WKU freshman mechanical engineering major Dallas Krueger (top) and freshman exploratory major Hanna Chancellor laugh in their hammocks on Monday, Feb. 5 at Centennial Mall. Chancellor says she and her fellow hammock-goers got out of class early and decided to spend the afternoon on the lawn together. “It’s great,” she says. “I’m loving it.” (Photo by Arthur H. Trickett-Wile)
GALLERY: Lunar New Year, a Special Olympics game and more
Hilltoppers are settling into their routines as we enter the fifth week of school. During the week, WKU’s Chinese Flagship students celebrated the Lunar New Year, members of the Best Buddies program participated in a Special Olympics basketball game, WKU Dance students took to the stage to perform in the annual Dance Project and more. The Talisman photographers were there to capture all the moments.
Jennifer Graham sits with her cat, Fern, at her house behind The Registry Apartments. Graham says that her family has lived in this house since the Great Depression. “We used to have a green fence surrounding a trailer park there, and a big garden,” she said. “Can’t survive on slugs and snails, and that’s what this is now, slugs and snails… But they can’t really push us out until we move.” (Photo by Emilee Arnold)WKU freshman Kaylee Firkins walks past the bronze soldier beneath Guthrie Bell Tower with her 10-month-old cat, Ducky, on Thursday. Firkins says she’s trying to familiarize Ducky to campus. “She’s just like a dog on back-trails, but scared to walk around humans,” she said. “If she stares at them awhile, she might start walking.” The statue, by sculptor Russ Faxon, depicts U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Robert H. Guthrie, the namesake of the tower. (Photo by Arthur H. Trickett-Wile)Students and friends of WKU’s Chinese Flagship program celebrate Lunar New Year by making dumplings on Friday. They are celebrating the Year of the Dragon. (Photo by Kayden Mulrooney)A student folds a dumpling during the WKU Chinese Flagship’s celebration of Lunar New Year on Friday. (Photo by Kayden Mulrooney)The Political Science department hosts a forum on Thursday for the “DEI Bills” that are being proposed in Kentucky. (Photo by Eli Randolph)
J. Dalton Hodges, a senior philosophy major, during the “DEI Bill” forum on Thursday. (Photo by Eli Randolph)
Saundra Ardrey, associate professor of political science, listens to House Bill 9 being read during a forum on Thursday. (Photo by Eli Randolph)
Kiza M.K., a member of the FC Leopards soccer team in Bowling Green, practices his soccer moves at Lampkin Park on Tuesday, Feb. 6. His teammate, Louie Panda, said the team has practiced at Lampkin Park on Saturdays and Sundays for ten years. “It’s mostly a team for all us Africans here,” Panda said. (Photo by Emilee Arnold)A team of construction workers build scaffolding on the upper-floor exterior of Hilltopper Hall on Monday, Feb. 5. Hundreds of students residing in the building were forced to relocate early in the semester due to structural damage. (Photo by Arthur H. Trickett-Wile)WKU sophomore special education major Kylie Kays helps to throw a ball during the SGA Special Olympics on Friday in the Preston Center. The event was held in partnership with Best Buddies, the Kelly Autism Program and the Student Accessibility Resource Center. (Photo by Caden Rich)Big Red cheers on participants while they play basketball at the SGA Special Olympics on Friday in the Preston Center. The event was held in partnership with Best Buddies, the Kelly Autism Program and the Student Accessibility Resource Center. (Photo by Caden Rich)David Dye cuts the hair of a client at Dye’s Barber Shop. Dye has worked at the shop for 58 years. “I probably gave him his first haircut,” he said. (Photo by Emilee Arnold)Choreographed by junior Lindy Fischer, dancers perform “30,000 ft Perspective” in the Dance Project on Friday at the Gordon Wilson Lab Theater. (Photo by Shannon Moritz)
Choreographed by senior Lindsey Simpson, dancers perform “How It Feels To Belong for a Moment” in the Dance Project on Friday at the Gordon Wilson Lab Theater. (Photo by Shannon Moritz)
Choreographed by senior Lauren Gore, dancers perform “Memesis” in the Dance Project Friday at the Gordon Wilson Lab Theater. (Photo by Shannon Moritz)
Choreographed by junior Kelcee Gabbard, Tessie Townsend performs “Hemlock” in the Dance Project on Friday at the Gordon Wilson Lab Theater. (Photo by Shannon Moritz)WKU’s Odeth Betancourt (21) attempts to drive the lane against Jacksonville State’s Asia Barclay (35) on Saturday in Diddle Arena. WKU won the game 54-45 with 8 points and 3 rebounds by Betancourt. (Photo by Arthur H. Trickett-Wile)WKU’s Karris Allen (32) tries for a three under defense by Jacksonville State’s Madison McCoy (15) on Saturday in Diddle Arena. WKU won the game 54-45 with one three-pointer by Allen. (Photo by Arthur H. Trickett-Wile)WKU’s Josie Gilvin (33) drives the lane against Jacksonville State’s Rachel Johnson (0) on Saturday in Diddle Arena. WKU won the game 54-45 with 14 total points by Gilvin, the team’s leading scorer. (Photo by Arthur H. Trickett-Wile)Sophomore guard Josie Gilvin (33) and Jacksonville State guard Rachel Johnson (0) run toward the ball at the Saturday women’s basketball game in Diddle Arena. (Photo by Brodie Curtsinger)WKU’s Caitlin Staley thanks young Lady Toppers fan Gwen Strunk for a handmade friendship bracelet on Saturday after a 54-45 win in Diddle Arena against Jacksonville State. Strunk’s mother said Gwen, who missed the Taylor Swift game this season, made bracelets for the whole team. (Photo by Arthur H. Trickett-Wile)
