WKU freshman exercise science major and Sigma Phi Epsilon member Charlie Hanson leaps out of a dunk-tank on Monday Feb. 26, 2024 at Centennial Mall on campus in Bowling Green, Ky. Hanson’s fraternity is offering passers-by a paid chance to dunk members for the greek-life Penny Wars competition to raise money for the Boys and Girls Club of Bowling Green. “[It was] pretty chilly—I won’t lie,” Hanson said. (Photo by Arthur H. Trickett-Wile)
The thrill of victory follows the agony of defeat. A tough loss in the men’s basketball home-closer, and a nail-biter win for women’s tennis. Greek fundraising, and students, fashionable as ever, don costumes and makeup on stage and on-camera. Your faithful photogs, as always, shooting to score.
Western Kentucky University seniors and fashion merchandising majors Anna Lawson, left, and Rhiannon Cherolis add the finishing touches to the stage decorations before the “Life Is Your Runway: Pure Imagination” fashion show began on Monday, Feb. 26. This event was hosted by an interior design and fashion merchandising class and showcased several fashion looks. “The fashion show was extremely fun because it allowed me to grow closer with my classmates. It was long hours but seeing it all together and hearing everyone’s positive feedback is something I’ll never forget,” Lawson said. (Photo by Myah Griffin)Skylar Finley walks on the runway in the “Life Is Your Runway: Pure Imagination” event on Monday, Feb. 26 in the Downing Student Union auditorium. (Photo by Gabriel Milby)Senior guard Khristian Lander (left) narrowly misses a rebound during WKU’s final men’s basketball home game against Louisiana Tech on Wednesday, Feb. 28, resulting in the ball hitting his opponent on the head. The Hilltoppers lost 90-84. (Photo by Kayden Mulrooney)
WKU head coach Steve Lutz debates a call with the referee during the game against Louisiana Tech on Wednesday, Feb. 28, the final home game of the season at Diddle Arena. WKU lost 90-84. (Arthur H. Trickett-Wile)
WKU’s Don McHenry (left) attempts to block a pass by LA Tech’s Sean Newman Jr. on Wednesday, Feb. 28 during the final home game of the season at Diddle Arena. WKU lost 90-84, with 13 points scored by McHenry. (Arthur H. Trickett-Wile)
WKU’s Khristian Lander (left) autographs a basketball for 12-year-old WKU fan Brayden Geralds from Tompkinsville on Wednesday, Feb. 28, after losing the final home game of the season against Louisiana Tech in Diddle Arena. WKU lost 90-84, with 14 points by Lander. “I’m just upset we came out with a loss,” said Geralds. (Arthur H. Trickett-Wile)Richard Worden sits in a front row seat at Diddle Arena after the WKU vs. Louisiana Tech men’s basketball game on Wednesday, Feb. 28. Worden was waiting on two of his grandchildren as they told the basketball team good game and that the team played well. (Photo by Preston Jenkins)WKU Delta Zeta sisters cheer on their friends as they sing a duet on stage on Friday during Midnight on the Hill at the Knicely Conference Center on south campus in Bowling Green, Ky. “It’s so much fun—we’re having a great time,” said Delta Zeta sister Lauren Carneal (far left), a senior communications disorders major at WKU. The 6-hour event, featuring a wide variety of games and activities, serves as the finale for Midnight on the Hill’s year-long fundraiser for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. According to executive director Loretta Newton—an Alpha Gamma Delta sister and senior-year dental hygiene major at WKU—the organization is the top collegiate fundraise for St. Jude’s, with a final tally of around $145,000 raised last year. (Arthur H. Trickett-Wile)WKU freshman finance major and Phi Gamma Delta member Andrew Crosley smashes a car with a sledgehammer on Friday during Midnight on the Hill at the Knicely Conference Center on South Campus. “It’s been fun. I’m having a good time with all my friends,” Crosley said. The 6-hour event, featuring a wide variety of games and activities, was the finale for Midnight on the Hill’s year-long fundraiser for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. According to executive director Loretta Newton, an Alpha Gamma Delta member and senior dental hygiene major at WKU, the organization is the top collegiate fundraiser for St. Jude’s with a final tally of around $145,000 raised last year. (Arthur H. Trickett-Wile)Noel Baskin applies make up to Patrick Echols face on set in downtown Bowling Green before they start filming the next scene of “How to Escape in Under Ten Minutes,” directed by Shea Gobel, on Sunday. Echols played the part of a successful bank robber while he is chased by police. The film’s production will count as credits towards a WKU film class where seniors put a film together. (Photo by Lindsey McIntosh)WKU’s Rachel Hermanova returns the ball to Belmont’s Vesa Gjinaj on Saturday at the Warren County Tennis Facility at Michael O. Buchanon Park in Bowling Green. Hermanova lost her match 2-0, but WKU went on to win the day 4-3 overall. (Arthur H. Trickett-Wile)WKU’s Sofia Blanco cries with her teammates after winning her match against Belmont’s Anastasiya Zholdakova on Saturday at the Warren County Tennis Facility at Michael O. Buchanon Park in Bowling Green. Sofia won her match in the tiebreaker round, and WKU went on to win 4-3 overall. “Being able to clinch for your team after a really tough match is a great feeling,” Blanco said. “I fought every single point, and I think the key was to never give up.” (Arthur H. Trickett-Wile)
