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
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
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
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
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.
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
Mount 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
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
Rosalino Santiago Garcia, 32 of Santa Ana, Oaxaca, Mexico, gives his son, Leandro, 5, a shoulder-ride home on November 5, 2014. Garcia is taking two weeks off of work from the Kentucky tobacco harvest, returning home to accompany his pregnant wife who is due to have his third child anytime. NICK WAGNER
Nurses prepare Steven Curry, 19, of Bowling Green, Ky. for an EKG to measure the electrical current of his heart, Nov. 4. “I hate my body because they can’t solve it. They can’t help me at all,” Curry said. KATIE ROBERTS
A participant in the 2014 Homecoming Step Show steps into a sliver of light moments before steeping onto the stage and performing. Four WKU chapters were represented at the event, which was held in Diddle Arena, but most Greek chapters arrived from surrounding universities. LUKE FRANKE
Junior running back Leon Allen (33) is lifted in the air by his teammates after sealing the Hilltopper’s win with a fourth quarter touchdown making the score 35-27 during WKU’s homecoming victory over UTEP, Saturday, Nov. 8, 2014, at L.T. Smith – Houchens Industries Stadium in Bowling Green, Ky. Allen had 136 total offensive yards in the game and two touchdowns. MIKE CLARK
Jamie and Rebecca Adams Simpson hold each other as the results from the last precincts come in during Rebecca’s Family Court Judge election result party at Lost River Cave on Nov. 4, 2014. Rebecca Adams Simpson ultimately lost to her opponent, David Lanphear. ADAM WOLFFBRANDT
Left: Cecile Garmon, a communications professor at WKU, poses for a portrait in her red Liz Claiborne glasses. Garmon has been a professor since the 1980’s and has sported her collection of colored glasses since the 80’s as well. She has colors from orange to green and says she wishes she would have bought every color when Liz Claiborne came out with the glasses in the 80’s. “I love Homecoming, but it isn’t as much fun as coming to class everyday,” Garmon said.
Left: Jayna Kubuske, a Toledo Ohio senior and WKU Feature Twirler, clipped WKU accessories into her hair for the Homecoming celebrations at WKU on Saturday, Nov. 8, 2014.
Beau Spencer drinks beer out of another person’s shoe during the Old Boys Rugby party in Bowling Green, Ky. ALYSE YOUNG
Sumra Kanwal, a graduate student at WKU sits quietly during the WKU homecoming queen pinning ceremony. Kanwal came to the United States from Pakistan in 2013. She has become a resident assistant in Pearce Ford Tower and a member of the Pakistani Student Association. Kanwal placed top ten in the competition for homecoming queen. ALYSE YOUNG
Liam plays the piano while Valentina dances with Spicy. ‘There’s a certain satisfaction [our] way of life brings,’ Liam says.
Valentina washes a pot in the stream running through their land. Because they have no running water in their house, they rely on the stream to wash and on rain and spring water to drink.
The Wilsons are avid readers. Liam reads in his native English and Valentina reads in her native Russian or Italian. Some of their favorite authors are Leo Tolstoy and Mahatma Gandhi, who have influenced their pacifist beliefs.
Liam and Valentina share a quiet moment in the garden behind their house. ‘For me it’s a very direct way of living,’ Liam says. ‘We try to be as intimately connected to every aspect of our life as possible.’
Valentina kneads a ball of dough to make bread. The Wilson’s sole source of income is the sale of the bread they make which Liam estimates brings in about $4,000-$5,000 a year. They have never needed more than that, Liam says.
Liam holds Valentina as they wait for the Berea Fire Department to clear their house. The Wilsons were at the Berea Farmers Market when the fire started, which is one of the few times a week they leave their property. If they hadn’t been away, Liam thinks he could have lessened the damage.
Liam and Valentina survey the damage from the fire with firefighters from the Berea Fire Department. Initial findings suggest it was an electrical fire originating in their basement. The Wilsons leave the electricity turned on to charge their one electronic item, a cell phone. 
Liam hands the body of Spicy to Valentina. Members of the Berea Fire Department found Spicy at the bottom of the basement stairs but were unable to revive him.
Liam and Valentina bury Spicy in their garden. “Property isn’t very important to us,” Liam says, “but losing Spicy weighs heavily on us.”
Valentina takes a break from sorting through the debris outside her house. The Wilson’s house will be demolished at the end of November. “Now we rebuild,” Valentina says.
Alpacas are turned loose in the front yard sometimes to “mow” the grass. Alvina Maynard herds them back into their field when the job is finished. ERICA LASFER
Wanpen Cline, owner of Wanpen Thai & Chinese Restaurant in Berea, KY, prays multiple times throughout the day – before going to work, before opening the restaurant and after close. Wanpen has practiced both Buddhism and Christianity since moving to the United States in 1977. “You pray first,” she says. “You pray so they can protect you.” LAUREN NOLAN
Madison Southern High School freshman, Zach Howard, prays in the locker room with the rest of the “Mad South Eagles” football team before their 2014 playoff qualifying game. ALYSE YOUNG
Pearl Hicks, 2, explores Robie Books in Berea while her mother Jill reads and brother Reuben browses the Young Adult Mystery section of the store. The Hicks, who live in the Red River Gorge area, make it a point to visit the bookstore during their weekly visit to Berea for Reuben’s fiddle lessons. LEANORA BENKATO
WKU second year graduate Alena Cieszko poses in front of the Felts Log House off of College Heights Blvd on October 28, 2014. Cieszko said she got her clothing from a theatre whole sale in Louisville, Ky. She said the style of her clothing matches her personality. TYLER ESSARY
Wrapped tightly in a warm bath towel with head burrowed in his father’s arms Stellan Gonzales, 1, stares on with sleepy eyes as his father Fred Gonzales Jr. carries him to his room to prepare for bed. LUKE FRANKE
Guillermo Hernandez Martinez of Austin, Texas walks around a pond in the early morning at the Battlefield Park near Berea, Ky. ADAM WOLFFBRANDT
Holden Berry, 12, of Berea, Ky. stands in the doorway of Lucifer’s Lair in Berea, Ky. on October 23, 2014 while waiting for the haunted house to go live. The haunted house is open yearly from the last weekend in September for the Halloween season. Donnie Lamb, an employee at Lucifer’s Lair says he thinks it is great what the haunted house does for the youth in the community. “If they are here, it means they aren’t on the street,” Lamb says. DOROTHY EDWARDS