Through Our Eyes – Week 11

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Each Wednesday, WKU’s Student Chapter of NPPA brings you the best images of the past week taken by our very own students. To submit, you must currently be a WKU Photojournalism student and have taken the images or produced the video in the last week (Monday to Monday). Send your top 5 choices to wkunppa@gmail.com and our officers will pick the best of the bunch to showcase.

. PHOTO/DANNY GUYDanny Guy

TOE_Week11_02Jabin Botsford

Winter Storm 12.20.2012Adam Wolffbrandt

Inauguration 1.21.13Adam Wolffbrandt

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Brenda K. Farmer has been living in a movie screen for over a month at the Holiday Drive In located in Rockport, Indiana. The Drive In was built in 1958 and the main screen has been broken up into several apartments. “It’s great. When I tell people they ask me if I’m homeless or something. I laugh and explain to them that it’s actually a nice home,” Farmer said.

Brittany Greeson

. PHOTO/DANNY GUYDanny Guy

JEFF BROWN/Junior guard Brandon Harris reaches for a rebound in the first halfagainst Louisville.  WKU lost 78-55 against #5 Louisville at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tn on Dec. 22, 2012.

Jeff Brown

TOE_Week11_08Brittany Sowacke

TOE_Week11_09Adam Wolffbrandt

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Through Our Eyes – Week 10

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Each Wednesday, WKU’s Student Chapter of NPPA brings you the best images of the past week taken by our very own students. To submit, you must currently be a WKU Photojournalism student and have taken the images or produced the video in the last week (Monday to Monday). Send your top 5 choices to wkunppa@gmail.com and our officers will pick the best of the bunch to showcase.

Adam Wolffbrandt

Brittany Sowacke

Colin Pershbacher

For the final post of this week, we wanted to highlight a group project done in the Practicum class. Over the semester, a team of seven WKU students (sammy Jo Hester, Crystin Faenza, Ian Maule, Austin Anthony, Justin Philalack, Megan Tan and Katie Mayfield) and one design graduate (Dalton Rowe) decided they wanted to know more about the rich immigrant culture in Bowling Green.

Voices of Our Neighbors explores the international stories hidden within Bowling Green, Ky. Its diverse population is unexpected. From 2008 to 2012, approximately 1631 refugees reestablished their lives within the city.

The purpose of the project is to answer the question,
“Who are our neighbors?”

By gathering stories from the international communities, we want to share the experiences of people who have had to leave their families, assimilate and redefine their identity. Our goal is to be a bridge for a diverse town of people who are calling one place their home.

To view the complete website and hear all the interviews, please follow this link wkujournalism.com/voices

 

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Through Our Eyes – Week 9

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Each Wednesday, WKU’s Student Chapter of NPPA brings you the best images of the past week taken by our very own students. To submit, you must currently be a WKU Photojournalism student and have taken the images or produced the video in the last week (Monday to Monday). Send your top 5 choices to wkunppa@gmail.com and our officers will pick the best of the bunch to showcase.

Alyssa Pointer

Alyssa Pointer

Landon Lovett, a sister of the AOPi sorority at Western Kentucky University passed away after being hit by a drunk driver on Memorial Day. Her sisters and friends at Western Kentucky University came together on November 28 to send lanterns to the sky with written prayers and memories of Landon written on them.

Sammy Jo Hester

Victoria Frascino models a mustache ring purchased from 25 de Marco in Sao Paulo, Brazil for $15. The shirt ($20) and pants ($24) are from Forever 21 and the shoes ($170) are from Arezzo.

Kreable Young

Liberian refugee Shirley Bargblor takes a break from bagging leaves with her granddaughter’s Kwametee, 3, and Kwamena, 5, to speak on the phone with a friend. Shirley and her husband Eurodger live with four of their six children as well as two grandchildren in a four bedroom apartment; property of the Public Housing Authority in Bowling Green, Ky. Through different funds and charities, the Bargblor’s pay nothing to rent the apartment. “It is a gift from God,” Shirley said. Both Shirley and Eurodger attend WKU part-time and are on track to receive their business degrees.

Luke Franke

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Through Our Eyes – Week 8

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Each Wednesday, WKU’s Student Chapter of NPPA brings you the best images of the past week taken by our very own students. To submit, you must currently be a WKU Photojournalism student and have taken the images or produced the video in the last week (Monday to Monday). Send your top 5 choices to wkunppa@gmail.com and our officers will pick the best of the bunch to showcase.

Twinkle

“It’s not that we are better than the universe, we are part of the universe. We are in the universe and the universe is in us.”
― Neil deGrasse Tyson

On a clear night, outside the city limits, looking up at the night sky, an endless speckle of lights that resemble diamonds, glisten as we watch. “Twinkle” is a video portrait series that takes the tune we grew up singing and shows the curiosity of children as we were before.

