Bowling Green ophthalmologist and U.S. Senate candidate Rand Paul came to Western Tuesday night to lead a health care debate.
Paul was part of the Political Engagement Project on campus, which aims to foster responsible democratic participation, knowledge and understanding, according to the PEP Web site.
PEP is hosting a series of town hall meetings to give [...]

An exonerated death-row inmate, a mother of a man on death row and a murder victim’s family member all came to Western to share their stories Thursday night.

They started telling those stories at 6 p.m. in the Mass Media Auditorium as part of Journey of Hope, an organization that conducts public education speaking tours and addresses alternatives to the death penalty, according to the organization’s Web site.

Western was the last stop of the Journey of Hope tour through Kentucky, according to the organization’s Web site.

During Homecoming week, Western’s guests are treated to a parade, tailgating, a pep rally and more.
At these events are Spirit Masters trying to make alumni and guests feel at home?
Spirit Masters are ambassadors of Western and serve to assist the administration, alumni and community at functions on and off campus, according to the Spirit Masters [...]

Upset after Maine didn’t legalize same- sex marriage, Western students decided to start a gay rights rally Wednesday at Centennial Mall.

Bowling Green senior Skylar Baker-Jordan was upset that Maine didn’t vote same-sex marriage into effect, the same decision California citizens made this time last year, he said.

One of the scientists who helped remove Pluto’s planet status visited campus Monday night to speak in the Garrett Ballroom.

Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson gave a presentation, called Adventures in Science Literacy: A Cosmic Perspective, that focused on the United States’ science literacy and involvement with science.

Tyson is the director of Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History and host of NOVA scienceNOW, a PBS television program.

Nashville freshman Hendrix Brakefield gets blood drawn for mandatory sickle cell tests for football at the Health Services Building on Thursday. Health Services is waiting on the second batch of flu vaccines to arrive. ARIANA MCLAUGHLIN/HERALD

Eric Cottner, a 2008 Western graduate, has always considered himself an average guy.
Then a telephone call landed this average guy among the hottest bachelors in America.
He was named one of the hottest bachelors of 2009 for Cosmopolitan magazine’s November issue, which is on stands now.
Cottner is an outside property claimer for travel insurance. He said [...]

Health officials will send out swine flu vaccines across Kentucky this week, and Western officials hope the vaccines will land on campus soon after.
Priority for the H1N1 vaccine lies first with health care workers, but Western officials hope to get the vaccine by the end of October, said Donna Brosche, manager of Western’s clinical nurse [...]

Associate Economics Professor Brian Strow delivers a lecture on the shortcomings of President Barack Obama’s fiscal decisions to a full house. EMILY FOX/HERALD

Students react to John McGlone while he preaches and passes out religious information in front of Downing University Center. BETHANY MOLLENKOF/HERALD