George Wolffbrandt loves his land.
He has lived, worked and raised his family on the 200 acre farm for 25 years, where he his wife Cheryl grow their own food and raise livestock.
The property is dotted with old cemeteries, historical sites and endangered species but may soon have to share the space with a proposed $400 million two-lane road that would stretch 13 miles between I-75 and US 27 in Nicholasville, Ky.
Of the highway’s potential routes, one runs directly through Wolffbrandt’s farm.
Every Thursday throughout the semester, WKU’s NPPA Student Chapter brought you some of the best images of the week taken by our very own classmates. Looking back, we couldn’t be prouder of our lil’ blog and all of the big strides we make each day. We student officers decided to get together and reminisce one last time before spring semester starts by coming up with this post of some of our favorite pictures from this last semester. Our heartfelt thanks to everyone who makes this possible, and we wish you all the best and more for 2014.
-WKU NPPA Officers: Naomi Driessnack, Danny Guy, Brandon Carter, and Jeff Brown
Princess, a chihuahua, relaxes on a boogie board with her owner Mckayla Manning during the Puppy Paddle hosted by the Bowling Green Warren County Humane Society at the Russell Sims Aquatic Center on Saturday, Sept. 14, 2013. SHELBY MACK
The front porch of Elizabeth Pedigo, center, acts as a gathering place for her family, “It’s where we come together,” she said as she sits on her porch with her son, Wayne Gray, left, and holds her granddaughter, Aliona Beck. Aliona’s mother, Ariel Pedigo, far right, plays with her twin sister Aubrey Beck while in Bowling Green on Thursday, September 26, 2013. BRIAN POWERS
A man waits at dusk with other commuters at the State/Lake outer loop elevated metro station in Chicago. NAOMI DRIESSNACK
Talen Sourcy, 6, of Auburn, Ky., plays with his umbrella during half time at the Greenwood vs Logan football game. KATIE MCLEAN
Freshman Greenwood High School running back Alex Hines looks out toward the field while his teammates warm up for the Logan County vs. Greenwood Varsity football game held at Greenwood High School in Bowling Green, Ky., on Friday, September 20, 2013. Prior to the game, Logan County’s overall record was 0-4, while Greenwood stood at 1-3. The score was 41-0 at the half. DANNY GUY
Joann McCoy and fiancé Joe Smith of Glasgow, Ky. lean in during a joking argument (left) and Arthur and Annette Morton of Panama City (right) laugh at their discussion while Tremekia Dice watches after her niece, Dada Hamilto, 2, and her brother Malik Dice, 12, (center) on the steps of Wigwam Church during the Cave City Proud Days Festival. KATIE MCLEAN
Seth Bickett (foreground) and KJ Simpson, both sophomores at Daviess County High School, practice tricks on their bicycles at the PNC Bank parking lot in downtown Owensboro, Ky. KREABLE YOUNG
Reynalda Ruiz, of Chicago, Ill., watches over neighborhood children playing in a fenced-off alleyway between apartment buildings in the Pilsen neighborhood on Friday, October 4, 2013. “I’m just babysitting for a friend,” said Ruiz, “just helping out. This isn’t a job, they wouldn’t be able to pay me anyway. The economy never changes, this is just normal. This is how it always is.” DANNY GUY
Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts play with and make foam plate gliders and get an eye opening look at life in aviation as the Youth Aviation Adventure has a program at OSU Don Scott Field in Columbus, Ohio on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2013. JABIN BOTSFORD
During the wedding ceremony of Jamijo Gilbert and TIm Carter, Jody Garrett, mother of Jamijo, is kissed on the forehead by her life partner Bill Surian. Though they had planned the wedding to be next June, Jamijo and Tim were married on Oct. 4, 2013 at Covenant Health Care’s Chapel due to Jody’s recent diagnosis of terminal cancer. “It’s always a mother’s dream to see her little girl get married,” Jody said after the ceremony. SAMMY JO HESTER
