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DELO scholars requesting bras for Cuba

Maciena Justice
December 4, 2012
Adam Gilbert, a labbie in Mass Media, said the best part of the job is “being able to get all my homework done and actual work done.” 

L is for labbie: Student workers maintain computer centers

Maciena Justice
November 30, 2012

WKU faculty, students react to Ghost Hunters probe

Maciena Justice
November 27, 2012
Charlotte, N.C , sophomore Jesse Roy is a kicker on WKU's football team. “I knew my senior year of high school that if I wanted to kick in college I had to send my stuff out there,” Roy said.

K is for Kicker: Punter anticipates the game defining moment

Maciena Justice
November 16, 2012
The Twisted Tap is the new home for drag shows. The first show will be Saturday, Nov. 3 at 11 p.m. with auditions taking place at 5 p.m.

Drag is Back: Shows start Saturday at Twisted Tap

Maciena Justice
November 2, 2012

Professor worked odd jobs to survive grad school

Maciena Justice
October 30, 2012
Friday will mark the 15th anniversary since Don Vest, 38, said goodbye to his mother. Ester Vest passed away after battling multiple forms of cancer. In honor of his mother, Vest has started a Relay for Life team through which he hopes to raise $5,000.

Student honors mother with Relay team

Maciena Justice
October 26, 2012
Bowling Green senior Taylor White holds a keychain given to her when she signed up to join the bone marrow donor registry.

Student waits to donate bone marrow

Maciena Justice
October 16, 2012
After three years of performing as drag king Sammie Luvv, Nashville senior Simone Lampkin talks about the recent closing of Ellis Place, where she and the drag community performed. “I miss it right now,” Lampkin said. “Ellis Place is where Sammie was born. If it wasn’t for Ellis Place I wouldn’t have been able to grow.”

Student questions future of Cabaret

Maciena Justice
October 12, 2012
Louisville senior Jordan Pitney, a fashion major, has a dream to own his own clothing line. "I want people to look good because when someone looks good, they feel good too."

F is for Fashion designer: For student, fashion is way of life

Maciena Justice
October 12, 2012
Charita Moyers said she loves who she works for: the students. "I watch them grow, listen to them if they broke up with their boyfriend or girlfriend."

Before I Was: Moyers energizes WKU

Maciena Justice
October 2, 2012
RUF Intern Caroline Royal, Macon, Ga., leads a girls-only Bible study on Thursday afternoon. RUF holds a Bible study for both men and women on Thursdays.

RUF aims to be safe place to define beliefs

Maciena Justice
September 21, 2012

MOVIE REVIEW: Snow White and the Huntsman (2012)

Maciena Justice
September 20, 2012
A Google Maps Street View team visited the WKU campus last week to capture images of athletic facilities and other buildings.

Campus map to be available on Google

Maciena Justice
September 14, 2012
Machala Wells a sophomore photojournalism and biology major at WKU is also a member of the Choral Society at WKU. "I have been in chorus since I was three," said Machala.  

Student sings for expression

Maciena Justice
August 31, 2012
Senior Sebastian Kearney, of Simpsonville, has been acting since the age of 7 and will be in the upcoming production of "Les Liaisons Dangereuses" later this semester. " It reminds me of childhood, when you could just be whoever you wanted to be. One day you were a cowboy, the next a spaceman. It's innocent fun." says Kearney about acting. 

A is for Actor: Student found acting at age 7

Maciena Justice
August 31, 2012
Study abroad ambassador Nate Hovee shoots footage of the Eiffel Tower for his collaborative journalism class in June. Hovee traveled to Paris for the course taught by WKU professor Kerry Northrup.

Student customizes education through study abroad program

Maciena Justice
August 28, 2012
Bike4Alz is biking from International Falls, Minn., to Key West, Fla., over the course of two months this summer in order to raise money for Alzheimer’s.The group members pictured are (front from left) Josh Amos, John WIlliam Owen, (back from left) Austin Lanter, Ben Harris, Dylan Ward and Will Garcia. They have ridden bikes all their lives, but it wasn’t until they decided to go on this trip that any of them purchased road bikes or began training for a long-distance trip.

Bike4Alz ride ends after 59 days, $65,000 raised for Alzheimer’s research

Maciena Justice
July 24, 2012
Gatton Academy junior Samuel Dong, 15, talks on the phone to his father after the WKU Student Research Conference March 24 in Gary Ransdell Hall. Samuel’s mother, Lin Q Fan, and his brother, Matthew Dong, came to watch his presentation on cell phone security. The next day, his mother and brother took him out to lunch with friends for his 15th birthday.

