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International students weigh in on the authenticity of local cuisines

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December 7, 2012

Chic Chicks: New year means new trends, opportunities

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December 7, 2012

HRL: PFT to be all female next fall

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November 30, 2012
Cheryl Williamson

March for Williamson set for Sunday, funeral Tuesday

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November 29, 2012
Cheryl Williamson

Students, faculty ‘have hope’ after shooting death

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November 27, 2012

Student killed after party in Louisville

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November 25, 2012

Thrift stores offer cheap gifts

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November 16, 2012

Electronics top Black Friday ads

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November 16, 2012
Rick Lawson, husband of 10 years to Trina Lawson, walks out of the memorial service held at WKU's Glasgow campus library. Lawson says there wasn't just one thing that drew him to Trina. "It was everything," Lawson said. "Her smile, her mad face shed give me, her laugh, the way we kid around all the time. We always made each other laugh."

Family remembers Lawson as a fighter

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October 26, 2012

Chic Chicks: Halloween should be one to remember

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October 26, 2012
Clay Smalley, a Group X fitness instructor, teaches a Cardio Craze aerobics class on Thursday at the Preston Center.

Fitness instructor pushes students outside of the classroom

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October 16, 2012

Former queens reminisce about their crowning moment

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October 16, 2012

Chic Chicks: Don’t fall for these fashion faux pas

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September 21, 2012

Chic Chicks: Look good, feel great

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August 31, 2012

New business works on wheels

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August 28, 2012

MOVIE REVIEW: Sparkle (2012)

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August 18, 2012
Celia Baker,  a junior biology and chemistry double major from Louisville, is a park ranger at Mammoth Cave National Park. “I mostly work the weekends. I love the people, all the history, and the cool places you get to go off the trails as an employee,” she said.

Students work as cave guides

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May 1, 2012
Bowling Green sophomore Meg Jones does homework for a class on Wednesday night in her home. Jones often stays up late due to her inability to sleep. “I’ll look at my phone and see that it’s three or five in the morning and I won’t be tired,” Jones said.

Insomnia affects student’s daily lifestyle

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April 27, 2012

Professor, students travel to chase severe weather

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April 24, 2012
Senior Kaci Kleeman of Santa Claus, Ind., begins her day by lifting weights at the Preston Center Thursday. Kleeman started weight training about a year ago. “I love the feeling of challenging myself and pushing myself until it hurts,” she said.

W is for Weight Trainer: Student inspire clients to get fit

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April 13, 2012
Nashville junior Mariah Tibbs practices with Amazing Tones of Joy, a student-led gospel choir that performs throughout the state, Tuesday at the Baptist Campus Ministry.

Student performs in gospel choir despite shy exterior

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April 13, 2012
The Easter Bunny, played by WKU freshman Kristina Johnson, Bowling Green, tries to get a high five from four-year-old Emma Carpenter Thursday afternoon in Greenwood Mall.

Student plays Easter Bunny at Greenwood Mall

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April 10, 2012

WKU alumni comedy duo base show on similar experiences

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April 3, 2012

Friend organizes race to remember WKU alumna

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March 27, 2012
Louisville senior Joia Talbott has been modeling since the fourth grade. Her biggest break so far is an appearance on the show Rip the Runway, which airs Wednesday on BET. “With hopefully more to come,” Talbott said.

WKU student stars in television fashion show

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March 20, 2012
CJ Johanson and his dog, Kumiko, an English Setter mix, share an innate bond. Johanson and his wife, WKU associate art professor Yvonne Petkus, have had Kumiko since 2005.

Professor mourns loss of dog after 14 years

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February 21, 2012
Tim Straubel, a professor of German, hugs his dog Maggie while Owen eats grass. ÒOwen, why are you doing that? WhatÕs with the grass today?Ó Straubel asked his dog.