“When I haven’t slept in days I make photographs that feel as strange as I do.” ERIC SHEA
Helen Kasey has been working the day shift at Moonlite Bar-B-Q for over 19 years. 61 years young she is often referred to as “momma” in the kitchen due to her warm and caring personality. Underneath that good spirit Helen is constantly reminded why she works as hard and as much as she does. Her husband Donald Kasey, 61, was diagnosed with Leukemia around four years ago and has been unable to work. Placing the stress of supporting the both of them squarely on Helen’s shoulders. “His disablement check helps out,” Helen said. “I try not to eat until I get here so I can save money.” The stress of her ailing husband and worrying about bills certainly hasn’t dampened Helen’s spirits. “It’s not a burden to take care of him because I am helping him,” she said. “I take the vows I made to him very seriously.” LUKE FRANKE
Alexander Celestian makes etchings into the red top pavement while waiting to return to the playground at McNeill Elementary in Bowling Green, Ky., on November 5, 2013. JUSTIN GILLILAND
A woman referred to as ‘Ms. Ann,’ a regular at Shake Rag Salon in Bowling Green, Ky., takes a nap under a hair dryer as she receives a relaxing treatment on her hair. BRITTANY GREESON
Melanie Durrett, 22, of Hodgenville Ky. sits with her boyfriend of a year Derail Shelton and their dog Cochece in their temporary home, The Holiday Motel in Cave City, Ky. The two have been living there for about a month. “I’ve been trying to find work”, Durrett says, “It’s been real hard, a mixture of the recession and my hand tattoos.” KATIE MCLEAN
Smiling as she stands in the doorway of her food truck along Veterans Memorial Ln in Bowling Green, 56 year old Barbara Jackson patiently waits for her next customer. “They’ll come, they know the food’s good,” she said with a laugh. A nurse by trade, Barbara usually spends her days at Tristar Skyline medical center in Nashville but her passion has always been food, so for extra money she started cooking for the masses and set up shop selling what she calls the best BBQ in Bowling Green. BRIAN POWERS
A rider sits on a fence while waiting for his turn to bullride at the IPRA World Championship Rodeo in Cummings, Ga., on Saturday, Aug. 31, 2013. KATIE MCLEAN
The results from our Fall 2013 clip contest are in! Thanks to Dave Weatherwax of The Jasper Herald, and Vaughn Wallace, Lightbox editor at TIME.com, for being our judges this time around! Below you can find the winning photos with comments from our panels. Thanks to everyone who submittted!
1. DAVE WEATHERWAX, of The Jasper Herald:
“Overall, we were very pleased and encouraged by the quality of images being produced. Nice work. But the one thing we do want to emphasize is that we were very disappointed overall with the quality of caption writing. There were several photos that we probably would have given more consideration to placing had the photographer done the other half of their job and written more complete captions to help us better understand the moment captured. A lot of these photographs would not even be publishable in a publication because of the lack of information and because the subjects of the photos were not even identified. Even if these photographs weren’t captured for the purpose of a publication, do yourselves the favor and gather the information because one, it is practice, and two, if these photos end up in your portfolios, we can promise you many editors will not consider you for their internships or jobs without complete caption information in your portfolios.
This category was really hurt by the lack of caption information. When individuals are clearly the identified in a frame and the subject of it, even in sensitive situations, we need to know how they are.
1rst: We appreciated how the photographer got close and found an intimate moment between the two individuals on the right side of the frame. Sadly, no names for the individuals photographed.
