Growing up, you wouldn’t find Terry “Tutor” Shipley at the park on a swing or with a toy in his hand. He could be found with his dad at the Shipley Chevron Station, standing there with a grease-covered wrench and a rag in each hand.

Samantha Roach is a Western student pursuing a degree in psychology and sociology, a mother of three and a part-time employee.

Like many people, Kevin Goodnight has a passion. It’s music.

The music education major has loved playing the trumpet for a while.

“My great uncle liked jazz a long time ago,” Goodnight said. “He sat me on his lap and put an old record on.”

For Goodnight, the passion that began 11 years ago has only grown.

Page Ward, 9, doesn’t play with dolls, and she would rather play Madden on her Playstation with her brother than hang out with the girls.

“She is definitely different,” Tom, Page’s dad, said. “You won’t catch her playing with Barbies.”

Last year, when Page’s brother, Cody, decided he wanted to play Pee-Wee football, Tom thought it would just be another father-son thing, and he could watch his son from the sidelines.