Puppy love: bachelor instructor adopts puppy siblings

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February 17, 2012
Peter Hamburger, the head of the mathematics and computer science department, built a couch especially for his golden retriever, Lily. “I’ve had many dogs, but she’s by far the best,” he said. “She is my valentine.”

WKU professor lives in harmony with pup

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February 14, 2012
Bowling Green senior Frankie Smith is pursuing his dreams despite a speech disability. He graduates this year with a Design, Merchandising and Textiles degree and is taking a summer internship in New York City to break into the fashion business — proving wrong those who doubted him.

WKU student follows dream to NYC

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February 14, 2012
Bowling Green senior Chad Winston leads a Bible study before preaching at Cedar Grove Baptist Church in Brownsville, which is the only African American church in Edmonson County. Winston was ordained about a year-and-a-half ago. “I know how it is to be young, and us as young people need more guides than ever,” Winston said. “Tomorrow isn’t a promise. I feel why wait till the next day or when I’m older to do a task for God when I can do it now. Never put off or wait to do something because it could be too late.”

O is for Ordained: students use their voice for Christ

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February 3, 2012
Tina Harris, a 2002 graduate of WKU, is training for a 50-mile trail race in Chattanooga next December. “I run first and foremost for my Lord,” Harris said. “It is Him that blessed me with chance to survive and recover from three preeclamptic pregnancies. Maybe through what I’m trying to do, a life can saved.”

WKU grad trains for trail race

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January 31, 2012
Senior Agriculture Education major Bryan Sircy of Lafayette, Tenn., is participating in No Shave November. "Some of my friends were doing it and I decided I would try it for the first time," he said. Urban Dictionary defines No Shave November as the month in which you don't shave any hair of your body but instead you grow more bestial, brutish and manly.

Men accept No Shave November challenge

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November 29, 2011
Nancy Richey, a visual resource librarian, logs historical documents into the WKU archive. Richey has been an Assistant Professor of Library Special Collections at the Kentucky Library and Museum on campus for the last three years.

H is for Historian: Professors preserve past and present

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October 28, 2011
WKU alumna Laura Kathleen Planck is a former contestant on season nine of Lifetime’s Project Runway. “Being certain that what I am doing is something I feel passionate about, and you have to have your whole heart into it, because if you don’t there are what ifs and could haves and then you won’t be happy with what you produce,” Planck said of her experiences on the show.

Fashion Forward: WKU graduate finishes top five on Project Runway

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October 18, 2011
Alpha Phi Alpha brothers dance after performing in the Skee-Phi Yard Show in the Garrett Ballroom on Sept. 9. The yard show serves as a preview to the Homecoming step show.

Homecoming step show has ‘old school v. new school’ theme

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October 17, 2011

Sisters planning dance marathon at WKU

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September 26, 2011
Bowling Green senior Ann-Blair Thornton, crowned Miss Kentucky over the summer, visited the Bowling Green Chamber of Commerce last month.

Miss Kentucky prepares for next step

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September 16, 2011
Graduate students (from left to right) Jacqulynn Skaggs from Louisville,  Amelia Harshfield from Wichita, Kan., John Roberts, Scottsville, and Elcin Celik, Ankara, Turkey, started a tradition of eating a home cooked meal once a week together. The Hill House, which is part of WKU ALIVE Center and the Institute for Citizenship and Social Responsibility, houses each of the students.

Hill House creates second chance for neighborhood

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September 9, 2011
WKU Spirit Masters Alvin Farmer, Daniel Williams, Alex Kimura, Kaylee Egerer and Sarah Lowe catch up before their Spirit Masters meeting began this week on the third floor of Downing University Center. Spirit Masters are a group of leaders at WKU who volunteer on campus, give tours to potential students and help out with many other campus activities.

A is for Ambassador: Students serve as role models at WKU

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September 2, 2011

Comedy show organizers celebrate anniversary

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May 3, 2011
Somerset senior John Wright Polk is one of eight WKU students who organized a summer trip to do a sports camp in Cameroon, Africa. The trip is completely self-organized and was paid for partly by selling bracelets with Matthew 28:19-20 inscribed on them. The group will leave June 12 and return June 29.