Friends, family, and fellow chefs stand together at the candlelight vigil for Chef Charlie Trotter at his old restaurant, Charlie Trotter’s on West Armitage Avenue on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013 in Chicago. ADAM WOLFFBRANDT
Family and friends gather and listen as Nathan’s father Charles Francis speaks at a small memorial on the side of South Oakley Avenue as family and friends gather annually for a vigil on the day of Nathan Francis death, who was 20 when he was shot in front of his hilltop home three years ago, in Columbus, Ohio on Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2013. JABIN BOTSFORD
Family and friends hug and comfort each other at the memorial service for Linda Valez at First Baptist Church on Sat, Oct. 5, 2013 in Wheaton, Ill. Linda Valez was found dead last week in Glen Ellyn, Ill. ADAM WOLFFBRANDT
Chicago police officer Geoff Roberts covers his face from the smoke as firefighters battle a blaze on the 3300 block o North Clark Street on Friday, Oct. 25, 2013 in Chicago. ADAM WOLFFBRANDT
Leslie Fewell, left, Star Simpson, center, and Suzanne Kotch hug as Paul W. Imhoff superintendent of Upper Arlington Schools announces the win during an election day party as the district receives the results of its 4-mill levy which was approved in Upper Arlington, Ohio on Tuesday, Nov. 05, 2013. JABIN BOTSFORDPORTRAIT
Veteran Lt. Col. William Haeflinger holds a propeller of a B-17 Bomber at Lewis University Airport on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2013 in Romeoville, Ill. Haeflinger completed 29 bombing missions on a B-17 during World War II. ADAM WOLFFBRANDT
Sammuel Wilson from Jackson, Mississippi stumbled into shoe shining twenty five years ago, when he decided he wanted to find himself a trade and not a job. Every time I pick up a new shoe is a new challenge. I don’t know it all, I’m still learning how to shine shoes after twenty five years. There’s something in pleasing my clients every time they come to pick up their shoes. The reactions I get keep me in this business,” said Wilson. DREW BLY
My grandmother, Virginia Gilliland, 80, holds the portrait of her and her late husband, Carroll Gilliland, November 29, 2013. Carroll died a week after the portrait was taken, of congestive heart failure after being married for 61 years. JUSTIN GILLILAND
SPORTS ACTION
There was a lot of solid, daily action sports photos in this category. We hope that the students would not only continue to capture this quality of peak action photos, but also to challenge themselves to take more risks with the way they cover the action. Very few frames gave us the overall feel of the environment of the sport along with the action.
1rst: Nice, tight frame with clean background.
Western Kentucky University’s Antonio Andrews gets away from Troy’s Chris Pickett during their game at against Troy at WKU on Saturday, October 26, 2013. BRIAN POWERS
Blake Sarmiento and Mitchell Garcia of Western Kentucky University attempt to tackle Caleb Nelson of Murray State. WKU and Murray State played a rugby dress match to benefit breast cancer awareness. MICHAEL NOBLE JR.
Western Kentucky University’s Joel German is defended by Troy’s Jeremy Spikner during their game at WKU on Saturday, October 26, 2013. Western would go on to loose 32-26. BRIAN POWERS
SPORTS FEATURE
This category was filled with a number of great, storytelling images from the games and events covered that did a good job of taking a look at the sidelines as well as sticking it out through the end of games for those moments.
1rst: This frame is just filled from corner to corner with great information and a great moment in a situation that is often not easy to move around in and compose a good frame because of the chaos surrounding it. But this was very nicely captured.
Hilliard Darby senior running back Hunter McSweeney is hoisted into the air as he celebrates with teammates and fans after a football game at Hilliard Darby High School in Columbus, Ohio on Thursday, Nov. 01, 2013. JABIN BOTSFORD
Marion Catholic High School junior Abby Kresal prepares to jump in the water for a warm up at the Illinois High School Association girls state swimming preliminaries at New Trier High School on Friday, Nov. 22, 2013 in Chicago. ADAM WOLFFBRANDT
Grace Schenkelberg, a member of Infinity Athletics team Unity from Avon Lake, Ohio with girls age 14 and under, reacts with teammates to winning the Ultimate Pyramid award in the L3-Small Junior Cheer Division and winning a spot at the ULTIMATE National Championship in Orlando Florida in April 18-19, 2014 during the awards ceremony at the Cheerleaders of America Holiday Kick-Off Championship where cheer teams from around the midwest competed at The Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, Ohio on Sunday, Nov. 24, 2013. JABIN BOTSFORD
Warren East Cheerleaders line the field at Warren East before they take on Hopkinsville on Friday, September 20, 2013. BRIAN POWERS
FEATURE
Its no surprise that this was our favorite category to judge. Lots of nicely captured moments in this category.
