Happy first day of the spring semester! Below is a newsletter full of updates to start your morning off right! Read on for a photo story on the inauguration, flooding in Jody Richards Hall, WKU Basketball updates and an opinion piece on TikTok's return You can do this and as always, GO TOPS!
Family members of hostages in Gaza and supporters of the IsraelPalestine hostage release program held a rally near the Washington Monument calling on Trump to have all hostages released on January 19th, 2025 in Washington, D.C. Photo by Jacob Sebastian.
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Jody Richards Hall experienced flooding Monday evening due to a broken sprinkler head, according to the WKU Police Department. Cold temperatures caused the sprinkler to break, leading to the flood, according to WKUPD Temperatures have stayed below freezing for several days – Monday saw temperatures in the 10 to 20 degreerange.
Lady Toppers snap MTSU’s 33-game CUSA win streak, end 5-game skid against rival
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WKU falls at MTSU, Thedford suffers right knee injury.
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Thedford suffers right knee injury in WKU’s loss at MTSU.
Read more by Jake McMahon.
Emma Hardesty | Commentary Writer
On the evening of Jan. 18, TikTok servers in the United States shut down, causing the app to go dark for the night.
Around noon on Jan 19, the servers were back up, allowing American users back onto the app again A notification displayed on users ’ phones stated the app was back due to a “result of President Trump’s efforts ”
The shutdown wasn’t an accident. It wasn’t out of fear of the ban. The Biden administration had already expressed it had no intention of enforcing the TikTok ban Biden was leaving the decision up to then-President-Elect Donald Trump
However, the app went dark anyway
The app shutting down on the eve of Jan 18 seemed to be a purely political move that younger generations in the country need to be aware of.
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