Students organize sports camp for children in Africa

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April 29, 2011
Louisville junior Mary Williamson and Hartford senior Natosha Mulholland have been accepted to a prestigious veterinary school in London. Although the two women did not know each other well while students at WKU, they are planning to live together in London.

Students to attend veterinary school in London

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April 26, 2011
Logan Eckler of Covington, right, and Austin Tang of Bowling Green play a game of Magic: the Gathering on Sunday on the third floor of Florence Schneider Hall, the home of the Gatton Academy.

Gatton students finish high school with limited freedom

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April 19, 2011
Elephants perform during the last act of Friday's circus at Diddle Arena. The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus came to WKU for a three-day run. The show featured multiple animals, including lions and elephants.

Lions, tigers and elephants in Diddle, oh my

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March 29, 2011
Bowling Green sophomore Poorvie Patel signed up to donate bone marrow last November and has recently been paired with an anonymous match to receive her marrow. “I’m potentially the last hope to save this person’s life. I feel like it’s an obligation — there are no ifs, ands or buts,” Patel said.

In search for sister’s bone marrow donor, student finds match for someone else

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March 25, 2011
Associate psychology professor Tony Paquin got these tradtional skirts while serving in the Peace Corps in Tonga from 2002 to 2004. Paquin said the kiekie (pronounced “kia-kia”), a woven skirt, is a traditional women’s garment. The Ta’ovala, the rolled skirt, is traditionally for men.

A piece of the world: Peace Corps provides volunteers travel, service opportunities

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March 18, 2011

Students do spring break on a budget

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March 1, 2011
Alvaton junior Mitchell White, center, got his tattoo after pledging Fiji with a brother. Bowling Green senior Nick Slattery, left, and Bowling Green senior Endi Babi, right, got their WKU tattoos as part of a tradition of the WKU men's swim team. "We held each others hands when we got the tattoos," Babi said.

Inked with pride: School spirit more than skin-deep

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February 18, 2011
Owensboro junior Kate Douglas warms up her voice with her vocal coach, associate music professor Wayne Pope, in the fine arts center on Tuesday.

O is for Opera singer: Student sings out of her shell

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February 4, 2011
Nashville graduate student Mike Bowen is majoring in recreation and sport administration with an emphasis in outdoor leadership. Bowen, who has had outdoor training in Alaska and Patagonia, is an “Outdoor Facilitator” for WKU’s Outdoor Recreation Adventure Center. “My favorite thing about taking people outside is witnessing their new-found appreciation for the outdoors,” Bowen said.

L is for Leadership: Student learns leadership in ‘back country’

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December 3, 2010
Lexington senior Tabnie Dozier and Radcliff senior Rodney Webb said both his and her parents accept their relationship. But Webb has noticed people stare at them a lot. Once, he walked past a crowd of about 10 people, and at least seven of them were openly staring. "Staring at someone is just rude," Webb said.

WKU community discusses interracial, intercultural dating

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November 11, 2010

Student cooking up culinary businesses on WKU’s campus

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October 22, 2010
Members of the Sigma Nu and Delta Tau Delta fraternities and Sigma Kappa sorority dance in the third act of Shenanigans, a philanthropy event hosted by the Kappa Delta sorority at Van Meter Hall on Wednesday night. These three Greek organizations were named the winners of the event.

Greeks perform Shenanigans in new venue

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October 14, 2010
"I really don't monitor my actions," said senior Randy Palmer, 22, of Louisville. "I just do what pops in my head." Palmer said he alters most of his clothes as a hobby, because the body is the best canvas and clothes are an extension of it.

Senior student’s wardrobe shows passion for fashion

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September 17, 2010

Students get passport to fitness

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September 17, 2010

Dance company kicks off semester with free outdoor concert

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September 10, 2010
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