Joseph Walker and daughter Acelyhne Walker press their hands against the glass during a visit on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013. “I’ve pretty much watch my daughter grow up in here,” Walker said. “It’s not only like I’m in jail, it’s like they are too.” BRIAN POWERS
Kids crowd around the aquarium glass to catch a glimpse of a scuba diving Santa Claus at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium during the 25th anniversary of Wildlights, efficiently powered by AEP Ohio, where millions of LED lights have transformed the Columbus Zoo into a twinkling maze and will be open from November 22 until January 5th in Powell, Ohio on Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013. JABIN BOTSFORD
Rick Williams, left, and Shawn Stigler mow the grass growing from the cracks of an empty lot on the corner of West 63rd Street and South Halstead Street on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013 in the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago. ADAM WOLFFBRANDT
Fans cheer as team Speed Gaming faces team DK in the first game of the final match of the PC game, Dota 2, finals during the Major League Gaming Championship as thousands of spectators watch the best teams from around the globe compete in a three-day video game tournament for $100,000 in prizes playing the soon to be released and highly anticipated game Call of Duty: Ghosts (Xbox 360) and wildly popular PC game, Dota 2 at the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, Ohio on Sunday, Nov. 24, 2013. JABIN BOTSFORD
2. VAUGHN WALLACE, Lightbox Editor at TIME.com:
PORTRAIT
“The category had a wide range of portraiture that skewed heavily towards formal, lit work. While there’s definitely need in this world for the formal portrait, I would have liked to see more environmental portraits and the emotion and sense of personality that come with them.
“I can’t even say that these arrests bring comfort,” said Tariq Shabazz, “now these parents will have to go without a son as well.” Shabazz holds a candle during a prayer in front of Pierce Ford Tower on Friday, September 13, 2013 to honor his son, Larry Thomas. Thomas was shot September 2, and died from his wounds a day later at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville. BRIAN POWERS
Veteran Lt. Col. William Haeflinger holds a propeller of a B-17 Bomber at Lewis University Airport on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2013 in Romeoville, Ill. Haeflinger completed 29 bombing missions on a B-17 during World War II. ADAM WOLFFBRANDT
Melanie Durrett, 22, of Hodgenville Ky. sits with her boyfriend of a year Derail Shelton and their dog Cochece in their temporary home, The Holiday Motel in Cave City, Ky. The two have been living there for about a month. “I’ve been trying to find work”, Durrett says, “It’s been real hard, a mixture of the recession and my hand tattoos.” KATIE MCLEAN
SPORTS ACTION
So many football images! The bar gets higher and higher to make a truly spectacular image from a college football game. Lots of peak action but I would have liked to see cleaner backgrounds.
Warren East’s Eli Brown stiff arms Hopkinsville’s Brian Boyd during the Raiders homecoming game against Hopkinsville at Warren East on Friday, September 20, 2013. BRIAN POWERS
Julianna Rosas cools off with a cup of water as she runs down North Broadway during the Bank of America Chicago Marathon on Sunday, Oct. 13, 2013 in Chicago. ADAM WOLFFBRANDT
WKU junior Willie McNeal catches a pass for the first down. WKU won 44-28 against Georgia State at the Georgia Dome on Nov. 02, 2013. JEFF BROWN
SPORTS FEATURE
I was surprised at the variety of images submitted to this category. There are several photos that I would almost certainly classify as “action” rather than “feature”– curious as to the rationale behind the photographer’s decision to include them.
1rst: I wasn’t in love with this frame, but what I imagine of the subject elevates it: it appears as if she’s pensive, getting in the zone before the meet. The lower edge’s crop feels a bit awkward, and I wish the lines of the dividers in the pool were utilized to partition the background with a bit more intentionality.
Marion Catholic High School junior Abby Kresal prepares to jump in the water for a warm up at the Illinois High School Association girls state swimming preliminaries at New Trier High School on Friday, Nov. 22, 2013 in Chicago. ADAM WOLFFBRANDT
Grace Schenkelberg, a member of Infinity Athletics team Unity from Avon Lake, Ohio with girls age 14 and under, reacts with teammates to winning the Ultimate Pyramid award in the L3-Small Junior Cheer Division and winning a spot at the ULTIMATE National Championship in Orlando Florida in April 18-19, 2014 during the awards ceremony at the Cheerleaders of America Holiday Kick-Off Championship where cheer teams from around the midwest competed at The Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, Ohio on Sunday, Nov. 24, 2013. JABIN BOTSFORD
Fans prepare for a wet night at Warren East as they take on Hopkinsville on Friday, September 20, 2013. BRIAN POWERS
FEATURE
Good job getting out and finding a variety of features – from daily news work to documentary features. Since features often stand alone on newspaper pages, I gave more weight to the curious/interesting/bizarre moments rather than the images that simply didn’t fit in other categories.
