Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear listens to a reporter afters speaking at WKU’s Downing Student Union as part of his campaign bus tour on Friday, Nov. 3, 2023. (Photo by Dominic Di Palermo)
The stakes are high as students round out week 11 on the Hill. With a last-mile campaign push by incumbentGov. Andy Beshear, a battle for the volleyball Conference USA title, and a sprint at the BG26.2 & Half Marathon, your Talisman photographers were there to capture it all.
Lily Trego, a sophomore psychology major, splatters pumpkin remains at the Housing Residence Life’s free pumpkin smash stand in Centennial Mall on Thursday. Housing and Residence Life held a pop-up stand, offering free pumpkin destruction to relieve students’ stress. “I just saw it outside,” Trego said. “I wanted to give it a try.” (Photo by Adin Parks)Mortonsgap sophomore Xavier Spiess, a professional legal studies major, smashes a pumpkin in Centennial Mall on Thursday. Housing and Residence Life held a pumpkin smashing event and encouraged students to come relieve stress by breaking pumpkins. “I was having a stressful week,” Speiss said. “I was looking forward to this.” (Photo by Adin Parks)A crowd of students and community members listen to Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear speak at a rally on Friday. (Photo by Eli Randolph)As Gov. Andy Beshear spoke inside Downing Student Union on Friday, people wrote slogans in chalk outside of the building. (Photo by Eli Randolph)Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear speaks during one of his bus tour stops at the Downing Student Union on Friday. (Photo by Dominic Di Palermo)Aldina Vranjkovina cheers during Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear’s speech at the Downing Student Union where he stopped as part of his campaign bus tour on Friday. (Photo by Dominic Di Palermo)After speaking, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear shakes hands with freshman Dalton Adams at the Downing Student Union on Friday. “I’ve been a supporter of Gov. Beshear for quite a while,” Adams said. (Photo by Dominic Di Palermo)Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear listens to a reporter after speaking at the Downing Student Union as part of his campaign bus tour on Friday. (Photo by Dominic Di Palermo)Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear and Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman take a picture with two students after the rally on Friday. (Photo by Eli Randolph)WKU women’s volleyball outside hitter Katie Howard (26) serves the ball in the second set of the match against Florida International University in E.A Diddle Arena on Friday. WKU won the match 3-1. (Photo by Adin Parks)WKU middle hitter Izzy Van De Wiele (25) spikes the ball over the net and two FIU players, outside hitter Syra Tanchin (2) and middle blocker Travel Morris (18), in Diddle Arena during the match against FIU on Friday. WKU won three sets to one. (Photo by Adin Parks)WKU rightside hitter Kenadee Coyle (33) spikes the ball over FIU outside hitter Syra Tanchin (2) and FIU middle blocker Travel Morris (18), in the WKU vs. FIU match in Diddle Arena on Friday. WKU won three sets to one. (Photo by Adin Parks)WKU setter Callie Bauer (14) falls down after saving and setting a ball to her teammates in the match against FIU held in Diddle Arena on Friday. WKU won three sets to one. (Photo by Adin Parks)
WKU middle hitter Izzy Van De Wiele (25) and outside hitter Paige Briggs (1) block FIU middle blocker Travel Morris’s (18) spike in an attempt to score a point against FIU in Diddle Arena on Saturday. WKU won three sets to zero. (Photo by Adin Parks)The WKU women’s volleyball team celebrates a point scored against FIU during the match held in Diddle Arena on Saturday. WKU won three sets to zero. (Photo by Adin Parks)The WKU women’s volleyball team hoists the Conference USA regular season champion trophy in the air after beating FIU three sets to zero in a match in Diddle Arena on Saturday. (Photo by Adin Parks)
Kyra Maxwell, 9, gets her arm autographed after getting her T-shirt signed by middle hitter Shannon Keck after the WKU women’s volleyball team won against FIU in Diddle Arena on Saturday. (Photo by Adin Parks)WKU women’s volleyball senior Paige Briggs hugs coach Travis Hudson moments after winning her final regular season conference match in Diddle Arena on Saturday. (Photo by Adin Parks)Matt Davis takes the lead at the start of the wheelchair and hand-cycle race on Sunday. Matt Davis cycled for Achilles Nashville, a global organization that helps people with disabilities participate in various sports. (Photo by Adin Parks)Matt Hendrick (left) passes the Downing Student Union with Casey Goodman while running down Avenue of Champions during the Bowling Green Marathon and Half on Sunday. Hendricks completed the half marathon race with a time of 1:55:55 and Goodman completed the race with a time of 1:53:35. Hendrick finished 87th overall and Goodman finished 74th overall. (Photo by Adin Parks)Ashton Johnson runs on Fairview Avenue on his way to the 8th mile marker during the 2023 BG 26.2 and Half Marathon held on Sunday. Johnson ran the half marathon in 1:30:48, placing him 11th overall and 1st in the 16-19 age group. (Photo by Adin Parks)Achilles Nashville para-cyclist Andrew Ekelem congratulates University of Kentucky student Patrick Spisak with a fist bump after completing the half marathon race at the Bowling Green Marathon and Half on Sunday. (Photo by Adin Parks)Patrick Folker points up as he crosses the finish line of the half marathon during the Bowling Green Marathon and Half race on Sunday. Folker placed 58th overall with a time of 1:49:47. (Photo by Adin Parks)
Jamie Jenkins crosses the finish line of the half marathon race with a shout at the Bowling Green Marathon and Half on Sunday. Jenkins ended the race with a time of 1:22:23, coming in 3rd place overall in the men’s category. (Photo by Adin Parks)
Briley Shrewsberry crosses the finish line with a half marathon time of 1:26:34 at the Bowling Green Marathon and Half on Sunday. Shrewsberry finished 5th overall and 1st in the 20-24 age range. (Photo by Adin Parks)
Amy Bonner hugs her partner Doug Frint after crossing the half marathon finish line together at the Bowling Green Marathon and Half race on Sunday. The couple finished with the exact same time, 1:56:29. (Photo by Adin Parks)A final runner proceeds down the Avenue of Champions beside Houchens-Smith Stadium followed by a caravan of police vehicles during the Bowling Green Marathon and Half on Sunday. (Photo by Adin Parks)
