Each Thursday, WKU’s Student Chapter of NPPA brings you some of the best images of the past week taken by our very own classmates. To submit for our weekly posts, you must currently be a WKU Photojournalism student and have taken the images or produced the video within the last week (Tuesday to Tuesday). Send your top 1-3 selections to wkunppa@gmail.com by our Tuesday 6:30pm deadline and our officers and attendees will pick the best of the bunch to showcase at our open meetings every Tuesday at 7:00pm in Lab 127.

Trainer Katie O’Dwyer leads a six week body transformation class in a stretch at Prime Fitness in Cedar Rapids on Friday, March 13, 2015. MICHAEL NOBLE, JR.

Spring Breakers lick whipped cream off of each others’ bodies in Panama City Beach, Florida. Students from over 100 schools across the country migrated to Panama City Beach for spring break to party and have a good time. HARRISON HILL

Cedar Rapids Police Officer Rob Kasper returns a child to her home in Cedar Rapids on Thursday, March 12, 2015. Funding has been allocated to hire four officers and create a police community action team. MICHAEL NOBLE, JR.

Clayton Swaniie of Dallas Texas (right) and Jordan Harrison of Houston Texas roll dice on the staircase of the Bikini Beach Resort and Motel in Panama City Beach, Florida during their Spring Break. HARRISON HILL

New Boston Huron’s Judah Caballero bows his head in disappointment following his loss in the Division 2 119lb match against Chelsea’s Nick Bleise during the first session of the 2015 MHSAA individual wrestling finals at the Palace of Auburn Hills in Auburn Hills, Mich. BRITTANY GREESON

Each Thursday, WKU’s Student Chapter of NPPA brings you some of the best images of the past week taken by our very own classmates. To submit for our weekly posts, you must currently be a WKU Photojournalism student and have taken the images or produced the video within the last week (Tuesday to Tuesday). Send your top 1-3 selections to wkunppa@gmail.com by our Tuesday 6:30pm deadline and our officers and attendees will pick the best of the bunch to showcase at our open meetings every Tuesday at 7:00pm in Lab 127.

Drag Queens Joshua Peay, right, of Morgantown, Kentucky and Hernando Q of Lexington Kentucky transform into Dutchess Divina and Adriana Fuentes before The Illusions drag show at The Compound Warehouse in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The show featured eight queens from all around Kentucky. HARRISON HILL

WKU sophomore Tony Nicholas, from Kappa Sigma, gets his hands wrap before his fight with sophomore Drew Davis, Sigma Chi, on Thursday night Feb. 26, 2015 in Bowling Green, Ky at “Compound.”  Nicholas lost to Davis in a decision after 3 rounds.  “You rocked my world!” Davis said to Nicholas after the fight was over. JEFF BROWN

Glasgow head coach Justin Stinson talks to the team in the locker room after a lost to Bowling Green.  “One game does not define our whole season,”  Stinson says as he gets a positive message out to the team to keep working hard.  Glasgow girls basketball team lost to Bowling Green 65-31 in the 4th Region Tournament at E.A. Diddle Arena on March 02, 2015.  JEFF BROWN

Charlie Raymond explores the Bernheim Arboretum in search of clues that could point him towards finding Bigfoot. He has led up the Kentucky Bigfoot Research Organization for the past 20 years. ALYSE YOUNG

Florence “Mamaw” Jolly  recounts a monster story passed down to her from her mother. The story is of a hairy ghost that comes to haunt their family cabin, but Jolly’s son-in-law Charlie Raymond, believes the story to be further evidence pointing toward the existence of Bigfoot. ALYSE YOUNG

Western Kentucky University student Nick Wheeler prepares to throw a punch as University of Kentucky student Trevor Rice falls during the annual Sigma Chi “Battle of The Greeks” fight night competition at The Compound Warehouse in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The competition was put on to raise money for cancer research and featured over a dozen boxers from Kentucky and Tennessee. HARRISON HILL

Each Thursday, WKU’s Student Chapter of NPPA brings you some of the best images of the past week taken by our very own classmates. To submit for our weekly posts, you must currently be a WKU Photojournalism student and have taken the images or produced the video within the last week (Tuesday to Tuesday). Send your top 1-3 selections to wkunppa@gmail.com by our Tuesday 6:30pm deadline and our officers and attendees will pick the best of the bunch to showcase at our open meetings every Tuesday at 7:00pm in Lab 127.

