Cross Country Senior Patrick Cheptoek practices on Wednesday at Kereiakes Park for the NCAA Championships. He placed 12th this past weekend at the Regionals meet in Louisville. CHRIS WILSON/HERALD

Senior Patrick Cheptoek said he thought he had run the last race of his career. Then he received a phone call from Head Coach Erik [...]

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

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

Senior forward Dominique Duck goes up for a rebound against Eastern Kentucky’s Brittany Coles during Western’s 75-54 season opener win on Saturday, November 14, 2009 in Diddle Arena. BEN SEVERANCE/HERALD

Freshman guard Courtney Clifton didn’t dazzle with her three-point shot in the Lady Toppers’ two exhibition games.
But Head Coach Mary Taylor Cowles said it would only [...]

Rick Malek works fast to feed a hungry crowd pouring out of the closing bars in downtown Bowling Green on Nov. 7. Malek, better known as Rapid Rick the Hot Dog Pimp, sets up his hot dog cart outside of The Brewing Co. most weekends starting at about 11:30 p.m. KOHL THRELKELD/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 [...]

From left, Connie Foster, department head of Western’s library technical services, and Jennifer Wilson, marketing coordinator of Western’s libraries, enjoy hors d’oeurves during a twenties-style party at the Kentucky Building Friday evening. Attendees dressed in period clothing in homage to “The Great Gatsby,” which people read as part of the library’s Big Read program. MARY POWERS/HERALD

Students wait between classes at the Glasgow campus. Campuses in Glasgow, Elizabethtown and Owensboro account for nearly a fourth of the total enrollment at Western, according to the Fall 2009 Total Regional Campus Enrollment Report. ARIANA MCLAUGHLIN/HERALD

Head Coach David Elson watches the Toppers practice during preparation for their home opener against South Florida in September. Elson was told on Sunday that he won’t be retained after the season is over. BRENDAN SULLIVAN/HERALD

Head Coach David Elson was fired Sunday night in his seventh year as head coach of the Toppers and [...]