Kentucky isn’t known for its feminists, but several Western faculty are trying to change peoples’ minds through writing. “I to I: Life Writing by Kentucky Feminists,” a collection of memoirs and essays published in November 2004, is the third book in the Kentucky Feminist Writers series.

While standing outside his dorm during his first two weeks at Western, William “Finley” Aubrey was mistaken repeatedly for a professor. It’s not hard to see why, because Aubrey’s the same age as many Western professors. At 52, Aubrey is about to finish his first semester living on the 22nd floor of Pearce-Ford Tower.

Autumn McEntire, the niece of country singer Reba McEntire, will bring her brand of folk country songs to the Hill this weekend. The concert will be part of Country and Western night at Redz tomorrow from 8 to 11 p.m. Redz, otherwise known as the fourth floor of Downing University Center, hosts a theme night every Friday.

Several hundred Western students were thrilled and entertained Thursday night when Nancy Cartwright appeared at Van Meter Hall and spoke of her life as a 10-year-old boy. Cartwright is the voice of Bart Simpson and several other beloved characters on the Fox animated series “The Simpsons,” which is now in its 17th season.

If Western students pay attention while walking around campus today, they just may hear the voice of Bart Simpson. Something like, “Eat my shorts,” or perhaps “Aye Carumba!” Nancy Cartwright will be speaking and giving a multimedia presentation at tonight at 7 in Van Meter Hall.

As a former diehard Cameron Crowe fan, it pains this reviewer to say just how disappointing “Elizabethtown” really is. I even liked his last film, “Vanilla Sky,” which countless people hated and only made $100 million because Tom Cruise was in it. “Elizabethtown” is merely mediocre, but compared to Crowe’s previous work, notably “Almost Famous” and “Say Anything,” it seems like a much more monumental failure than it is.

Western’s Environmental Health and Safety department and the Bowling Green Fire Department teamed up yesterday to teach students about fire safety. The event was held next to Guthrie Tower and featured a fire safety trailer. Fog was pumped through the trailer so students could see what it felt like to crawl through a smoke-filled room.

When Michael Leahy was 11 years old, he got his first look at pornography. It was nothing more than a playing card with a nude woman on it, but the image still remains burned in his mind. “I could draw it for you,” Leahy said last week. “What she looked like, the pose, every dimension of her body.

Before Sunday there were only flowers and grass between Grise and McLean Halls. Now there is a sukkah, or a temporary dwelling, that has been built to celebrate the Jewish festival of Sukkot, which began yesterday at sundown. Sukkot, which is Hebrew for “booths” or “tabernacles,” is a harvest festival, and it commemorates the time after Moses and the children of Israel left Egypt and wandered in the desert for 40 years.

Twelve years ago, Steve Brown hadn’t considered trying standup comedy. But when he met comedian Ricky Smiley, everything changed. Smiley was doing a show at Stillman College in Brown’s hometown of Tuscaloosa, Ala. Brown was acting as master of ceremonies and caught Smiley’s attention.