1rst: Good job getting intimate here. This is a nice frame that leaves me guessing about the daughter’s expression. Very nice detail on the fingerprints pressed against the glass. Black and white works here to enhance the emotion of the frame.
Joseph Walker and daughter Acelyhne Walker press their hands against the glass during a visit on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013. “I’ve pretty much watch my daughter grow up in here,” Walker said. “It’s not only like I’m in jail, it’s like they are too.” BRIAN POWERS
2nd: Weird. Weird. Weird. This reminds me of one of Elliott Erwitt’s dog photographs. The composition could be tighter, and the guy on the left distracts the eye, but the juxtaposition of the daughter’s face over the mother’s daughter works. Not sure I’d run this in a newspaper unless there was something important about these subjects.
Ariel Pedigo and family outside grandmother Elizabeth Pedigo’s home in Bowling Green on Thursday, September 26, 2013. BRIAN POWERS
3rd: Nice job finding something eye-catching and bizarre. Good moment between the two of them – would be curious to see how else you could’ve worked the scene. It’s good that we can read the label on the soap.
Western Kentucky University Sophomores, Hunter Heath and Brice Mickann, wash themselves with soap in a puddle by Chestnut Street North Lot in Bowling Green, Ky. The two said they decided to bathe in the puddle because they needed to shower. TYLER ESSARY
GENERAL NEWS
It feels odd to me that there were so few submissions to this category, which POYI categorizes as “Single photographs from a news event or social issue for which planning was possible.” Seems like this category should be overflowing with work from photojournalism students. Either way.
1rst: Excellent layering made this frame my #1 choice. You took a boring “protest”, found what’s interesting, and then framed around it. I bet this frame would work in color, too, although the black and white gives it a little more weight and simplicity.
Kevon Martis, dressed as an eagle, Director of the Interstate Informed Citizens Coalition, and Eric Martis, dressed as the grim reaper carrying a windmill, dress up to bring awareness to the killing of animals that occurs from industrial wind turbines as protesters carry signs and talk to patrons as they walk by to raise public awareness of the potential impacts of industrial wind turbines outside of the Hilton where the American Wind Energy Association had the Ohio Wind Energy Summit in Columbus, Ohio on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2013. JABIN BOTSFORD
2nd + 3rd: Two different ways to shoot a vigil here: tight or pulled back. Both have their strengths and weaknesses. The tight shot is great for the emotion and the beautiful candlelight reflected on their faces; the loose shot is great because the stark neighborhood adds to the mood and lets viewers see that this wasn’t a thousand-person vigil…just a group gathered to remember the victim. Ideally, you find a happy medium with the strengths of both approaches: a shot that incorporates the gift of high-dynamic-range-sensors and outdoor candlelight.
Friends, family, and fellow chefs stand together at the candlelight vigil for Chef Charlie Trotter at his old restaurant, Charlie Trotter’s on West Armitage Avenue on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013 in Chicago. ADAM WOLFFBRANDT
Family and friends gather and listen as Nathan’s father Charles Francis speaks at a small memorial on the side of South Oakley Avenue as family and friends gather annually for a vigil on the day of Nathan Francis death, who was 20 when he was shot in front of his hilltop home three years ago, in Columbus, Ohio on Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2013. JABIN BOTSFORD
I’m happy to talk specifically about any of the comments I left above. You can reach me via email at vaughn_wallace@timemagazine.com.”
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.
Kids crowd around the aquarium glass to catch a glimpse of a scuba diving Santa Claus at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium during the 25th anniversary of Wildlights, efficiently powered by AEP Ohio, where millions of LED lights have transformed the Columbus Zoo into a twinkling maze and will be open from November 22 until January 5th in Powell, Ohio on Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013. JABIN BOTSFORD
Grace Schenkelberg, a member of Infinity Athletics team Unity from Avon Lake, Ohio with girls age 14 and under, reacts with teammates to winning the Ultimate Pyramid award in the L3-Small Junior Cheer Division and winning a spot at the ULTIMATE National Championship in Orlando Florida in April 18-19, 2014 during the awards ceremony at the Cheerleaders of America Holiday Kick-Off Championship where cheer teams from around the midwest competed at The Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, Ohio on Sunday, Nov. 24, 2013. JABIN BOTSFORD
Dixxie Mea, 23, of Louisville KY, posses as the Derby City Roller Girls logo. Hair and make-up by Cassandra Weddell. ALEXANDRA BRUMLEY
Shannon Barns of Louisville, KY, posses as the Cape Girardeau Roller Girl’s logo. Make-up by Cassandra Waddell. ALEXANDRA BRUMLEY
Handicapped members of some ethnic groups in Tanzanian ethnic groups face undue societal stigma due to lingering superstitions.
