Wednesday, October 2, 2024
Bailey Reed, Newsletter Editor
Good morning, Hilltoppers!
This morning's newsletter bears information on local voting options, SGA and a change in the C-USA Conference. Have a great day and go Tops!
Student-led campus polling location request rejected by Warren County Board of Elections
After back and forth between the newly formed WKU Student Voting Advocacy Committee and state and local government, there won’t be an oncampus polling location this November election season.
The WKU Student Voting Advocacy Committee formed this semester with the initiative of lobbying County Clerk Lynette Yates and the Warren County Board of Elections to establish a more accessible polling location for students. It sent a formal request to the board with signed support of 33 student organizations on Tuesday, Sept. 10.
Department of Society, Department of Society, Culture, Crime and Justice Culture, Crime and Justice Studies holds law Studies holds law enforcement career panel enforcement career panel
The Department of Society, Culture, Crime and Justice Studies invited five professionals from local and federal law enforcement departments to speak to students on Sept 28 in the Honors College and International Center about the different career options and their personal experiences
The panelists included Assistant Chief Jason Scott
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From left: Chief Deputy Kevin Wiles of Warren County Sheriff’s Department, and Agents
Jamie Gordon and Micheal Johnson of the Warren County drug task force
laugh while talking before speaking at the Department of Society, Culture, Crime and Justice’s law enforcement career panel on Sept. 28 in the Honors College and International Center.
Photo by Libby Simpson.
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of the Bowling Green Police Department, Agent Micheal Johnson from Homeland Security Investigations, Chief Deputy Kevin Wiles of the Warren County Sheriff’s Department, Agent Jamie Gordon from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives and Chief Mitchell Walker from the Western Kentucky University Police Department
The discussion included topics such as the role of their agencies, advice for aspiring law enforcement professionals, education and training experiences and the perception of law enforcement in the media.
New SGA Senators sworn in, 3 bills pass
From left: Ciin Lun, Lola Norman, Cayden Bailey, Jakob Barker, and Hermes Olmos were sworn in as new senators in the SGA Chambers on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. Photo by Jacob Sebastian.
Bradlee Reed-Whalen | News reporter
Senators who won the fall Senate election were sworn in and three bills passed during the Student Government Association’s Tuesday, Oct. 1 meeting.
Chief Justice Ellen Henderson swore in the five newly elected Freshman Senators Cayden Bailey, Ciin Lun and Jakob Barker, International Senator Hermes Olmos and Gatton
Academy Senator Lola Norman
“Welcome to the organization,” Student Body President Sam Kurtz said to the senators. “I hope you guys had fun campaigning and I hope you are ready for it. We have a fun semester ahead ”
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Jake McMahon | Sports editor
The University of Texas El Paso announced Tuesday they have accepted a formal invitation to leave Conference USA and join the Mountain West The Miners will transition on July 1, 2026 according to a press release from UTEP Athletics.
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