Monday, September 23, 2024
Bailey Reed, Newsletter Editor
Good morning, Hilltoppers!
This morning we're starting your morning with news on mental health awareness, the PCAL Cultural Engagement Series, football and volleyball wins from this weekend and of course Flo Rida's visit to OUR house. Go Tops!
LifeSkills and Sigma Nu spread awareness about mental health, suicide prevention
Members of the Bowling Green community and Sigma Nu Fraternity gathered in downtown Bowling Green at LifeSkills, a local organization that provides services to those with mental illnesses or struggling with addiction, to spread awareness about suicide prevention at their third annual Suicide Prevention Proclamation event on Wednesday The event hosted an array of speakers that shared information about the prevalence of suicide in the nation, and encouraged the use of proactive measures to reach those in need “We know that stigma about mental health is still a major factor in people seeking help for mental health or substance use issues,” Katie Hopper, children’s services director at LifeSkills, said in an email, “ The hope is to start the conversations in the community about suicide prevention and treatment and crisis options that are out there ”
“Her Grain of Rice”: Quiara Alegría Hudes discusses heritage and art as part of PCAL Cultural Enhancement
Quiara Alegría Hudes starts her introduction with a story about what inspired her to start writing during An Evening With Quiara Alegría Hudes at DSU auditorium on Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. Photo by Gabriel Milby.
The PCAL Cultural Enhancement Series hosted award-winning playwright, musician and author Quiara Alegría Hudeson Thursday night to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month.
Hudes is the Pulitzer and Tony-winning writer of “In the Heights” and “Water by the Spoonful” and creator of “Emancipated Stories.” She was raised in a tight-knit Puerto Rican family that had a heavy emphasis on heritage “Puerto Rico never leaves us, that granular irritant scrapes at our insides so far from its original shore,” Hudes said in her speech “That sand knocks around until we ’ re a homesick family with guts full of pearls.”
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WKU to host Flo Rida for pregame concert
Welcome to my Houch WKU Athletics announced Saturday that musician Flo Rida is set to perform a pregame concert on Wednesday, Oct. 30, before WKU’s game against Kennesaw State.
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WKU football completes comeback against Toledo
WKU’s defense forced three turnovers, helping redshirt sophomore quarterback Caden Veltkamp overcome a 14-0 deficit Saturday night, to defeat the Toledo Rockets 26-21
After a 75-minute rain delay in the middle of the third quarter, the Hilltoppers scored two touchdowns off Veltkamp carries to get their first lead of the game with 5:16 left in the fourth quarter From there, the WKU defense forced two crucial turnovers to
Western Kentucky Hilltoppers wide receiver Easton Messer (8) carries the ball during a game against University of Toledo at L.T. Smith Stadium on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. Photo by Ava Davis.
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complete the comeback.
“Just very proud of our guys, ” Head Coach Tyson Helton said.
The WKU volleyball team celebrates after a big play during their game against the University of Tennessee in Diddle Arena on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024. Photo by Anna Bell Lee.