These prejudices, mixed with living conditions that are rarely handicap accessible, create challenges for this population that are unimaginable in the developed world.
Against those odds, the Faraja School for the handicapped in Sanya Juu, Tanzania is striving to change these attitudes and perceptions and has become one the leading academic schools in its district even when compared to those for able-bodied students.
At 40 years old, wrestler Chris Michaels, of Franklin, Ky., still considers his life to be “pretty much neck and neck with being a rock star.” The father of three believes he’s at the peak of his career, and shows no signs of stopping. “It’s all smoke and mirrors and flashing lights,” says Michaels, “but I try to live that illusion, like I’m surrounded by women and partying all the time. Sometimes though I wish I was normal.”
by Danny Guy
Amanda Day, a single mother of three, struggles to raise her children Killian, 14, Zane, 12, and Aiyana 11 who are all on the Autism Spectrum. Physically, the Day children are considered normal but each of them has an array of sensory and developmental disorders that hinder them from interacting with the world around them. Though her children’s autism is trying on Amanda’s daily life, it is their love for one another, she says, that always keeps them moving forward.
By: Katie McLean
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.
“What was our life like? I almost don’t remember now. Though I remember it, the space of time it occupied.” -Richard Ford. ERIC SHEA
“Every act of rebellion expresses a nostalgia for innocence and an appeal to the essence of being.” -Albert Camus. ERIC SHEA
Harlie Bryant (7) is cheered on while dancing before the WKU volleyball match against South Alabama on Friday, November 15 at Diddle Arena in Bowling Green, Ky. Bryant was diagnosed with Astrocytoma, a type of brain cancer, on April 1, 2011. In the fall of 2012, she began to hang out with the volleyball team. Now, she is treated as if she were one of their own teammates. Before each match, Bryant dances in the locker room with the team while they prepare to play. KREABLE YOUNG
Harlie Bryant (7) is surrounded by the WKU Volleyball team before their match against Georgia State on Wednesday, November 13 at Diddle Arena in Bowling Green, Ky. KREABLE YOUNG
Jon and Amy Jessup, who began dating each other when they were 16, discuss Amy’s cancer treatment which is scheduled for the following day while holding two of their 7 children. Amy recently learned she has thyroid cancer and has chosen to take holistic healing path. “Originally I only wanted one child that I would just adopt,” said Amy, “but now I can’t imagine not having all these children, these best friends of mine.” DANNY GUY
A nun is defined as a woman who is a member of a religious order, especially one bound by vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience. The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence are 21st century queer nuns. They live with modified vows of traditional nuns and raise awareness for LGBT organizations.
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.
Hilliard Darby senior running back Hunter McSweeney is hoisted into the air as he celebrates with teammates and fans after a football game at Hilliard Darby High School in Columbus, Ohio on Thursday, Nov. 01, 2013. JABIN BOTSFORD
WKU junior John Reynolds rides in a homemade “chariot” for the Red Bull Chariot Race on November 7, 2013. Reynolds teammates Jamaque Newberry (right) and Spencer Orlowski (left) pull their chariot consisting of a rolling chair and crutches. Justin Gilliland
Fall colors show on a tree reflected in a puddle on a basketball court at Hannah Park in Gahanna, Ohio on Sunday, Nov. 03, 2013. JABIN BOTSFORD
With the use of a trick using the Canon 200-400 lens, a double exposure of Maine South quarterback Brian Collis throwing the ball is seen during the second quarter of the game at Oak Park and River Forest High School on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2013 in Chicago.. ADAM WOLFFBRANDT