraditional academic experience

Kalee Chism
October 6, 2015

Award-winning author to culturally enhance WKU tonight

Andrew Critchelow
October 6, 2015

Spirits at the Depot: Bowling Green’s toast to a good cause

Andrew Critchelow
September 24, 2015
WKU senior Katie Knight, middle, of Bowling Green attempts to form a wall with her teammates in order to block the jammer from the Western Kentucky Rockin Rollers during the derby bout. When Knight isnt competing in the ring, she can be found at campus studying music, anthropology and art history. Matt Lunsford/HERALD

Bowling Green roller queens take to the track

Kalee Chism
September 24, 2015
Zach Lindsey, bass guitarist and backup vocalist for Mona, plays with the band during their set at the second annual Big To Do music festival, Saturday at Edge Hill Farms in Oakland. Matt Lunsford/HERALD

Q&A with Nashville-based band Mona on Big To-Do performance

Andrew Critchelow
September 22, 2015
Tompkinsville senior Evan Brown studied abroad in Amsterdam this summer. Photo submitted by Evan Brown

Toppers Tour Around the World: Amsterdam

Kalee Chism
September 17, 2015

Big To-Do Festival returns to Bowling Green

Andrew Critchelow
September 17, 2015
Destiny Stark, right, of Providence, Kentucky embraces her friend Dani Chavis, 21, of Belleville, Illinois, after Chavis, along with other women, was inducted into the new Delta Zeta sorority during their inaugural bid day, Sunday, Sept. 13. Stark acted as a Friends of Delta Zeta (FODZ) which is a position for friends, administrators and other greek members to support the induction of the new members. Katie Roberts/HERALD

WKU welcomes the first Delta Zeta pledge class

Kalee Chism
September 15, 2015

WKU PBS: a hidden gem in the broadcasting department

Kalee Chism
September 10, 2015

Newgrass star Sam Bush returns to Bowling Green

Andrew Critchelow
September 10, 2015
Tim Pennington, right, of Cave City plays with his daughters, four-year-old Khloe Pennington, center, and 11-year-old Adrianna Pennington, left, Saturday at Jacksons Orchard. The Penningtons visited the orchard to pick apples and play on the playground. 

AppleFest: a sweet beginning to autumn

Andrew Critchelow
September 8, 2015
Louisville sophomore Breanna Carter. 

Toppers Tour Around the World: “Where Dreams Come True”

Kalee Chism
September 3, 2015

Dining on the Hill: Students with restrictions want more options

Kalee Chism
September 3, 2015
Customers take advantage of the open air patio at White Squirrel Brewery on Broadway in Bowling Green on Tuesday. The bar and restaurant opened over four months ago and is finding its taps flowing and seats occupied on a nightly basis. 

White Squirrel Brewery: crafting Bowling Green’s nightlife

Andrew Critchelow
September 3, 2015
Ed Griffin of Tuscaloosa, Ala., owner of Griff’s Deli and PopWorks, discusses popsicle flavors with employee Cassady Puckett of Bowling Green. Over 700 popsicles are made daily using Micah Griffins homemade recipes. 

Pop Art: Popular pop stand expands

Kalee Chism
August 27, 2015
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