Youngest Gatton Academy student tackles college

Maciena Justice
May 4, 2012

Dangerous ‘Cinnamon Challenge’ hits WKU

Maciena Justice
April 27, 2012
WKU alumna Elizabeth Easton Forbes of Bowling Green has been doing apiculture for three years, collecting bees and maintaining them in their honey bee colonies. 150 people attended the screening of the 2009 documentary “Vanishing of the Bees” that she hosted Friday in Mass Media Auditorium.

Beekeeper turns hobby into educational experience

Maciena Justice
April 24, 2012

Invisible Children cover Bowling Green on Friday

Maciena Justice
April 22, 2012

WKU students plant garden in local park

Maciena Justice
April 10, 2012
Alexandria sophomore Keith Pennington has been playing the violin since he was 8 years old. Now, 12 years later, he is a music education major and is giving lessons.

V is for Violinist: Student pursues lifelong dream

Maciena Justice
April 6, 2012

WKU alumna publishes fourth vampire novel

Maciena Justice
March 27, 2012

Fraternity uses corn hole to raise violence awareness

Maciena Justice
March 19, 2012
Big Red makes debut on Ellen on Monday

Big Red makes debut on Ellen on Monday

Maciena Justice
February 28, 2012

WKU student interns for NASA as engineer

Maciena Justice
February 28, 2012
Senior anthropology major Jack LeSieur does field research in his hometown of Brownsville as part of his Anthropology Stewardship Class. His research includes mapping the remains of a church that was built in 1925, and his findings will be presented at the WKU Student Research Conference.

WKU student preserves artifacts of Kentucky history

Maciena Justice
January 27, 2012
Jessica May of Madisonville and Tyler Miller of Glasgow are third-semester nursing students and started dating during their second semester. “Both of our grades have gotten better since we started dating,” May said. “We always study together.”

N is for Nurse: Students learn to care for and heal others

Maciena Justice
January 26, 2012
After retiring from the military, Jeff Meo, the owner of Meo’s Collection, came across Bowling Green while kayaking down the Green River. He decided it was the place for him to retire. Meo now owns and runs his own store in the square. “I like to travel, and I like to collect, and I like people,” Meo said. “I started this store as a chance to meet people and have fun.”

Local gift shop supports Kentucky

Maciena Justice
December 6, 2011

Unhappy WKU grads search for jobs after school

Maciena Justice
December 6, 2011
Bob Karrick, dressed as Santa Claus, handed out candy canes Friday to the sisters of Alpha Omicron Pi and other attendees of the National Corvette Museum’s second Holiday Bash.

Patrons support city through Holiday Bash

Maciena Justice
December 6, 2011

Event to benefit 22 charities

Maciena Justice
November 29, 2011

Students write letters to raise money for hospital

Maciena Justice
October 31, 2011
Louisville senior Zack Martin passes back the lighter he borrows from Lewisport junior Ilea Schneider outside of the Snell Hall. "There is nothing good about it," said Martin about social smoking. "I've only been smoking for three months. One turned into a pack." Schneider started smoking at age 15 because her dad smoked, but she wishes she could quit.

WKU students smoke socially at work, school

Maciena Justice
October 28, 2011
In the marksmanship class located within the Department of Kinesiology, Recreation and Sport, Bowling Green junior Marilyn Kallstrom takes aim at her target. “I had actually never seen a gun before,” Kallstrom said. “I actually like it a lot.”

G is for Guns: Assistants work together to run marksmanship class

Maciena Justice
October 21, 2011

Twenty competing for 2011 Homecoming Queen crown

Maciena Justice
October 17, 2011
Freshmen Choudy Teau of Cambodia practices playing the guzheng — one of the four instruments that students learned about at a Chinese Music club meeting.

WKU Chinese Music club grows in popularity

Maciena Justice
September 27, 2011
The Gott family was recognized as the Family of the Year during halftime at the WKU football game in Houchens Smith Stadium on Sept. 17, 2011. Emily Gott, sophomore from Bowling Green, KY. nominated her family for the award.

Family of the year calls WKU home

Maciena Justice
September 20, 2011
Franklin freshman George Noe came to the Hill to pursue a degree in Environmental Health with assistance from the GI Bill. Noe, who served in the U.S. Army’s 78th Maintenance Company in Germany in 1982, is involved with VeteransUpward Bound, a campus program designed to help veterans returning to school.

WKU program helps veterans adjust before college

Maciena Justice
September 16, 2011
People poll: Where were you on 9/11 and what do you remember?

People poll: Where were you on 9/11 and what do you remember?

Maciena Justice
September 9, 2011

WKU students assist police’s search for human bones

Maciena Justice
September 6, 2011
Western Leaders help direct freshmen Sunday as they receive schedules at the Preston Center. More than 2,000 incoming studnets arrived on campus for M.A.S.T.E.R. Plan.

Western Leaders make difference for WKU’s incoming students

Maciena Justice
August 24, 2011
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