**video/time-lapse/production by Justin Philalack

 

Adam Wolffbrandt

Bria Granville

Ian Maule

Alix Mattingly

Colin Perschbacher

Adam Wolffbrandt

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The Clip Contest results are in!

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After a few weeks of growing anticipation the results have finally all come in.

So many, many thanks to Mike Zajakowski, Maggie Walker, Meg Theno and Erin Mystkowski of The Chicago Tribune, Rick Loomis and Liz O. Baylen of The L.A. Times, David Weatherwax of The Jasper Herald and Mike Davis and his graduate class at Syracuse University!

Without further ado, the winners!

1st Place – Adam Wolffbrandt – with 5 photos voted into the finals.

2nd Place – Austin Anthony – with 4

3rd Place is a tie between Morgan Walker

and Ian Maule

4th Place is a 5-way tie between Brittany Sowacke

Sam Oldenburg

Bria Granville

Christian Randolph

and Josh Mauser

To see the full results from each individual paper, come on in to the PJ Lounge. Comments are up as well!

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Western Wins 8 in Cpoy

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Congratulations to all the CPOY winners from Western this year!

Jeff Brown – Award of Excellence – Spot News

Austin Anthony – Award of Excellence – General News

Brittany Sowacke – Award of Excellence – Sports Action

Jabin Botsford – Gold – Portfolio and Bronze – Domestic Picture Story

Zack Conkle – Gold – Multimedia and Award of Excellence – Solo Multimedia

Alyssa Orr – Award of Excellence – Multimedia

To view all winning images, please click here.

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Through Our Eyes – Week 7

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Each Wednesday, WKU’s Student Chapter of NPPA brings you the best images of the past week taken by our very own students. To submit, you must currently be a WKU Photojournalism student and have taken the images or produced the video in the last week (Monday to Monday). Send your top 5 choices to wkunppa@gmail.com and our officers will pick the best of the bunch to

Jabin Bostford

Adaira, 7, left and Elvin Menjivar, 6, tackle and try to regain control of the football from Byran Villatoro, 6, right, during a game of football during a warm afternoon in Bowling Green, Kentucky on November 11, 2012.

Justin Philalack

Alyssa Pointer

Danny Guy

Mike Rivera

The Western Kentucky University men’s swim team shows their support for the WKU Lady Hilltoppers Volleyball team on Senior Night on November 9, 2012 at E.A Diddle Arena. The Lady Toppers won in three sets.

Brandon Carter

Adel Valle, 10, left, and Memo Garcia, middle, both of Bowling Green, paint the fence of The Light of the World Church Sunday, Nov. 13, 2012, in preparation for the church’s opening in two weeks. The church, located at the corner of West 12th Avenue and Clay Street, has been under construction for over a year.

Austin Anthony

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Through Our Eyes – Week 6

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Each Wednesday, WKU’s Student Chapter of NPPA brings you the best images of the past week taken by our very own students. To submit, you must currently be a WKU Photojournalism student and have taken the images or produced the video in the last week (Monday to Monday). Send your top 5 choices to wkunppa@gmail.com and our officers will pick the best of the bunch to showcase.

                                                                                                                                                                                                   Brittany Sowacke

                                                                                                                                                                                                       Adam Wolffbrandt

                                                                                                                                                                        Morgan Walker

                                                                                                                                                                                                         Morgan Walker

                                                                                                                                                                                                               Danny Guy

                                                                                                                                                                                                               Mike Rivera

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Through Our Eyes – Week 5

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Looking to the drum major for timing, sophomore Christian Duncan, prepares to perform “An Element of Disctintion,” The Elizabethtown High School Marching Band semifinal show. The band performed at Allen County Scottsville High School at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, October 27, 2012.

Brittany Sowacke

Alix Mattingly

Six-year-old Trevor Thomas of Morganfield practices roping outside the L.D. Brown Ag Expo Center at the WKU Farm during a rodeo put on by the Kentucky High School Rodeo Association Oct. 28. Thomas’s father was working at the rodeo.

Sam Oldenburg

Alix Mattingly

Ian Maule


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Through Our Eyes – Week 4

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Morgan Walker

                                                                                                                                                                                 Adam Wolffbrandt

Newly crowned Western Kentucky University Homecoming Queen Amy Winkler laughs as her escort, Madisonville junior Michael Frederick, attempts to fix her crown. Winkler, a senior from Murray, was sponsored by Alpha Delta Pi, Omega Psi Phi and Alpha Tau Omega.

Brandon Carter

Niagra Lake, a once bustling camp and party ground in Niagra Lake, now rusts on empty acres of Jackie Leeg’s property.                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Brittany Sowacke

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Danny Guy

                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Dorothy Edwards

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Danny Guy

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