 WKU sophomore Isaac Stevens brushes snow off of his car on East Main Ave. on Wednesday, Feb. 18. EMILY KASK

Bareback Bronc rider Dalton Tucker, of Rome, Goergia, falls off of his horse during the Lone Star Rodeo on February 14, 2015, in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Tucker was one of nine riders in the Bronc riding competition. HARRISON HILL

Bull rider Jamie Blair of Blue Ridge, Georgia falls off his bull during the Lone Star Rodeo on February, 15 2015 in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Blair was one of twelve riders that competed in the competition and did not place. HARRISON HILL

The Bachelor, Chris Soules of Arlington walks to greet fans during “Cocktails with Chris and ‘The Other Bachelors of Arlington'” on Thursday, February 12, 2015 at the Marriott in Cedars. The money raised goes to a new community center in Arlington. MICHAEL NOBLE JR.

WKU Alumni, Natasha Simmons, sleds with friends down Hospital Hill during WKU’s first snow day of 2015. Simmons is in Bowling Green. ERICA LASFER

7 year old Oralee Madison, of Crofton, Ky, practice calf roping after a Friday night rodeo at the WKU agriculture center. JUSTIN GILLILAND

Lonestar rodeo contestants warm up their horses at twilight, prior to the calf roping and barrel racing events outside of the WKU agriculture center. JUSTIN GILLILAND

Each Thursday, WKU’s Student Chapter of NPPA brings you some of the best images of the past week taken by our very own classmates. To submit for our weekly posts, you must currently be a WKU Photojournalism student and have taken the images or produced the video within the last week (Tuesday to Tuesday). Send your top 1-3 selections to wkunppa@gmail.com by our Tuesday 6:30pm deadline and our officers and attendees will pick the best of the bunch to showcase at our open meetings every Tuesday at 7:00pm in Lab 127.

A member of the First Company Governors Foot Guard waits for the ceremony to begin during the Connecticut Governor’s Inaugural Ball at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford, Ct, on Jan. 7. EMILY KASKMount Union’s Mason Minnich (6) followed by Mike Jackson(47) and Alex Goff (79) take the field before the Stagg Bowl at Salem Stadium. SHABAN ATHUMAN Logan Hall of salem is held down by glenvar wrestler during the Salem open matt  invitational at Salem High School. SHABAN ATHUMAN Dr. Seuss character Thing 1 dances around the East Room of the White House in Washington as students wait for First lady Michelle Obama to read to them as part of her “Let’s Move, Let’s Read!” initiative, on Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015. The book, Dr. Seuss’s “Oh, The Things You Can Do That Are Good for You: All About Staying Healthy,” has been updated with the help of the Partnership for a Healthier America and includes healthy foods and exercises. NICOLE BOLIAUX A heavy fog hangs low over the Big Four Ice Caves, a glacier hidden away in the Cascade Mountains.  The Caves suffered a recent collapse due to rock slides and glacial melting. ALYSE YOUNG Students walk through the Atrium of Mass Media and Technology Hall on WKU’s campus streaked in early morning light. HARRISON HILL

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Each Thursday, WKU’s Student Chapter of NPPA brings you some of the best images of the past week taken by our very own classmates. To submit for our weekly posts, you must currently be a WKU Photojournalism student and have taken the images or produced the video within the last week (Tuesday to Tuesday). Send your top 1-3 selections to wkunppa@gmail.com by our Tuesday 7:00pm deadline and our officers and attendees will pick the best of the bunch to showcase at our open meetings every Tuesday at 7:30pm in Lab 127.

