Members of Sigma Nu perform their “Nickelodeon Super Bowl” routine in Diddle Arena on Saturday. Performances are judged on creativity, originality, singing, overall performance and several other categories. Sigma Nu placed third this year for fraternities. (Photo by Lauren Howe)
From the Earth Day celebration, to the Greek Week tug, to the Queer Prom, the Hill was filled with life as the end of the semester edges near. Since the start of the school year, the Talisman photographers have captured moments around every corner of campus, documenting the slices of life that happen around us every day. This is last week’s recap.
WKU organizations and other local business gather together outside of DSU for the WKU Earth Day event on Friday. This event brings the campus and the Bowling Green community together. (Photo by Lauren Howe)Juniors Alyssa Aune (left) and Chloe Talley paint flowers on tote bags that were handed out during the WKU Earth Day event on Friday. “I love being outside, but my favorite thing is being out in the sun,” Talley said. (Photo by Lauren Howe)A community mosaic made from recycled glass is constructed for the WKU Earth Day event at Centennial Mall on Friday. The WKU Office of Sustainability hosted WKU Earth Day which took place from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. (Photo by Lauren Howe)WKU freshman nursing major Haley Saenz reads a book while sunbathing with her friends on Wednesday, April 17 at South Lawn. Saenz said she enjoys the warm spring weather. “I love it,” she said. “It’s the best time of year.” (Photo by Arthur H. Trickett-Wile)Members of the Alpha Gamma Delta “Tug” team work together to defeat their opponent. (Photo by Kayden Mulrooney)Junior criminology major Lawson May of Sigma Alpha Epsilon pulls on the rope at WKU’s “Tug” competition during Greek Week. (Photo by Kayden Mulrooney)Chi Omega spectators cheer on their sorority sisters at WKU’s “Tug” competition during Greek Week. (Photo by Kayden Mulrooney)Phi Mu “Tug” team members embrace each other after winning their match. The team won the third place trophy for sororities. (Photo by Kayden Mulrooney)Members of the Black Student Alliance create a mosh pit on the WKU South Lawn on Friday at the alliance’s cookout. (Photos by Cameron McKinney)Alex McReynolds flips and cooks chicken wings to provide food to the cookout held at the WKU South Lawn by the Black Student Alliance on Friday. (Photo by Cameron McKinney)Members of the Black Student Alliance create mosh pit on the WKU South Lawn on Friday at at the alliance’s cookout. Students danced and sang into the night to popular hip-hop and R&B songs. (Photos by Cameron McKinney)Kennedy Schaefer, Sommers Smith, Ally Bobb and Campbell Welch (left to right) perform for Alpha Xi Delta with their choreographed “Alvin & the Chipmunks” dance during Spring Sing on Saturday. Greek week is a time for the Greek community to show its passion for scholarship, service, leadership and brotherhood and sisterhood. (Photo by Lauren Howe)Members of the Spring Sing crowd show their love during Delta Tau Delta’s “Big Time Rush” performance for WKU Spring Sing in Diddle Arena on Saturday. Seating was on a first come, first serve basis with family seating in the front section of Diddle Arena. (Photo by Lauren Howe)Karlee Powell, sophomore and member of Alpha Delta Pi, dances during its “iCarly” performance for WKU Spring Sing in Diddle Arena on Saturday. This year, 24 fraternities and sororities competed in the Spring Sing event. (Photo by Lauren Howe)Members of Sigma Nu perform their “Nickelodeon Super Bowl” routine in Diddle Arena on Saturday. Performances are judged on creativity, originality, singing, overall performance and several other categories. Sigma Nu placed third this year for fraternities. (Photo by Lauren Howe)Tyson Volpi, a sophomore in Alpha Omicron Pi, gets tossed into the air during its “Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?” dance for WKU Spring Sing on Saturday. Members of each Greek chapter choreograph a five-to-seven minute routine to perform. “Greekelodeon” was the theme this year, taking after the popular TV network, Nickelodeon. (Photo by Lauren Howe)WKU’s Jess Folk (right), an associate professor of creative writing in the English department, dances with her wife, Nikki Koller, on Sunday at the third annual Queer Prom hosted by WKU Queer Student Union in Room 3020 of Downing Student Union. “We didn’t have anything like this when I was in high school or college,” Folk said. “I would’ve loved to have an opportunity to go to an event like this with someone I’d have been partnered with and be able to express ourselves in a way that was genuine for us to have that space to be joyful and full of life.” According to QSU public relations chair and prom committee head Corene Hopper, the event was organized as a way to give queer students access to an inclusive prom experience. “It’s important for queer people to have space to be out and proud on campus,” she said. (Photo by Arthur H. Trickett-Wile)Junior agriculture major Shepherd Grizzard sports a cane with flower decor on Sunday during the third annual Queer Prom hosted by the WKU Queer Student Union in Room 3020 of Downing Student Union. Grizzard, who won first place in the prom court for the night, says they have the cane for Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome. According to QSU public relations chair and prom committee head Corene Hopper, the theme for this year, “Whispers of the Garden,” came from the symbolism of flowers in the queer community. “Violets, lavender [and] green carnations have all been historically used [by queer people] to signify to other queer people that they are queer,” she said. (Photo by Arthur H. Trickett-Wile)Sophomore graphic design major Andrea Huley (left) dances with sophomore Ellery Brown on Sunday during the third annual Queer Prom hosted by the WKU Queer Student Union in Room 3020 of Downing Student Union. Brown said the pair went to the prom as friends. “I like to swing dance,” Brown said, “and (Hurley) likes to be whipped around on the dance floor like a wet noodle.” According to QSU public relations chair and prom committee head Corene Hopper, the event was organized as a way to give queer students access to an inclusive prom experience. “It’s important for queer people to have space to be out and proud on campus,” she said. (Photo by Arthur H. Trickett-Wile)
