Wednesday, February 12, 2025
Please read on for coverage of a movie showing at the Capitol, information on SGA elections and a bill passing as well as a piece on the struggles of WKU Men's Basketball. Have a wonderful Wednesday, and as always, GO TOPS!
A showing of “O Pioneer” at the Capitol Arts Center took place on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025 as part of the Potter College of Arts & Letters Cultural Enhancement Series. Photo by Anthony Clauson.
Anthony Clauson | News Reporter
A showing of “O Pioneer” at the Capitol Arts Center took audience members across the hills and hollers of West Virginia and into the homes of three “pioneers” as they each navigated their own proverbial wests.
“O Pioneer,” a documentary chronicling the lives of West Virginians during the COVID-19 pandemic, was presented by Potter College of Arts & Letters Cultural Enhancement Series and the Southern Circuit of Independent Filmmakers The film followed the lives of modern-day pioneers Tim Hibbs, a blacksmith, Nellie Davis, a seamstress, and James Morley, a chaplin.
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The Student Government Association meets for their weekly meeting in the Senate Chambers on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025.
Photo by Gabriel Milby.
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WKU forward Babacar Faye
(5) is helped off the court after a hard fall during the Hilltopper’s game against the Murray State Racers in Bowling Green, Ky. on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024.
Photo by Eli Randolph.
The Student Government Association announced the spring Senate election will be on April 14 and 15 through TopNet. All of the executive board except Chief Communications Officer Preston Jenkins will graduate after the spring semester. There are several other seniors among the rest of the senate Student Body President Sam Kurtz emphasized the importance of this election in previous meetings due to an extremely senior staff.
WKU Men’s Basketball fell to 5-6 in Conference USA play on its two-game road trip Feb 6-8, but much of their struggles can be attributed to injuries.
Preseason injuries to players like Teagan Moore, Terrion Murdix and Fallou Diagne and mid-season injuries to leaders like Babacar Faye and Julius Thedford have hurt the Hilltoppers in their quest for back-to-back CUSA crowns
WKU was even thinner on their most recent road trip Sophomore guard Jack Edelen did not play due to a DUI arrest and senior guard Enoch Kalambay missed the Saturday Jacksonville State game with the flu.
Read more by Nathan Mueller
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