A wholehearted thanks to Denny Simmons, of the Evansville Courier & Press, who guest-judged with us this week!
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 1-5 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 7pm in Lab 127.
Optometrist Dr. Joe C. Tucker, of Vision Source Bowling Green, uses a Binocular Indirect Ophthalmoscope, which is used to look for a retina examination, inside WKU Photojournalism studio Monday morning. Dr. Tucker has been working as an Optometrist for 34 years after graduating from Houston University. When asked what keeps him in practice Dr. Tucker said, “Giving the gift of vision is something only a select group of people can do and its a great feeling. We take our vision for granted.” CONNOR CHOATE
University Louisiana-Monroe guard Chinedu Amajoyi signals a time out after securing a loose ball during the game against Western Kentucky. ULM would go on to lose the game. IAN MAULE
David “Doc” Livingston, 89, of Bowling Green, Ky., plays clarinet for his wife, Joyce, 87, in their room at the Bowling Green Retirement Village. David, a once prominent figure in the local music industry, suffers from Alzheimer’s disease. “I don’t always remember much and I can’t always say much,” David says, “My wife had a stroke a few years back, so I speak to her with my music.” WILLIAM KOLB
DJ Richie Rich (center in blue) and his hypeman Mr. Hollywood relax before the Migos concert on February 22, 2014, Bowling Green Ky. The concert lasted 5 hours, with the Migos arriving 2 hours late to for their performance. HARRISON HILL
Fans sing and dance during a Migos concert put on by I65Nation at the Compound in Bowling Green, Ky. on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014. Around 2,000 people showed up for the concert which was I65Nation’s largest turnout to date. Migos are an American hip-hop group from Gwinnett County, Georgia. JABIN BOTSFORD
Kirshnik Ball, known as “Takeoff,” smokes and drinks right after a performance during a Migos concert put on by I65Nation at the Compound in Bowling Green, Ky. on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014. JABIN BOTSFORD
High-heels and bottles of alcohol are left behind after a Migos concert put on by I65Nation at the Compound in Bowling Green, Ky. on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014. JABIN BOTSFORD
Isaac Graham, 19, rests atop the Ivan Wilson Fine Arts Center at Western Kentucky University as severe thunderstorms approach on Thursday, February 20, 2014. WILLIAM KOLB
Edmond Schwab, 65, now retired, left college to pursue radio broadcast and to be a US Postal Service delivery-man, leaving himself with 239 hours of undergraduate hours completed and no degree. “Don’t try and be an expert at everything; pick one or two things and be good at them,’ said Schwabb. JABIN BOTSFORD
Bowling Green sophomore Chase Proctor rests after doing a live shadow boxing drill at Bowling Green High School in preparation for Sigma Chi fight night. “I don’t feel like an underdog but I definitely feel like an outcast doing this by myself,” says Proctor, who is fighting unattached while most of his opponents are connected to a Greek organization. IAN MAULE
Singer songwriter Fauna Halo, 20, has played for crowds since she was 12 years old. The former South Floridan was discovered on MySpace before she graduated high school and moved to Nashville by herself at age 18. She composes songs based on real and imagined events in her small apartment in Nashville, Tenn. “I play music because its all of me,” Halo said. “Every phrase to loved ones or anyone that you always have a hard time getting out is fluidly capable of being easily ousted through music with less anxiousness and doubts.” NICOLE BOLIAUX