Dijana Muminovic poses with two of the photos from her exhibition in the Mass Media Gallery called “From Bosnia to Bowling Green. Originally from Bosnia, Muminovic moved to to Bowling Green with her family in 1997. “I wanted to share this experience with other people of Bowling Green,” she said. BRIAN POWERS/HERALD

Bowling Green freshman Melisa [...]

Frances Huddleston-Link, 93, reminisces about her time escorting Amelia Earhart during a visit to Western. “I don’t know why she had to fly over the Atlantic all by herself, it’s just a shame,” Huddleston-Link said. “She was just the sweetest thing.” EMILY FOX/HERALD

It’s that time of year again. I can feel it in the air. Time for hot chocolate, lit fireplaces, sleigh rides, Santa wish lists, wreaths on windows, tacky sweater parties, Nativity scenes, stockings, gift searching, Christmas lights, eggnog and caroling.
Except— wait a second— it’s not even Thanksgiving.
I thought that we had some hope here in [...]

Bowling Green senior Mark Irons played guitar for years before he decided to start writing his own pieces. Of all his compositions, “Saving August” is one of his favorites with soft guitar strums, soft vocals and thoughtful lyrics.
“It’s a hopeful kind of song about the summer, trying to recapture the magic of summer,” Irons said.
After [...]

For the last 10 weeks, 14 girls have been transformed into women.
Project CLASS (Creating Leaders and Shaping Sisters) was designed similarly to VH1’s show, “Charm School,” featuring workshops and team-building activities to make eager participants more productive.
It was hosted by the Office of Diversity Programs and offered a $1,000 prize to the student who showed [...]

Folklore and anthropology professor, Dr. J.A.K. Njoku of Igbo, Nigeria has been teaching at Western since 1992. In the spring Njoku will be going on an expedition to study the caves in Nigeria as well as building a village in Virginia based on his ongoing research. BRENDAN SULLIVAN/HERALD

 
 
The West African coast was invaded in [...]

Louisville junior Michael Marcell, president of the Skydiving Club, heads toward the landing zone at Skydive Kentucky in Elizabethtown, after making his first solo jump Saturday. Marcell has 18 more jumps before he can be a certified skydiver. CODY DUTY/HERALD

Social work major Courtney Aldrich of Franklin, Tenn. is researching and evaluating the attentiveness of Bowling Green’s services for homeless persons for her senior capstone project. MARY POWERS/HERALD

The thought of a 50-page research paper would discourage most people from writing a thesis. Lexington junior Ashley Wirfel definitely wasn’t interested.
She’s writing a 400-page novel instead.
“I wasn’t [...]

Hyhotah Ckonsqwe, a member of the Mohawk nation, sings as students of Rockfield Elementary School participate in a Native American game called Medicine Hoops set up on DUC South Lawn on Friday. Ckonsqwe has traveled to every state except Hawaii giving presentations like this. Several elementary schools came to campus to learn about Native American culture. CHRIS WILSON/HERALD

I have only one important memory from preschool: I’m sitting on the toilet in the bathroom that’s in the back of the classroom, and the door swings open. I probably didn’t close it all the way because it took me a long time to figure that out. I’m not finished yet and thus cannot get [...]