Lars Wallentin (presenter) at Improving Cardiovascular Outcomes by Integrating Research and Reality here today, Tuesday November 18, 2014 during the American Heart Associations Scientific Sessions being held here at the McCormick Convention Center. Scientific Sessions is the leading cardiovascular meeting for basic, translational, clinical and population science, in the United States, with more than 18,000 cardiovascular experts from over 105 countries attending the meeting. LUKE FRANKE

WKU’s Leon Allen soars through the air during Saturday’s game against No. 19 Marshall in Huntington, West Virginia. Allen rushed for a game-high 237 yards and a touchdown. NICK WAGNER

Sue Thayer has been teaching the Aquasize program at the Family YMCA in Owensboro, KY for 40 years along with her husband Jack. Together they teach at least two classes a day per week while also holding separate jobs. As they come and go through the YMCA, they walk hand in hand inspiring others with their pride of working together and of their love of 20 years. TYLER SANDERS

Ellen Buchanons family has been in the flower business for the past 6 generations. “I actually went to college to be a nurse, but the business has been in by family for generations and when my parents wanted to step down, non of my siblings wanted to take over. So I just did it.” Deemers said. DITTE LYSGAARD HOLM

Retired military chaplain Louis W. Pointer, 81, served in the United States Army during Vietnam War in 1969. He was 33 and on the reserves list when he got his draft letter in the mail. He left behind his daughter, Katherine II and his first wife, Katherine. Upon returning, he spent a few months with his family until, one day, his wife died after being hit by s train on the tracks. ALYSSA POINTER

A Marshall fan sits in disbelief after her Thundering Herd was upset 67-66 by Western Kentucky University in an overtime thriller Friday in Huntington, West Virginia. No. 19 Marshall was undefeated with an 11-0 record prior to its loss against the Hilltoppers. NICK WAGNER

John Young (left) and his younger brother, Nicolas Young (right) sit in their backyard in Birmingham, Ala. During the summers, John Young is an Interpreter, or canoe guide, at Northern Tier High Adventure Base in northern Minnesota and southern Canada. The camp is one of four High Adventure Boy Scout bases within the United States. Nicolas is following in his footsteps by taking over John’s previous position on the waterfront staff at Camp Comer, also a boy scout camp, in Fort Payne, Ala. KREABLE YOUNG

Michael Brown’s Mother cries out after hearing the ruling of the Grand Juries Decision to not charge Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson in the killing of Michael Brown
Monday, November 24, 2014 in Ferguson, MO. The jury decision came over 108 days after the shooting of Michael Brown. MICHAEL NOBLE JR.

Meredith Wadlington, on Dec. 2, 2014. ADAM WOLFFBRANDT

Left: Charles Pretri, sushi chef at Shogun Bistro and Hibachi, poses for a portrait on November 23, 2014. Right: Magura, crunch crab rolls, California rolls, sake, and rbi arranged between chopsticks. NICOLE BOLIAUX

 

Each Thursday, WKU’s Student Chapter of NPPA brings you some of the best images of the past week taken by our very own classmates. To submit for our weekly posts, you must currently be a WKU Photojournalism student and have taken the images or produced the video within the last week (Tuesday to Tuesday). Send your top 1-3 selections to wkunppa@gmail.com by our Tuesday 7:00pm deadline and our officers and attendees will pick the best of the bunch to showcase at our open meetings every Tuesday at 7:30pm in Lab 127.

Westin Hotel facade in Atlanta, Georgia. JUSTIN GILLILAND

Jessica Alvarado left her home country of Honduras with her husband Jose Alvarado nearly one decade ago, leaving their four year old son, Tomas, to live with her extended family.  The Alvarado’s who had a daughter, Emily, in 2009, were reunited with their son last year. ALYSE YOUNG

WKU junior, Mitchell Garcia, catches the ball in a line-out against William Gipson during the WKU rugby team’s final game of the semester against the Memphis Tigers.  WKU suffered a hard defeat but looks forward to more matches in the spring. ALYSE YOUNG

Cameron Dodge, of Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania, rides during the Derby City Cup at Eva Bandman Park in Louisville, Kentucky, November 8, 2014. JUSTIN GILLILAND

Elijah (age 4) gets his haircut at JC’s barber shop in Bowling Green Kentucky on Thursday, November 13th. Elijah didn’t smile or say a single word the entire time. SAVANNAH NEDDO