Gordon Wilson Hall theater lab is offering plenty of practice to aspiring directors in the Theatre and Dance department this semester.

Advanced students in the department are taking the Directing Studio Practicum course, where they gain skills in directing, performance, design, technical theater and play writing.

Office of Diversity Programs director C.J. Woods said preparation is the key to getting a job.

Race is not the key.

In the wake of affirmative action cases gaining national attention, Woods emphasized that minorities have no advantage over other races.

“As long as students prepare themselves and study the job market and are academically prepared for that market, they will be competitive,” Woods said.

Audiences stare at a starry sky, looking 10 billion light-years into outer space.

They look through the eyes of a robot.

Western’s Hardin Planetarium is showing “Robot Eyes,” a program that showcases photography of the earth and its surrounding universe.

Spencer’s Coffee House appears to be an ordinary place from the outside, but when the cafe’s vaulted door is opened, customers get their fill of creative art, cozy surroundings and a multitude of blended coffee.

Western art professor Jeff Leake owns the coffee house, located in the middle of Bowling Green’s Fountain Square Park.