Wednesday, February 5, 2025
Please read on for coverage of possible changes to the SGA Constitution due to DEI legislation, an alumni art exhibit in the FAC, as well as an article on an upcoming WKU Men's Basketball game without Jack Edelen and a piece on WKU Football hiring a new offensive coordinator It's Wednesday! You've made it halfway through the week! Keep pushing, and as always, GO TOPS!
Chief Justice Morgan Gammons swears in new senators in the Senate Chambers on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025. Photo by Jacob Sebastian.
Anna Bell Lee | Staff Photographer
Morgan Gammons, Student Government Association chief justice, told the Herald after SGA’s weekly meeting on Tuesday the SGA Constitution may require amendment to its Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives following U.S. President Donald J. Trump’s executive order directing federal agencies to terminate all DEI mandates
When Trump took office on Jan 20, he signed anexecutive order directing all federal agencies to “terminate all discriminatory and illegal preferences, mandates, policies, programs, activities, guidance, regulations, enforcement actions, consent orders, and requirements,” to enforce “longstanding civil-rights laws,” and to “combat illegal private-sector DEI preferences, mandates, policies, programs, and activities ”
Gammons told the Herald the SGA Judicial Council will soon meet to discuss whether an amendment is needed. If the council votes in favor of an amendment, a constitutional referendum will be made before the Senate.
Read more by Anna Bell Lee
Professor Yvonne Petkus’s demonstrates how to sketch to her Level II Painting Practices class before assigning them to sketch art during WKU’s Art & Design Alumni Exhibition in the University Gallery room in FAC on Feb. 3, 2025. Photo by Kaitlyn Webb
Read more by Natalie Freidhof
Western Kentucky Hilltoppers guard Jack Edelen (15) waits to inbound the ball during the Hilltoppers game against the UTEP Miners in Bowing Green, Ky. on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025. Photo by Kaitlyn Webb
Art & Design alumni are showcasing their artwork throughout February in the Fine Art Center’s University Gallery
The Quadrennial Alumni Exhibition includes entries from 80 artists with various degrees, such as animation, art education, art history, graphic design and studio art. The works use diverse mediums, including ceramics, digital, drawing, fiber arts, graphic design, painting, printmaking, sculpture and quilting
Hilltoppers to be without guard Jack Edelen this weekend.
Read more by Nathan Mueller
WKU Football announces hire of Offensive Coordinator Rick Bowie.
Read more by Michael Givner Jr.
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